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The Statue of Liberty


Address: 1 Liberty Island, New York, NY 10004
Opening hours: Daily, 8.30 - 18.15, increased hours during highseason (2009)


One of the worlds most well-known statue. Formal "Liberty Enlightening the World", it stands at Liberty Island in New York harbour.    
TipsBuy the ticket the day before!
Sometimes there could be very long queues to the box office. Buy the ticket the day before and you can stand in line to the ferry directly in the morning after.


Statue of LibertyInaugurate 1886

The Statue of Liberty was inaugurated October 28, 1886 and was a gift to the American people from the French people as a symbol for both peoples friendsship to each other during the american revolution.

The statue is 46 metre and is placed on a 47 metre high base of cutted stone. From the ground to the torch it will be more than 93 metres. The Statue represent a women, with a shining crown, in a dress and with chains from the slavery under her feets. In her right hand she is holding a torch against the sky and in the left hand a board with the inscription "July" (July 4, 1776, the date of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence - the colonies in America declared their freedom from Great Britain).


Symbol of freedom

The Statue of Liberty have welcomed immigrants and visitors in over one century and are in the world a symbol of freedom and hope.

At the base you will find the text "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"


Visit The Statue of Liberty

Battery ParkYou come here from Battery Park/Castle Clinton or Liberty Park in New Jersey. The ticket to the ferry includes both Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty in the same trip. (Of course you donīt have to visit both places if you donīt want to). The trip with the ferry costs 10$ for adults (2006) and includes a visit at the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

Due to the terror attack in Sept 11, 2001, you canīt visit the top of the statue. (If you donīt have so much time to spend, buy the ticket the day before the trip, due to that it can be very long queues in the mornings at the ticket sale ).


Statue of Liberty2009-05-15
Statue of Liberty's crown re-opens!
On July 4, 2009 the crown opens up for visitors. It has been closed from visits since September 11, 2001. There will be a restriction to 10 visitors in the crown at the same time and then together with a guide. The Statue of Liberty´s crown is accessible by a narrow 168-step double-helix spiral staircase. The Crown will be open for 2 years then closed again for renovation.

More information at reuters.com »


Frihetsgudinnan Fun facts
The French ship "Isere" transported the statue in about 300 copper parts packed in 214 boxes. The ship was very close to sink in the rough weather, but she arrived in New York on June 17, 1885. She was in parts until the pedestal was completed in 1886.

The Statue of Liberty was New York's highest building until 1899 when Saint Paul's Building was higher.

President Calvin Coolidge declared the statue to become a national monument on October 15, 1924.

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New York City Downtown Tour & Statue of Liberty / Ellis Island

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Go on a bus-tour in Downtown Manhattan and the ferry to Liberty Island home of the Statue of Liberty.


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Statue of Liberty official website - www.nps.gov/stli »

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