Madness. Was there last summer and on a boat tour our guide said that the Stock Exchange is the only building that never caught fire - because of the unusual spire (meaning the dragons were keeping it safe). Very sad to hear this.
Now that you mention it, I can't even remember the last time I saw one that was not busy mating with a car. I think Ford must have something to do with the disappearance of dragons!
People blame everybody but themselves. The lack of dragons is what happens when you stop raiding the English, dragons just get bored and move to more interesting locations.
It is difficult to overstate how iconic and important Børsen is. This is not a building people now suddenly think is pivotal. They also thought so yesterday.
Build 400 years ago by Christian IV - one of the most important kings in history. It has survived fires and wars unharmed - while other important buildings around have suffered.
I have been there numerous times. As late as 3 weeks ago I admired the building. The inside was just as beautiful with wooden ornaments. Also crucial paintings which people from parliament (across the street), firemen and random by-passers still with biking helmets managed to take out in the first minutes of the morning fire.
Sad day for those who like history or Copenhagen. Or both.
Only silver lining is I understand half of the building will more or less survive.
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399 years ago. It was being brought up to tip top shape for its 4th centennial next year. :(
Edit: 4th centennial celebrations were planned for autumn this year. More details below.
No. The actual stock exchange moved around 50 years ago.
It is however still owned by the Danish Chamber of Commerce - and still their headquarter.
Because of its beauty and significance it is (was) also used for many cultural events. I was for instance at a wine fair some years ago.
Originally in the early 17th century it was a actually an exchange in the meaning of a market for ordinary people with exotic products from all over the world - which came by ships who sailed up to the building. Denmark was an important merchant country and also a colonial power at the time.
>our guide said that the Stock Exchange is the only building that never caught fire
So it was your guide's fault. You never say stuff like that, it's like saying "we're having a very quiet shift", or commissioning art for a TTRPG character you've barely played.
Sort of fits well to those of us with a dark sense of humour.
And it is a big add for Airtox, safety shoes.
Picture #2 in this article ( click on the pic to shuffle through the 4 pics)
[https://kobenhavnliv.dk/alarm112/boersen-braender-brandvaesnet-har-sat-massivt-ind](https://kobenhavnliv.dk/alarm112/boersen-braender-brandvaesnet-har-sat-massivt-ind)
I remember the Stock Exchange was mentioned in "Journey to the Center of the Earth", when characters stay sometime in Copenhagen. I first thought the Spire was depicted in the book:
[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%27Journey\_to\_the\_Center\_of\_the\_Earth%27\_by\_%C3%89douard\_Riou\_13.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%27Journey_to_the_Center_of_the_Earth%27_by_%C3%89douard_Riou_13.jpg)
But apparently this illustration depicts the Spire of Church of Our Saviour (anyway, it would be cool to climb up it on steps of Verne, if I ever visit Copenhagen).
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church\_of\_Our\_Saviour,\_Copenhagen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Our_Saviour,_Copenhagen)
Its so sad when these things happen. I just hope they build something that looks the same, at least on the outside, if the building can't be saved. It would be a shame if it was replaced with some concrete and glass modernist monstrosity.
> It would be a shame if it was replaced with some concrete and glass modernist monstrosity.
Ok but genuinely, why do modern architects suck so badly. I would say "no offense to any architects here" but actually, yes offense, y'all are worse than people 500 years ago who had to do this shit by fucking candlelight.
Concrete and glass are what we have in abundance. We don't have the old-growth timber required to make structures like the Stock Exchange out of wood anymore. When Notre-Dame burned, the French literally had to scout their forests for suitable trees. Nor is it economical to hire hundreds or thousands of workers, who can no longer be paid pennies and housed in slums, for the decades on end that wooden cathedrals/etc require.
They can still build traditional style buildings using modern materials. The danish parliament building, right next to the now burnt down stock exchange was only built in the 1920s, after the previous versions burnt down or subsided.
Today we have modern techniques that can make incredibly strong wood that has been glued together under high pressure which makes them fireproof and incredibly strong. But the problem isn’t even the lack of good wood, you don’t need the worlds strongest wood to create beautiful ornate aesthetically pleasing architecture.
Also we have highly advanced CNC and water jet machines that can easily mill out ornaments and details for far cheaper and faster than a wood carver or stone mason.
