Copenhagen's historic stock exchange in flames | BBC News

Denmark's historic old stock exchange building in the centre of Copenhagen has been engulfed by fire.
The 17th Century Børsen is one of the city's oldest buildings and onlookers gasped as its iconic spire collapsed in the flames.
Everyone inside the building was able to leave and people rushed to rescue some of its historic paintings.
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[@POLITICUS-DANICUS]

This building was not just an iconic national symbol and landmark built by Denmark’s most renowned king; it housed hundreds of invaluable paintings, thousands of manuscripts, documents, and tomes, as well as sculptures and priceless artifacts created by Europe's legendary artists and artisans through 400 years. The rooms themselves, masterpieces of artistry, were the sites of many of Denmark’s most crucial, destiny-altering decisions made by famed figures. The magnitude of this tragedy cannot be overstated-it is a profound loss not just for Denmark, but for Europe as a whole. Four hundred years of the richest forms of European culture and history have gone up in flames.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

I guess when Danes can't deliver their ill-gotten gains back from where they looted them (with them being burned and all). Danes may have to pay compensation for the loss of these treasures to the cultures from where they pillaged them from.

[@katy9291]

As a Dane it feels terrible 😢

[@danishcommander4dk]

I går troede jeg vi skulle fejre dronningens fødselsdag men så skete sådan en katastrofal begivenhed i dag 😞💔🇩🇰

[@happybunny1329]

So why on earth didn't they put it all into storage elsewhere during renovation work? It's only a couple of years since exactly the same thing happened to Notre Dame, so it would have been an obvious precaution to take. This really could have been avoided. There will be a lot of difficult questions to answer by whoever signed off the risk assessment.

[@rachelhelen898]

How awful. Thank you for the information.

[@filip8689]

Anyone else here that get’s Notre Dame fire vibes watching this? What a terrible loss.

[@BLET_55artem55]

Exactly, at this point UN (specifically UNESCO) should finally become useful and manage these renovations themselves

[@manosparavida3551]

Probably started by the same religious group who were responsible for Notre Dam.

[@m.a.d.m.5425]

Yea I felt the exact same way

[@Republic4ever714]

Yep sure do I just bought a small painting of notre dame before the fire.

[@webfreezy]

Let's hope it's not the same company

[@Derguz]

The building was constructed from 1599 - 1629. It's quite literally a piece of history going up in flames.

[@DonatusOkechukwuOkoli-zc7nz]

Quite sad.

[@DR_1_1]

Maybe the catholic church and the stock market need to be reformed...

[@BellaCroyda]

Whose responsible.

[@Derguz]

@@BellaCroyda Most likely nobody. The building was under restauration and it isn't uncommon for older buildings to start burning when centuries old timber gets exposed to a blowtorch (many old roofs fx has a timber frame but lead plating that need to be dismantled before the timber can be replaced).

[@Derguz]

@@DR_1_1 relevance?

[@Keln02]

This is just as bad as Notre Dame. Sympathies from France. Losing one's culture to flames is a tragedy

[@Tommysimonsen]

Not quite but it`s bad.

[@Schumdog1]

Losing culture to Islam

[@DR_1_1]

Je crois que la rénovation de Notre-Dame est pratiquement terminée... Le projet du supermarché en sous-sol en est où?

[@hmmmmm2634]

@@Schumdog1Losing land to Christianity

[@BellaCroyda]

All planned.

[@jeffhampton2767]

Very sad to lose such beautiful history😢

[@ThaiThom]

They lost God long before they lost their history.

[@danishcommander4dk]

et stykke danmarkshistorie der forsvinder. Det gør virkelig ondt at se denne nationale katastrofe 😞💔🇩🇰

[@julia2k8]

🤣🤣🤣

[@chrislambaa7586]

​@julia2k8 What a terrible thing to laugh at. Think you just proved what kind of person you are.

[@BLET_55artem55]

RIP from Russia. Always hurts seeing a piece of history go away one way or another. May the data be recovered and the building be restored properly 🙏

[@BLET_55artem55]

@@chrislambaa7586 it's just a stupid and mean kid, don't pay attention to it

[@marlonbodhimetz2481]

Ja det er sørme trist. Så meget godt i den bygning.

[@user-wb1wk8uz8x]

Very sad. The Copenhagen Stock Exchange has been my favorite piece of architecture in the whole wide world ever since I first saw it as a teenager. I am saddened for the wonderful people of Denmark. I am confident will make the best of this tragic situation.