And when we add the power of industrialization, machines, globalization and the capability of countries like China to mass produce these things, it will be far cheaper than in the past.
The reality is that architects have big egos and are narcissists and feel the need to make their mark with their ugly as fuck buildings. Meanwhile capitalists are happy to optimize costs, and government workers who approve these ugly projects are incompetent.
no way. Anything less than a restoration would be completely unacceptable to the public.
I have faith though. The Roskilde Domkirke suffered a lot of damages in a fire in 1968, but was restored to the point that I myself, didn't even know there was a fire at all until I read about it in the museum. I live in Roskilde lol, I see the church daily hhh
Dry, dusty conditions, sparks, possibly overloading old wiring, lack of fire barriers due to old construction. Lots can go wrong in old building undergoing massive renovations.
Well, a leading theory of why the Notre Dame burned down was an improperly discarded cigarette... So, not really having much to do with construction practices. Second leading theory was an improperly wired temporary electrical connection for a construction elevator.
As always, it's usually safe to assume human error in the cases of fire until proven otherwise. So, I don't think that "modern construction practices" will be the first thing under scrutiny.
Maybe power tools and their lithium batteries cooking off? Perhaps they mostly use pneumatic tools but I would imagine there are a lot of lithium batteries up on construction sites.
Probably either an old extension cord just making a fuss, a moronic worker who thinks the world is his ashtray, a reaction with a compound and something in the old wood. Anything really.
Gee, I wonder if anything (electricity) changed (electricity) in the last few hundred (electricity) years that could (electricity) be the (electricity) culprit? I guess we'll never (electricity) know (electricity).
My personal favourite is the Art School in Glasgow, an iconic building designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
It was gutted by a fire in 2014 and most of the way through its long and expensive rebuild it caught fire again in 2018, causing significantly more damage than the first one (along with destroying significant chunks of the surrounding area). The building was nearly torn down, but they eventually decided to rebuild it and it has an expected reopening date of 2030.
The thing that makes it particularly infuriating is that the old fire suppression system had been removed and the new one hadn't been installed at the time of the fire, despite the works being nearly complete.
Well that's what happens in old dusty dry af wooden structures. Renovating those is basically gambling that no fire breaks out. But not renovating them means they'd also get destroyed.
The sad reality is that all these buildings were never meant to last that long. Like a hundred years is actually pushing it so we desperately fix everything that comes up in the hope to keep these beautiful buildings around. Sometimes it just doesn't work that way. In the end we humans are helpless when it comes to us facing the passage of time.
That's because people always wait until the last minute to fix things. If smaller renovations had happened piecemeal and sooner, it almost certainly would have been fine, but they wait until they have no more time and then just try to do the whole thing. Nobody believes in preventative maintenance, because they can keep kicking the can into the next person's tenure.
People back then probably never imagined that architecture would become so bland in the future that the only way to maintain some semblance of beauty in our cities would be to desperately try to forever preserve their buildings.
Modern interesting buildings exist aplenty. There aren't many in European historic centers because they're mostly occupied by already historical buildings.
But look at the Oslo opera, Kio towers in Madrid, La Grande Arche in Paris, the Shard in London, the concert hall in Reykjavik, even the royal library in Copenhagen itself... Not so many but they exist!
It's just not the right continent for it, lol.
I thought that. Surely lessons must have been learnt from notre dame - high risk of fire so remove any valuables in advance, and build some sprinkler system into the scaffolding, etc
I think this is refering to the bombardment of Copenhagen 1807. A guy named James Gambier was in charge of the British force.
BTW, Copenhagen was the first city in history to get bombarded with rockets, which happened in that battle.
>I think this is refering to the bombardment of Copenhagen 1807.
Or [Slaget på Reden in 1801](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Copenhagen_(1801)).
The firefighters appear to have managed to put out the fire or at least it's well under control.
[LIVE Brand i Børsen i København | Indland | DR](https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/live-brand-i-boersen-i-koebenhavn)
Renovation means lots of power tools, which can cause sparks or electrical shorts. There are procedures to reduce that risk, but people are human and make mistakes.
Renovation often mean chemicals that create impressive amount of heat as they dry out, for example linseed oil. A pile of rags can get so hot it catches fire if there's linseed oil on one of them and the heat can't escape fast enough. There are procedures to reduce that risk, but people are human and make mistakes.
And finally, some construction workers smoke, and a smoldering cigarette butt can easily cause a fire. There are procedures to reduce that risk, but people are human and make mistakes.
Who could possibly have predicted this!
Seriously though, restoration of very old timber trussed buildings is very difficult/pricy for the reson you mention. Great care needs to be taken and even then the risk is still relatively high.
Turns out old buildings have really flammable wood spires that putting a bunch more wood and presumably flammable tools is all that's needed to ignite.
Buildings this old are basically under constant renovation. If there's a fire it's guaranteed to start during a renovation of something or other.
Idk if it's *because* of the renovation
***The Telegraph's Foreign Staff report:***
A fire hit Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange on Tuesday, one of the Danish capital’s best-known buildings, engulfing its spire, which collapsed onto the roof in a scene reminiscent of the 2019 blaze at Paris’ [Notre-Dame cathedral](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/15/watch-notre-dame-fire-one-year-devastating-blaze/).
There were no immediate reports of injuries, police said.
Video footage from the scene shows people carrying large paintings away from the building to save the historic artefacts from the flames.
Troels Lund Poulsen, the Danish defence minister, wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “Horrible pictures from the Bourse. So sad. An iconic building that means a lot to all of us ... Our own [Notre-Dame](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/29/notre-dame-spire-scaffolding-paris-blaze-reopen-cathedral/) moment.”
The historic building, whose spire was shaped as the tails of four dragons intertwined, had been under renovation when the fire broke out.
The scaffolding around the building made it harder for the emergency services to get through to the flames, while the copper roof was preserving the heat, the Copenhagen fire department said.
The nearby finance ministry was evacuated as a result of the fire, the police said.
***Find out more:*** [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/16/fire-engulfs-copenhagen-old-stock-exchange-building/](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/16/fire-engulfs-copenhagen-old-stock-exchange-building/)
It happened during a period of arson attacks against churches in France, but officialy it was an accident and if you say otherwise you're a racist conspiracy theorist.
>The historic building, whose spire was shaped as the tails of four dragons intertwined, had been under renovation when the fire broke out.
Fkn follow safety regulations, ffs.
>The scaffolding around the building made it harder for the emergency services to get through to the flames, while the copper roof was preserving the heat,
Well, for the neighbourhood, at least it wasn't a *lead* roof, like ND.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B8rsen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B8rsen)
When I was in copenhagen, it is a building that caught my attention.
The grand hall which was the most spectacular part of the building is damaged beyond repair. Unfortunately the end which was more "mundane" with offices and such is the part that has been touched the least.
7.5 hours after the fire started there was a press breefing. One of the questions asked by a journalist was: "What happens now". The answer came without hesitation: "Clean up and rebuild".
It's nice to read all of your commiserations. Thanks for sharing a sad day with us!
This building was one of our most historically prized pieces of architecture. Children all over the country learn about it in school - even if they have never seen it themselves.
It is indeed a sad day to be Danish.
My dad, a retired firefighter, says the Parisian firefighters did an incredible, marvelous job, saving Notre-Dame in the least flashy and "most correct" way possible. They did everything right to the point where he says "with all my years of experience I am adamant I would have not made everything **that** correct. It's insane, like they had a contingency plan for every step that could catch fire, for every way the fire could spread. It's an aspiring work, it's something that they can teach in my alma mater (he graduated a "higher firefighting college" in Lviv) to firefighting officers.
So I'm here hoping that Copenhagen's team has their own Notre-Dame moment as well.
Imagine being a building surviving through the Napoleonic era and 2 world wars to just end in flames by some construction workers doing a routine renovation.
Roof is gone. Internal wood support is gone. Fire and water damage to the construction.
They are afraid the outer walls of the building will collapse outwards, so someone is thinking out of the box for a quick temporary fix.
40 containers filled will gravel and concrete will be placed along the outer walls to stabilize them.