[@Suckedintooblivion]

I immediately recognised it from the photos I took when I went to Copenhagen in 2016 and 2018 :(

[@WinstonSmith19847]

So sorry Denmark what a terrible loss

[@monopalle5768]

Not really, just a loss for Copenhagen..... Copenhagen is more connected to sweden, than the rest of denmark.... Copenhagen is on an island, right off swedens coast, not even connected to the rest of denmark, except by this LOOOOOONG toll bridge.....

[@everythingreviews7625]

@@monopalle5768 What a moronic Comment.

[@thokucheetah]

@@monopalle5768 You must be from Jylland LOL, all you have is from COPENHAGEN so better respect cuz that's all you got to brag about... It was would be so ironic if you're from Mokai oh i mean RANDERS xD lol Without Copenhagen nobody would even know DK exists lmao

[@mramogus1032]

@@monopalle5768 Shut up nobody asked and copenhagen is apart of Zealand and that dosent matter

[@WinstonSmith19847]

@@monopalle5768 It's 400 years of history up in smoke it's a loss for the world.

[@abbe_drengen_dk]

As a dane i can say you can see the smoke all the way from outer Greater Copenhagen

[@BLET_55artem55]

RIP. Always hurts my soul to see a historical landmarks being destroyed one way or another. May it be restored properly 🙏

[@SkyhighStarlight]

Oh fuck sniff your own farts you copenhagen butthole. Fuck money.

[@Berkanae]

So sad to watch the dragon spire go down like that.

[@jannickandreasen7896]

​@@BLET_55artem55just so you know no matter how much new it is build with it will never be the same😢😢😢😢😢

[@BLET_55artem55]

@@jannickandreasen7896 I know, but it's better to have a replica than to have a parking lot

[@TheSuperolleman]

I bike past it every morning on my way to work. It always filled me with enormous national pride when I looked at the spire. I cried when I saw it in flames this morning

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

Don't worry. Fire doesn't burn stone. Except apparently when "The Great Fire Of {insert location here}", _DID_ burn stone... Naturally, ""renovations"" are when these fires have a tendency to happen. Even though the buildings are masterpieces, perfectly intact and not in any way damaged.

[@TheSuperolleman]

@@letsdiscussitoversometea8479 the spire is gone. it’s 400 years old and one of our national treasures. it’s irreplaceable. It’s a national catastrophe

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

@@TheSuperolleman I'm really sorry to read that. 😢 You have no idea how interested in this story I am. For months and months now, I've been looking into the phenomenon of fires "destroying" stone structured buildings from "the old world", mostly because of the questioned true age of these buildings. There's (just to give one specific example) a KZbin channel called "My Lunch Break" which is looking specifically at the topic of old world building fires at this very moment in its series. I am ABSOLUTELY interested in this case - even though I'm unfamiliar with this building personally, I can see exactly why it's as important to you and many, many others, as it is. I think the structure was weakened during the course of its "renovation", which could explain why the building was covered in a tarpaulin - to conceal what was really happened there. Now's the time to collect as much evidence of the past of the building - photos, videos, "records" of its construction, other previous "fires" [in the location], scale models etc. And to find out *precisely* what caused the fire, and how parts of the building such as the spire (which I'm presuming was made of stone?), are able to be detached by being burnt in a fire. If by some extraordinary effort it's able to be returned to its original configuration _(somehow),_ that will help many of us, I'm sure.

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

@TheSuperolleman I'm really sorry to read that. 😢 You have no idea how interested in this story I am. For months and months now, I've been looking into the phenomenon of fires "destroying" stone structured buildings from "the old world", mostly because of the questioned true age of these buildings. There's (just to give one specific example) a KZbin channel called "My Lunch Break" which is looking specifically at the topic of old world building fires at this very moment in its series. I am ABSOLUTELY interested in this case - even though I'm unfamiliar with this building personally, I can see exactly why it's as important to you and many, many others, as it is. I think the structure was weakened during the course of its "renovation", which could explain why the building was covered in a tarpaulin - to conceal what was really happened there. Now's the time to collect as much evidence of the past of the building - photos, videos, "records" of its construction, other previous "fires" [in the location], scale models etc. And to find out *precisely* what caused the fire, and how parts of the building such as the spire (which I'm presuming was made of stone?), are able to be detached by being burnt in a fire. If by some extraordinary effort it's able to be returned to its original configuration _(somehow),_ that will help many of us, I'm sure.

[@monopalle5768]

The rest of us danes feel bad ALL the time about the tragedy we see..... But Copenhagen always laughs and has one of their experts dismiss our concerns publicly, so the conversation can be ended... Now when YOU burn, it's a national tragedy.... CRY ME A RIVER.

[@fireman3857]

400 year old wood in 400 years of oil and varnish, covered in 400 years of dust with wires that's are who knows how old. Yeah as an ex fireman, these fires are unfortunately time bombs in all these old historical buildings. Money on during the work some of these old wires got frayed and exposed and arched. Which set the dust and waste on fire which ignited the wood and with such a heavy old fire load got hot enough to ignite the metals

[@brysoncherry9884]

-layman describes time and history.

[@DaNiyaHodge]

Prayers for Copenhagen

[@monopalle5768]

Don't feel bad for them, they know how to use computers, and they can work from home, its already taken care of.

[@neptune5728]

@@monopalle5768 And it wasn't a Stock Exchange anymore, but private offices. No worries. They saved the fine Art and will rebuild.

[@monopalle5768]

@@neptune5728 Exactly. -The best joke, was how during the migrant crisis, they said it was impossible to use force to keep people out... But the other day, they deployed more than 100 army soldiers to help police guard their precious art 🙂I guess they CAN keep people out by force. LoL

[@nicholas8997]

Im Danish and live in the area, see this historic landmark every day. Or saw. Totally gutted and still happy that ministers have already reassured the public that an identical replacement, will be put in its place. However long that may take!

[@thokucheetah]

Bare vent 5 år, al bygning bliver renoveret, Muhammad skrevet oven på dem alle 3-5 år bare vent

[@felixalexios]

@@thokucheetah Indavlet dansker

[@oliverleroux9946]

Du elsker jo satan! Lige som alle andre danskere vat pilke. Den lorte bygning tilhør satan!

[@oliverleroux9946]

@@thokucheetah fuck allah og muhammad bøsse røv. Hvis elsker ham er du bare en anden pedofil.

[@earth-friendlytreefarms4824]

This is so Sad. This old girl predates even the Dutch tulip bulb bubble and collapse.

[@thokucheetah]

I think Islamists were behind this

[@rockstar78970]

What a sad day for Denmark and Europe 😥🇩🇰 such a great piece of history was gone today

[@monopalle5768]

History is a thing of the past, full of white supremacy and slave trade.... Much of copenhagens historic wealth is from colonies and exploitation..... We danes look forwards, towards equality, not backwards, towards kings and colonies....

[@crownbird6599]

This makes me so sad 😢 its the danish notere dam

[@jillybeanjillybean2322]

This is so sad😢

[@meilania2786]

🙁😢 sad to hear this kind of news. 🙏🇵🇭

[@DonSDonSDon]

Building was older than USA 🇺🇸

[@fastertove]

Not uncommon in Europe.

[@pmd1933]

How terrible!! How did that happen? So sad for history of the Danes.

[@cheesekingofdenmark6910]

The cause is unknown as of writing this. The investigation can't start until the fire is out. Accident related to the renovations going on seems most likely, but that is just speculation.

[@thokucheetah]

Islamists... they did that the same to NOTRE DAME... Won't be suprised if something like that happened to the BIG BEN next.

[@thesaddestdude3575]

@@thokucheetah What, i thought it was apolish guy smking on notredame O.o

[@marmara9741]

​@@thokucheetahatypical Indian mindset.

[@neptune5728]

@@thokucheetah Hi troll

[@fantacysportskingdom7798]

Fire Fighters give their everything to save us. They are 👼👼👼

[@martincatoniryan1638]

What a sad thing to occur. How could the fire have been started? I hope everybody is ok andthe restoration of this magnificent and antique building goes full speed! It appeared splendid in that 2015 photo.

[@hekatoncheiros208]

Historic buildings seem to be at risk when under restoration. Plumbers torches, electrical extension leads, welding etc.

[@nannaklemmensen3061]

They will investigate how the fire startet, however there where a team of workers on the roof at that point, that where working on the copper roof. Apparently they have to use a lot of heat to manipulate the copper, so that might have been why. Actually a firefighter has to be present at all times when they work with the copper.

[@piccalillipit9211]

We DEFINITELY have to up the regulations and working practices on renovating historic buildings and things - the Cutty Sark, Notrodame, This. Its ALWAYS when they are being renovated.

[@thesaddestdude3575]

My school caught fire during renovations aswell.

[@CC-hx5fz]

Glasgow Art School?

[@thesaddestdude3575]

@@CC-hx5fz No not that one.