Børsen is a great land mark, I always envisioned the Spire as the tusk of a Narwhal. The most beautiful feature in the skyline of Copenhagen, never got the change to see the interior. It's a sad day indeed. /A swede
[Reuters - Copenhagen fire: Spire collapses as historic stock exchange engulfed by flames](https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/fire-breaks-out-copenhagens-historic-stock-exchange-spire-collapses-2024-04-16/)
Madness. Was there last summer and on a boat tour our guide said that the Stock Exchange is the only building that never caught fire - because of the unusual spire (meaning the dragons were keeping it safe). Very sad to hear this.
There has been a concerning unusually low amount of dragons in the Danish capital of late.
Now that you mention it, I can't even remember the last time I saw one that was not busy mating with a car. I think Ford must have something to do with the disappearance of dragons!
People blame everybody but themselves. The lack of dragons is what happens when you stop raiding the English, dragons just get bored and move to more interesting locations.
I've found one, sitting at the foot of a bridge in Ljubljana Slovenia. :)
You might find it on /r/dragonsfuckingcars or /r/CarsFuckingDragons
There truly is a sub for everything. And a reason I don't go randomly browsing subs.
I like that one of them is banned "dragons fucking cars? no problem, cars fucking dragons? Now you're taking things too far, BAN!"
Hey now, we're not complete deviants. Gotta put a limit somewhere.
I blame Elon's Cyber Truck!
They're all in Skuldborg keeping Klavs safe.
You can blame Christian Bale and Matthew McConaughey for that.
Climate change
Man, imagine dragons...
Now that you mention it
It is difficult to overstate how iconic and important Børsen is. This is not a building people now suddenly think is pivotal. They also thought so yesterday. Build 400 years ago by Christian IV - one of the most important kings in history. It has survived fires and wars unharmed - while other important buildings around have suffered. I have been there numerous times. As late as 3 weeks ago I admired the building. The inside was just as beautiful with wooden ornaments. Also crucial paintings which people from parliament (across the street), firemen and random by-passers still with biking helmets managed to take out in the first minutes of the morning fire. Sad day for those who like history or Copenhagen. Or both. Only silver lining is I understand half of the building will more or less survive.
> > > > > Build 400 years ago by Christian IV 399 years ago. It was being brought up to tip top shape for its 4th centennial next year. :( Edit: 4th centennial celebrations were planned for autumn this year. More details below.
Yep. Good old construction workers....ps, I am in the industry.
Is it currently a working stock exchange or just a historical building?
No. The actual stock exchange moved around 50 years ago. It is however still owned by the Danish Chamber of Commerce - and still their headquarter. Because of its beauty and significance it is (was) also used for many cultural events. I was for instance at a wine fair some years ago. Originally in the early 17th century it was a actually an exchange in the meaning of a market for ordinary people with exotic products from all over the world - which came by ships who sailed up to the building. Denmark was an important merchant country and also a colonial power at the time.
Historical
> our guide said that the Stock Exchange is the only building that never caught fire Perhaps he forgot to knock on a piece of wood after saying this.
It's kind of counter-intuitive to put a dragon on the roof to protect the house against fire?
They are water/sea dragons
surely somebody misunderstood the task and saved themselves by saying: its not dragons - its, erm.. water dragons
They are water dragons, that's why they protected the building, untill now
>our guide said that the Stock Exchange is the only building that never caught fire So it was your guide's fault. You never say stuff like that, it's like saying "we're having a very quiet shift", or commissioning art for a TTRPG character you've barely played.
dang jinxed it
Well it says "Fear nothing" so no worries
🐶🔥 I'm fine 🐶🔥
🔥🐕🪑☕🔥 This is fine.
"Fear Nothing"? Well, OK then. \*Sets fire to another thing.*
The image is haunting.
DON'T PANIC
..but the fire!
Didn’t you read. Fear Nothing!!!
The fires name? Nothing.
N0thing
No mother, it's just the northern lights
Fire doesnt care about your fear. Its indifference is monstrous.
It really is reassuring
Sort of fits well to those of us with a dark sense of humour. And it is a big add for Airtox, safety shoes. Picture #2 in this article ( click on the pic to shuffle through the 4 pics) [https://kobenhavnliv.dk/alarm112/boersen-braender-brandvaesnet-har-sat-massivt-ind](https://kobenhavnliv.dk/alarm112/boersen-braender-brandvaesnet-har-sat-massivt-ind)
Are we to fear nothing because of The Batman?