[@DonatusOkechukwuOkoli-zc7nz]

It's sad to see a building that dates back to the 1620s destroyed by fire. That building no doubt was a landmark monument in Denmark. Thanks to all who savaged those historical paintings and objects from the blazing building. From Lagos, Nigeria 🇳🇬.

[@jannickandreasen7896]

And this is The very first fire this building got, in all of its 400 year of standing, it had survived so much and destroyed just like that right now😢😢😢😢😢

[@jbjshorts4709]

Min yndlings bygning i København er nu i flammer🤧😪

[@danishcommander4dk]

ja, hvad for en trist dag og alt det på dronningens fødselsdag 😞💔🇩🇰

[@neptune5728]

Stavekontrollen ødelagde de stakkels danske komposita/sammensatte ord. Da stavekontrollen ikke genkendte dem og lavede zig-zag under dem begyndte danskerne at glemme sit sprog. Det var din yndlingsbygning i ét ord.

[@lealarsen2017]

my aunt was supposed to visit Børsen yesterday because the Niels brock university graduation was supposed to be held there for her students, so she needed to inspect the place. the only school in Denmark allowed to use the building for that.

[@petrine5]

We are heartbroken😢

[@Mr.-Wint]

Not the first time a irreplaceable iconic building undergoing restoration in order to preserve it ends up destroying it..

[@christinaj.jensen4805]

And Denmark is looking to France to get their experience with the reconstruction of Notre Dame. The Mayor of Copenhagen has stated that experts will be sent to Paris.

[@blotz9378]

This happened exactly 5 years and 1 day after Notre Dame had burned down!

[@genegeneish]

Muslims?

[@PUAlum]

a truly favorite memory of my visit to Copenhagen involves this building. God Bless Denmark. What a loss!!

[@ericm1977]

Pour avoir vue Notre-Dame en feu, je partage la tristesse des Danois (Love from Paris).

[@vanhouten64]

Like Notre Dame the fire seems renovation-related. Renovators must be more cautious.

[@JohnSmith-fz1wh]

These fires are started deliberately by people who want to erase history.

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

You ever heard of an instance where *fire* destroys *stone???*

[@cheesekingofdenmark6910]

@@letsdiscussitoversometea8479 Yes actually. Stone cracks when heated too much. How much heat is required depends on what kind of stone. Worth mentioning that the building is mostly made of wood.

[@thokucheetah]

@@letsdiscussitoversometea8479 Bare vent 5 år, al bygning bliver renoveret, Muhammad skrevet oven på dem alle 3-5 år bare vent

[@thesaddestdude3575]

@@letsdiscussitoversometea8479 You've never had a campfire before.

[@user-op1jk2lk5n]

This is sooooooo sad from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

[@MarionWorldwide]

Same as Notre Dame in Paris 5 years ago on May 15 2019 ! Unbelievable !

[@wowJhil]

Renovation work leading to fire, again? Can we please have better regulations when it comes to fire risks in culturally significant buildings? This surely wouldn't happen if things were done right! Not a coincidence this happens now!

[@christinaj.jensen4805]

There are already being thought up measures to better ensure the historic buildings. And as for the reconstruction of Børsen, the Mayor of Copenhagen has been in contact with her colleague in Paris, and agreed to send a team of experts to Paris, to learn what the reconstruction of Notre Dame can teach.

[@FireGamer732]

I live in Denmark

[@paulburns1333]

Seems like old buildings are at their most vulnerable during renovation. Add this to Notre Dame and the McIntosh building in Glasgow among others. Is it too much to ask to have suitable fire dousing capability present during the work on roofing which always seems to be the place where these fires start and uses blowtorches for the work?

[@alfsmith4936]

There's a reason building regulations change over the years... These old buildings weren't built with electrical faults, or idiots with a blowtorch in mind.

[@steelman86]

Their spire looked a lot like the one of Notre Dame! This is sad! Hopefully those paintings were rescued!

[@christinaj.jensen4805]

Around 400 art pieces were rescued from the building and is now in a safe secret location.

[@karolygyorgykiss5764]

Shout out for the person who rushed in to save paintings

[@igorboomer1597]

The Copenhagen Børsen was a work-in-progress when the first pilgrims aboard the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts in 1620.

[@MikhailTravels]

Дай Бог чтобы все были живы и здоровы 😢 🙏🏻 😢 🙏🏻 😢

[@Nebarus]

Our Danish "Notre Dame" was destroyed today! While it will never be quite the same after a nearly 400 year old building is 2/3 gone, the broad pledge is already there for a full rebuild true to its spirit! The dragons will rise again!

[@neptune5728]

Oldest stock exchange building on earth. Turns 400 years next year. Amsterdam started the first stock exchange, but the building was demolished almost 200 years ago.

[@christinaj.jensen4805]

That's also very tragic.

[@lisalbertsen1328]

Det er sørgeligt

[@Snowiestttv]

As a Dane, it's not that serious, something was bound to happen at some point, we can't keep old buildings forever. Still quite unlucky that it was due to a fire

[@user-ir2oo4wo3g]

Печальная новость, надеюсь реставраторы смогут минимизировать ущерб.

[@fabiovranes3168]

Exactly 5 years Since the Notre Dame Fire of 2019

[@richardledger6912]

It's terrible. So devastating loss of one of our greatest monuments, our invaluable art collection and this historical building. Sad day in terms of cultural loss.

[@Batlise]

Looked like Notre Dame. Same conditions. It was also being renovated….

[@georgeroybooth3335]

How sad,

[@peterrasmussen7584]

Half of the stock exchange is burned to the ground. the other half is saved BUT water and soot damaged.

[@hansmarheim7620]

What a tradgedy! I feel compassion for the people of Denmark.😢

[@PhiveIncognito]

I had my high school graduation ceremony in Børsen 😢

[@oliverleroux9946]

Demon elskere!

[@0118uhauha]

Copenhagen central station ( Hovedbanegården ) is also an old ( 1911 ) stylish building. Some repair works were carried out in 1986 in one side of the big hall where the local electric trains pass ( S-tog after German Schnell-Bahn ) The workmen had a big jar with remnants of paint and thinner liquid. The vapors of such liquids spread quickly and are very inflammable. Somebody probably smoked a cigarette nearby and the jar went up in flames. Yet the fire was put out after a short time because the main Copenhagen fire brigade ( Hoved-Brandstationen København ) is merely five minutes away. That side of the Central Station was completely renovated in the original style. * The distance from the main fire station to the Stock Exchange from 1622 ( Børsen ) is merely a ten minutes drive whereby it is odd that the entire building burned down. Why odd ? Because clerks were working in the building and they no doubt called the fire brigade the minute they smelled sharp smoke. * The building is about a hundred meters long. Thus if the fire started merely in one place and even in an open jar with inflammable liquids it should have been possible for the well equipped fire brigade ( powerful monitors and water cannons , high extension ladders ) to save large portions of the building. * There was a similar fishy fire two years ago in outer Copenhagen ( Grøndals-parken ). Four long blocks each with flats in four stores from about 1935 all caught fire simultaneously in the dry wooden lofts with lumber-rooms. When the fire brigade from a nearby local station ( Tomsgården Brandstation ) arrived 15 minutes later they had no chance of saving any part. * Everybody left their apartments in time nobody was injured. If you watch the films from that fire here on KZbin you will admit that the fire cannot have started in one lumber-room and then spread to the lumber-rooms in the other three blocks. Because in that case some lumber rooms would have been completely ashes while others almost intact when the brigade arrived. There was only little wind that day. See: "Grøndals Parkvej brand" or "Hvordan går 90 lejligheder i brand på rekordtid" How do 90 flats all catch fire in no time (a record time ). That question has never been answered and probably never will be neither for the Stock Exchange because such violent fires conveniently delete all traces , footsteps and fingerprints. * Yet it is a nice place there is a several kilometers long park across the road where I used to toboggan in the winter as a child. My guess is that new buildings with expensive condos will be built by some big property-owner. * Let's see whether the government sells the piece of land where the Stock Exchange was and what will be built there and by whom. Sagen stinker.

[@thebuccaneersden]

Very very sad...

[@chooselife7882]

was it made of wood?

[@thissunchild]

Could see the smoke from my bedroom window 😢

[@mgithaiga1]

Damn!

[@jeromejooste3493]

Terribly sad to see historical artefacts destroyed. I trust much of it if not all was digitized.

[@thokucheetah]

Bare vent 5 år, al bygning bliver renoveret, Muhammad skrevet oven på dem alle 3-5 år bare vent

[@mariageldenhuys6309]

So sorry Copenhagen on the loss of these wonderful pieces of history.🇿🇦

[@elainecameron5545]

How did that happen?

[@cheesekingofdenmark6910]

It isn't know as of writing this. The investigation can't begin until the fire is out and they're sure the walls won't collapse. It's just speculation, but it seems likely to be an accident relating to the ongoing restoration work.