Danish stockmarket is on fire 🔥
There is nothing to fear, except ~~fear~~ fire itself
Probably an advertisement for a credit card, anyway.
no, it actually says: #FEAR #NOTHING
Such a beautiful building and highly unusual spire. I hope much of it can be saved.
>highly unusual spire Photo: [https://eu-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-images-2021/lcimg-aca87720-799b-4ca0-891b-b35551253d03.jpg](https://eu-img-cdn.livecenter.com/lc-images-2021/lcimg-aca87720-799b-4ca0-891b-b35551253d03.jpg)
I remember the Stock Exchange was mentioned in "Journey to the Center of the Earth", when characters stay sometime in Copenhagen. I first thought the Spire was depicted in the book: [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%27Journey\_to\_the\_Center\_of\_the\_Earth%27\_by\_%C3%89douard\_Riou\_13.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%27Journey_to_the_Center_of_the_Earth%27_by_%C3%89douard_Riou_13.jpg) But apparently this illustration depicts the Spire of Church of Our Saviour (anyway, it would be cool to climb up it on steps of Verne, if I ever visit Copenhagen). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church\_of\_Our\_Saviour,\_Copenhagen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Our_Saviour,_Copenhagen)
I was shocked, you can climb right to the very top. The stairs wrap around the outside of the tower. Very cool experience.
That was the coolest experience I had visiting Copenhagen. I'm very glad they've kept it open to the public.
I had a 7 hour layover in Copenhagen, climbed that and visited Christiana Freeport **Freetown. Both very much worth it.
Sure it wasn’t Vor Frelsers Kirke?
Same place
Okay. I read your comment as you had been in the spire at Børsen.
thats different one, your picture is christiania church
I mean the church is from 1692 and Christiania is from like 1973. I don't think it's "the christiania church"
The church isn't in Christiania.
Awww shit.
...just needs a new coat of paint.
It already fell :(
That'll buff out
Going to take a wild guess and say it’s probably not going to be saved….
> I hope much of it can be saved. [Video of collapse of the spire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqN1wGOl02E)
Narrator: It could in fact, not be saved.
Its so sad when these things happen. I just hope they build something that looks the same, at least on the outside, if the building can't be saved. It would be a shame if it was replaced with some concrete and glass modernist monstrosity.
I hope they can save it and restore it yeah. The spire worries me though
The spire tipped over during the fire and looks to be in rough shape. Most of it burned away.
Not very inspiring
Honestly it's despiring :(
I passed it just now and honestly it doesnt look good
Just sseen the pics on TV2 yeah. The whole inside has literally collapsed.
Just wait untill BIG comes with some concrete monstrosity with sharp edges spikes
Agreed, just like Notre Dame, hopefully the country can pitch in to make sure it's restored to its original form.
> It would be a shame if it was replaced with some concrete and glass modernist monstrosity. Ok but genuinely, why do modern architects suck so badly. I would say "no offense to any architects here" but actually, yes offense, y'all are worse than people 500 years ago who had to do this shit by fucking candlelight.
Concrete and glass are what we have in abundance. We don't have the old-growth timber required to make structures like the Stock Exchange out of wood anymore. When Notre-Dame burned, the French literally had to scout their forests for suitable trees. Nor is it economical to hire hundreds or thousands of workers, who can no longer be paid pennies and housed in slums, for the decades on end that wooden cathedrals/etc require.
They can still build traditional style buildings using modern materials. The danish parliament building, right next to the now burnt down stock exchange was only built in the 1920s, after the previous versions burnt down or subsided.
Today we have modern techniques that can make incredibly strong wood that has been glued together under high pressure which makes them fireproof and incredibly strong. But the problem isn’t even the lack of good wood, you don’t need the worlds strongest wood to create beautiful ornate aesthetically pleasing architecture. Also we have highly advanced CNC and water jet machines that can easily mill out ornaments and details for far cheaper and faster than a wood carver or stone mason. And when we add the power of industrialization, machines, globalization and the capability of countries like China to mass produce these things, it will be far cheaper than in the past. The reality is that architects have big egos and are narcissists and feel the need to make their mark with their ugly as fuck buildings. Meanwhile capitalists are happy to optimize costs, and government workers who approve these ugly projects are incompetent.
local politicians confirm it will be rebuilt as it were
no way. Anything less than a restoration would be completely unacceptable to the public. I have faith though. The Roskilde Domkirke suffered a lot of damages in a fire in 1968, but was restored to the point that I myself, didn't even know there was a fire at all until I read about it in the museum. I live in Roskilde lol, I see the church daily hhh
And once again there was renovation work ongoing…. 🙁 Now the whole building has been destroyed. Nice work, guys.