[@thokucheetah]

Bare vent 5 år, al bygning bliver renoveret, Muhammad skrevet oven på dem alle 3-5 år bare vent

[@phoque121]

A) Religion of peace B) Weird bullyed kid C) Disgruntled employee D) Uninteresting technical problem involving faulty wires

[@sablatnic8030]

@@phoque121 E) An incident while roofing. (Roofing with copper).

[@user-pj8uj7wx3s]

Restoration indeed - that's what happens when the blowtorch is pointed in the wrong direction. Very sad but not unexpected. Same thing happened to Notre Dame.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

sure would help if they had a volunteer fire department in the city to support the other full-time crews of the fire department. But they don't.

[@christinaj.jensen4805]

There were many, many, many firefighters on the site and there still are. The outer walls sadly just came down 💔

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

@@christinaj.jensen4805 still it's a big issue in cities like Copenhagen or Oslo, which only have the full-time crews. Great to cover daily business, but not great at all when you have a major emergency going on - and daily business still keeps going. That's why in Germany literally EVERY city with a full-time career FD has also a volunteer FD

[@christinaj.jensen4805]

@@EnjoyFirefighting that’s why it was great that the Royal Guard litterally ran from their base in Gothersgade, to assist the emergency department. As well as the many civilians on the street who dropped everything to also help recovering the paintings and other art pieces that was saved from the flames. My office is across the street from Christiansborg, which is right next to Børsen. In my building there’s a restaurant, and it only takes a little too much smoke in the kitchen, before the whole building has to get out of there (it has happened quite a few times). And every time, a couple of minutes later, there are two fire trucks who are driving up to the building. The buildings are old and they are clearly not taking any chances. So they have everything under control, even without a volunteer fire department.

[@EnjoyFirefighting]

@@christinaj.jensen4805 nice, but shouldn't be necessary ... and it would be an insurance nightmare in case sth would've happened to the civilians. It's not just about this large fire ... it's about any kind of large scale scenario, anything from floods and storm damages, fires (both in apartment houses, large commercial buildings or industrial buildings), pile-up accidents, train accidents, aircraft accidents ... it's important to have lots of manpower and equipment to cover extraordinary scenarios and incidents besides the daily business. Although unlikely, imagine how they'd handle if a 2nd large scenario happens at the same time ... "nd every time, a couple of minutes later, there are two fire trucks who are driving up to the building" yeah that's standard. One of many minor incidents which turn out to be false alarms. Same here. Standard response for a fire alarm in my old home town was 5 fire trucks, 2 ambulances, 1 doctor car, 1 police car - but that's daily business. They still need support from the volunteer FD in case of super busy moments or major incidents "they are clearly not taking any chances. " they sure are. They don't even have a larger on-scene command post, right?

[@adamStorey-vc9xm]

Anyone know if it’s close to the parliament building?

[@gunnardahlgaard429]

Close, but parliament was not in danger, the parliament became a comfortzone for the employed staff at the Stock Exchange. It is estimated that 40 % of the Stock Exchange was saved from the fire due to the firemens professional skills.A lot of the paintings, artefacts and documents from the period was saved and will undergo a restauration proces. As the fire hardly has ended discussion about rebuilding the Stock Exchange has already begun and there is a strong will and effort to rebuilding the Stock Exchange.

[@christinaj.jensen4805]

It's right next to Parliament. Had the wind shifted, sparks and flames could have hit Parliament too.

[@gmanette188]

Very sad

[@monopalle5768]

It's just an old brown brick building... Now we can build modern ENERGY EFFECIENT office buildings, using green materials..... Maybe even encourage women to help with the construction?

[@tnsloek]

Alle danskere græder i dag 😭😭😭

[@felixalexios]

Nope

[@KRAMMEDYRET1]

I den grad. Det er en del af vores kulturarv og hvem vi er. Børsen er en af grundstenene for den rigdom vi har i dag.

[@felixalexios]

@@KRAMMEDYRET1 what riches do Denmark has? You mean a lack of freedom of speech? :)

[@neptune5728]

Tal for dig selv, der sker nok grimmere ting end det. Ingen kom til skade

[@MsVertinskaya]

😢😢 it's all so sad for whole Western culture ❤love from Netherlands

[@MeiinUK]

Oh my God..... What the hell... I hope they would rebuild it back to the exact same style.. but with innovative green products that look like that.... I mean, omg...

[@christinaj.jensen4805]

The owners intend on rebuilding it as it was and have already received offers for donations.

[@davidpocsi1733]

I take my facebook profile picture photos since 2014 with the same building in the background. Which is the Copenhagen parliament and the stock exchange. Like notoriously never had any other profile photo. I do not intend giving up this habit.

[@Aqu181]

sad

[@pedrolplgm]

Gracias kl te lo dice 160 k saludos.

[@user-Rocket-Fest]

If you build with wood then install a water suppression system, its that simple.

[@christinaj.jensen4805]

It was a brick building. Unfortunately the cobber roof made the firefighters' work very difficult and made the heat spread faster.

[@user-Rocket-Fest]

@@christinaj.jensen4805 Never knew bricks burned, cheers for the tip.

[@Greenpoloboy3]

Oh my goodness. The comment section is FULL of spam/scam comments just 3 minutes after uploading. 28 so far

[@paradisehub9382]

Well that is how the automated accounts are operated. The second the video is posted the comments are already there. Earlier comments tend to get seen more.

[@Greenpoloboy3]

@@paradisehub9382 You'd think youtube would filter these out. I mean, when I comment, its 50/50 that my comment actually isnt removed right away. So often it just disappears. Yet the spam stays there.

[@titteryenot4524]

@@Greenpoloboy3It’s to do with specific trigger words whether comments are removed, not whether they are or are not spam per se. You could write 500 words and if you have one word on the KZbin banned list, you are removed.

[@Greenpoloboy3]

@@titteryenot4524 Yeah. Annoyingly. A seperate 2nd comment of mine here actually is gone, proving my point. All I said was about the loss of history and pleased all were unharmed. No bad words or anything. Really frustrating

[@SubjectiveFunny]

I do not see a single one.. Weird..

[@gregonline6506]

Warum brennt schon wieder ein altes, historisch relevantes Gebäude? Welche technischen Vorsichtsmaßnahmen wurde hier, wie in Paris vor einigen Jahren, nicht eingehalten?

[@thokucheetah]

Bare vent 5 år, al bygning bliver renoveret, Muhammad skrevet oven på dem alle 3-5 år bare vent

[@emmajones8590]

Clumsy clucks. Just like the Notre Dame destruction. Can't they get someone who knows what they are doing for these renovations, or just leave well alone? Both buildings were beautiful the way they were.

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

Well don't worry... Fire doesn't burn through stone, so it's all going to be perfectly alright.

[@scipioafricanus5871]

@@letsdiscussitoversometea8479 Yeah, and fire can't melt steel... we've been here before...

[@letsdiscussitoversometea8479]

@@scipioafricanus5871 I really hope I'm not being compelled to repeat myself.

[@cheesekingofdenmark6910]

If you don't maintain buildings, they will be lost as well. We just need to be more careful. Not to mention that the old stock exchange was in a really bad state until they began the renovation.

[@christinaj.jensen4805]

@@letsdiscussitoversometea8479 Might not burn through stone, but it is only the outer walls that are left standing and they are in danger of collapsing as well.

[@diarrhoea69]

A Johnny cash song playing in my head as that spire burns

[@zapfanzapfan]

Terrible loss.

[@bittensrensen7267]

😢

[@justsomeguysHandleChangedByYT]

2024 and youtube still can't handle basic spam

[@brendanlittle3706]

I’ve reported your account to help expedite the process for you.

[@justsomeguysHandleChangedByYT]

@@brendanlittle3706 bruh

[@TOGRYUIHEI]

@@justsomeguysHandleChangedByYTthis is real. Its on tje danish news rn.

[@justsomeguysHandleChangedByYT]

@@TOGRYUIHEI talking about spam comments Go to new videos from big channels and most comments you can see are spam trying to scam people

[@anneduigan4933]

Seems like the inferno of Notre Dame all over again. Hopefully there will be money to restore it properly too.

[@Sxmplypeely]

Another Notre Dame 😔

[@sebastianinusugtok8420]

5 years after Notre Dame.

[@harrickvharrick3957]

'And then as you can see the spire collapses'... video cut off right at that moment

[@FGH9G]

The fact that there's an entire Wikipedia page dedicated to fires started by construction and renovation to old historic structures is honestly disturbing enough.

[@kimrosenkvist6371]

There. Was working people at the roof there eskape

[@coolcat6103]

Another old building on fire? How strange……destroying the old world!!

[@Amalgamer]

allah is everywhere in europe...