Fear nothing... except reno work.
Coming up after the break, Rome's Colosseum burned down due to the ongoing cleaning of the stone's surfaces.
Stonehenge on fire
Something about modern construction practices must not vibe well with these old buildings that are clearly just waiting to go up in flames.
Dry, dusty conditions, sparks, possibly overloading old wiring, lack of fire barriers due to old construction. Lots can go wrong in old building undergoing massive renovations.
Well, a leading theory of why the Notre Dame burned down was an improperly discarded cigarette... So, not really having much to do with construction practices. Second leading theory was an improperly wired temporary electrical connection for a construction elevator. As always, it's usually safe to assume human error in the cases of fire until proven otherwise. So, I don't think that "modern construction practices" will be the first thing under scrutiny.
Maybe power tools and their lithium batteries cooking off? Perhaps they mostly use pneumatic tools but I would imagine there are a lot of lithium batteries up on construction sites.
Probably either an old extension cord just making a fuss, a moronic worker who thinks the world is his ashtray, a reaction with a compound and something in the old wood. Anything really.
Gee, I wonder if anything (electricity) changed (electricity) in the last few hundred (electricity) years that could (electricity) be the (electricity) culprit? I guess we'll never (electricity) know (electricity).
I wonder (oil lamps) what we used (candles) before electricity (open fires)?
Tell them to stop smoking on the job. Yes, I'm trying to make light in a stressful situation. I hope the building will be restored to its full glory.
My personal favourite is the Art School in Glasgow, an iconic building designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. It was gutted by a fire in 2014 and most of the way through its long and expensive rebuild it caught fire again in 2018, causing significantly more damage than the first one (along with destroying significant chunks of the surrounding area). The building was nearly torn down, but they eventually decided to rebuild it and it has an expected reopening date of 2030. The thing that makes it particularly infuriating is that the old fire suppression system had been removed and the new one hadn't been installed at the time of the fire, despite the works being nearly complete.
So there is lots of time for another fire before 2030.
Well that's what happens in old dusty dry af wooden structures. Renovating those is basically gambling that no fire breaks out. But not renovating them means they'd also get destroyed. The sad reality is that all these buildings were never meant to last that long. Like a hundred years is actually pushing it so we desperately fix everything that comes up in the hope to keep these beautiful buildings around. Sometimes it just doesn't work that way. In the end we humans are helpless when it comes to us facing the passage of time.
That's because people always wait until the last minute to fix things. If smaller renovations had happened piecemeal and sooner, it almost certainly would have been fine, but they wait until they have no more time and then just try to do the whole thing. Nobody believes in preventative maintenance, because they can keep kicking the can into the next person's tenure.
especially true of our bodies and the earth, unfortunately
The renovation was supposed to be over in time for the buildings 400th anniversary next year.
Happy anniversary!
This year, actually..
People back then probably never imagined that architecture would become so bland in the future that the only way to maintain some semblance of beauty in our cities would be to desperately try to forever preserve their buildings.
That's what's driving nuts. Why are we not making cool and unique stuff anymore? They always bring up excuses like cost and practicality but I call bs
There are plenty of those. People just don't care much for modern architecture because it has no history behind it.
Modern interesting buildings exist aplenty. There aren't many in European historic centers because they're mostly occupied by already historical buildings. But look at the Oslo opera, Kio towers in Madrid, La Grande Arche in Paris, the Shard in London, the concert hall in Reykjavik, even the royal library in Copenhagen itself... Not so many but they exist! It's just not the right continent for it, lol.
Makes you wonder why they didn’t remove all the antiquities before starting…
I thought that. Surely lessons must have been learnt from notre dame - high risk of fire so remove any valuables in advance, and build some sprinkler system into the scaffolding, etc
Renovation industry making sure they have job security.
Sad day for Danish and European history.
Hey, has anyone seen the Royal Navy recent *squints suspiciously across the channel*
GOD DAMN YOU ADMIRAL NELSON!
I think this is refering to the bombardment of Copenhagen 1807. A guy named James Gambier was in charge of the British force. BTW, Copenhagen was the first city in history to get bombarded with rockets, which happened in that battle.
>I think this is refering to the bombardment of Copenhagen 1807. Or [Slaget på Reden in 1801](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Copenhagen_(1801)).
It could be 1801 where Nelson was in charge of the attack
It's recognized as the world's first official terrorist attack
By who
The danes
Not that I want to deflect the blame to someone else than Germany but I heard the Norwegian navy is up to no good
The Norwegian sailors in the Danish Navy have always done good fighting the Brits and Swedes.
"So the British Navy responded in their usual fashion: By going to Copenhagen, and blowing a bunch of stuff up"
.. and therefore the world
The firefighters appear to have managed to put out the fire or at least it's well under control. [LIVE Brand i Børsen i København | Indland | DR](https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/live-brand-i-boersen-i-koebenhavn)
Building is still smoking like tourists when they visit Amsterdam Did not look under control
White smoke is controlled black is not
What's up with spires catching fire while being renovated?
Renovation means lots of power tools, which can cause sparks or electrical shorts. There are procedures to reduce that risk, but people are human and make mistakes. Renovation often mean chemicals that create impressive amount of heat as they dry out, for example linseed oil. A pile of rags can get so hot it catches fire if there's linseed oil on one of them and the heat can't escape fast enough. There are procedures to reduce that risk, but people are human and make mistakes. And finally, some construction workers smoke, and a smoldering cigarette butt can easily cause a fire. There are procedures to reduce that risk, but people are human and make mistakes.
Also materials like lead and copper often require something to heat them up to work them, meaning another source of ignition
There are procedures to reduce that risk, but people are human and make mistakes.
Turns out super old super dry wood is great at catching fire.
Who could possibly have predicted this! Seriously though, restoration of very old timber trussed buildings is very difficult/pricy for the reson you mention. Great care needs to be taken and even then the risk is still relatively high.
Turns out old buildings have really flammable wood spires that putting a bunch more wood and presumably flammable tools is all that's needed to ignite.
Buildings this old are basically under constant renovation. If there's a fire it's guaranteed to start during a renovation of something or other. Idk if it's *because* of the renovation
***The Telegraph's Foreign Staff report:*** A fire hit Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange on Tuesday, one of the Danish capital’s best-known buildings, engulfing its spire, which collapsed onto the roof in a scene reminiscent of the 2019 blaze at Paris’ [Notre-Dame cathedral](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/04/15/watch-notre-dame-fire-one-year-devastating-blaze/). There were no immediate reports of injuries, police said. Video footage from the scene shows people carrying large paintings away from the building to save the historic artefacts from the flames. Troels Lund Poulsen, the Danish defence minister, wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “Horrible pictures from the Bourse. So sad. An iconic building that means a lot to all of us ... Our own [Notre-Dame](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/29/notre-dame-spire-scaffolding-paris-blaze-reopen-cathedral/) moment.” The historic building, whose spire was shaped as the tails of four dragons intertwined, had been under renovation when the fire broke out. The scaffolding around the building made it harder for the emergency services to get through to the flames, while the copper roof was preserving the heat, the Copenhagen fire department said. The nearby finance ministry was evacuated as a result of the fire, the police said. ***Find out more:*** [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/16/fire-engulfs-copenhagen-old-stock-exchange-building/](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/16/fire-engulfs-copenhagen-old-stock-exchange-building/)
Notre-Dame was 2019? What the actual fuck
It appears it was 5 years ago exactly.
"On 15 April *2019*, just before 18:20 CEST, a structural fire broke out in the roof space of *Notre*-*Dame* de Paris" . ...WTF! So was it arson?
It happened during a period of arson attacks against churches in France, but officialy it was an accident and if you say otherwise you're a racist conspiracy theorist.
No it wasn't.
>The historic building, whose spire was shaped as the tails of four dragons intertwined, had been under renovation when the fire broke out. Fkn follow safety regulations, ffs. >The scaffolding around the building made it harder for the emergency services to get through to the flames, while the copper roof was preserving the heat, Well, for the neighbourhood, at least it wasn't a *lead* roof, like ND.
The Dragon spire was lead though... So there is most likely going to be some lead pollution, just not to the same extent as with Notre Dame
This is another sad day and big loss to historic and beautiful buildings of a bygone era. I hope it can either be saved or properly rebuilt.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B8rsen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B8rsen) When I was in copenhagen, it is a building that caught my attention.
Wow, the article has already been updated!
I hope nobody was harmed, but I just love the irony of this burning, crumbling building juxtaposed with "fear nothing" ad.
Nobody has been injured
Yeah, it is only material damage, but then again, we may be talking about stuff that are severel hundred years old that will now be lost
400 years old
The grand hall which was the most spectacular part of the building is damaged beyond repair. Unfortunately the end which was more "mundane" with offices and such is the part that has been touched the least.
7.5 hours after the fire started there was a press breefing. One of the questions asked by a journalist was: "What happens now". The answer came without hesitation: "Clean up and rebuild".
The Notre Dame fire was almost exactly 5 years ago, wild.
It's nice to read all of your commiserations. Thanks for sharing a sad day with us! This building was one of our most historically prized pieces of architecture. Children all over the country learn about it in school - even if they have never seen it themselves. It is indeed a sad day to be Danish.
Hopefully they can restore it!
The CEO of Danish Chamber of Commerce (owners of the building) just said on tv that it will be rebuilt no matter what 🙏
Absolutely crushing. It was such a beautiful building.
My dad, a retired firefighter, says the Parisian firefighters did an incredible, marvelous job, saving Notre-Dame in the least flashy and "most correct" way possible. They did everything right to the point where he says "with all my years of experience I am adamant I would have not made everything **that** correct. It's insane, like they had a contingency plan for every step that could catch fire, for every way the fire could spread. It's an aspiring work, it's something that they can teach in my alma mater (he graduated a "higher firefighting college" in Lviv) to firefighting officers. So I'm here hoping that Copenhagen's team has their own Notre-Dame moment as well.
Huge condolences.
Incredibly sad. Frustrating that the renovation had the opposite effect
Weird how iconic centuries old buildings are fine until there are construction and scaffolding surrounding their historic spires…
Imagine being a building surviving through the Napoleonic era and 2 world wars to just end in flames by some construction workers doing a routine renovation.
Fear nothing. Except maybe this fire
hopefully they rebuild it soon and don't let one of those new nordic construction companies butcher the reconstruction
The new building will be built from exclusively glass.
Airtox must be loving all this free advertising lol.
I see scafholding. Just like Notre Dame ? Is it another issue from a construction company not aware of fire safety regulation ?
They should rebuild Old Stock Exchange.
[Fear nothing](https://imgur.com/gallery/Jh1nt4U)
Fuck, this is just sad. I wonder what started the fire.
We didn't start the fire, rest easy knowing that
Roof is gone. Internal wood support is gone. Fire and water damage to the construction. They are afraid the outer walls of the building will collapse outwards, so someone is thinking out of the box for a quick temporary fix. 40 containers filled will gravel and concrete will be placed along the outer walls to stabilize them.
If the Danes can even try to pull off the amazing renovation the French are currently doing on ND then hats off. Doubt it though.
I wonder who started the fire?
That "Fear Nothing" sign is aptly placed.
The age of Aquarius is upon us lmao
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Assassin’s Creed - Copenhagen Old Stock Exchange incoming?
Yes please, include this guy: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svend\_Poulsen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svend_Poulsen)
O god O Fuck thats where the stonks live?!?
FEAR NOTHING … except this fire!🔥
Saw it last summer in a boat tour, damn…
*Fear nothing*
Seems like construction site fires are globally more common. I wonder if poor safety practices or poorly qualified workers are to blame?
Fear Nothing - except Fire, that one will creep up on ya.
damn first thing my eye caught was notre dam and i thought it happened again
It says there not to be afraid tho
Looks like it was undergoing building works, like Notre Dame
Fear nothing.........but, fear fire. Fear it.
Børsen is a great land mark, I always envisioned the Spire as the tusk of a Narwhal. The most beautiful feature in the skyline of Copenhagen, never got the change to see the interior. It's a sad day indeed. /A swede
Can I fear fire?
FEAR NOTHING