[@coolcat6103]

@@Amalgamer peace and blessings be upon him. I’m white Christian and I have no problem with Muslims, they’re the most respectful people I know. They’re humble and they adore their children. One is my immediate co worker, he loves his wife and children and has me rolling with laughter. It’s our own government that’s the problem not Muslims. It’s so easy to stoke up hatred via newspapers and media reports whilst our soldiers obliterated millions in Iraq and Afghanistan, now we’re supporting Israel whilst they take the rest of Palestine…,.. many untapped resources in Gaza that our governments want to get their hands on yet we call THEM terrorists? Funny how throughout history these old buildings of antiquity get destroyed by fire! How on earth does a fire get that big? It’s not like they’ve got a furnace or open fires in there, how did it take hold bad enough to topple the steeple? People need to wake up, the enemy is right in front of you pretending to be your friend…… the most dangerous of all is the enemy at your shoulder pretending to be on your side! I’ll bet the governments get busy destroying more of the old world…… it’s the great reset

[@cheesekingofdenmark6910]

Fires happen. Old building that were not designed with fire safety in mind and are mostly made of wood are especially at risk, as even small fires can grow big in ways modern buildings are designed to prevent.

[@entireglxy4338]

​@@coolcat6103It's not the government that causes them to be 5 times more likely to murder and rape compared to native Europeans. And they do sure love their children but not in the way you might mean...Also if you had common sense you would know your personal experience does not discount what is proven by statistics.

[@MeiinUK]

@@coolcat6103 : Denmark is a small country, and they didn't have the provisions at all.. So if the muslims want to stay somewhere in Europe.. then they should've come to the UK.. Cos there are mosques, and there are small communities here already established etc. So I don't get why the whole Muslim thing, went viral.. in the Danish papers.. And also... I don't even know who these people were? Be honest... at the very least.... Cos some Malaysians now call themselves Muslims, despite them being Javanese.. in race and in heritages, but they don't know that. And also.. we shouldn't see a piece of global news... that is happening across the globe.. and then take it out on our own local communities... at all.... It takes quite a few generation to keep stabilities.. people are way too... blunt sometimes...

[@davidl4686]

I wonder what they traded in the 17th century in that exchange. I would assume it would be "rights" to cargo/ships for resources, spices and slaves?

[@starvictory7079]

There is a reason why nobody speaks Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, Finnish, Lithuanian etc in Africa. But, maybe some of what you say happened to a small extent.

[@Madsiqwasi]

Im simply amazed by all the conspiracy theory comments. I sure as hell dont hope that this is "real" people writing and thinking this way, its absolutely insane 😳🤯

[@alfsmith4936]

They're probably American 'alt' right wingers. It's difficult to tell them apart from bots at the best of times.

[@thokucheetah]

Bare vent 5 år, al bygning bliver renoveret, Muhammad skrevet oven på dem alle 3-5 år bare vent

[@Madsiqwasi]

@@thokucheetah Min første indskydelse er at du tydeligvis må være en troll/bot, for jeg fatter simpelthen ikke at nogle folk kan være så absurd dumme som du får dig selv til at fremstå, jeg er næsten tom for ord.

[@markus.schiefer]

Always said if something like this happens to historic buildings. On the other hand, I'd have no problem seeing all the stock exchanges on this planet gone through...

[@scipioafricanus5871]

Why sad, though? These buildings rests on 400 years of exploitation of other peoples' unpaid labour.

[@christinaj.jensen4805]

It hasn’t been a Stock Exchange for a long time. Hence “the old” Stock Exchange. It is today the headquarters of the Danish Chamber of Comerce.

[@halfbreed3056]

🙏

[@VoresKanal]

Sad you cant see the building because of the on going renovation

[@user-qt2uh7pg5q]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@myhounddog]

The word renovations has become a code word for what we all know it really is 😢

[@susiex6669]

Deja vu. Completely coincidental, right?

[@claireedwards1179]

Wonder how it started

[@Wings_of_foam]

We just lost a building, older than America.

[@christinaj.jensen4805]

True. But we have many more that are older than America. These and the new Børsen needs to be secured from another such tragedy.

[@AM-yi4dd]

How do you let this happen

[@missionpassed4584]

Always when a renovation is happening, which Is a very critical time to keep things as safe as possible especially when tools that cause a sparks are used

[@tadolph82]

The climate is burning too.

[@dlk7003]

Just like Notre Dame, destroyed during "renovations." With renovations like this, they are better leaving old buildings alone.

[@AngelBaby-cp6kf]

Denmark:s Chamber of Commerce owns this building and their own offices were located in this building too. I would think Brian Mikkelsen, chief of the Danish Chamber of Commerce, will sue the contractor BIG TIME of the renovation for carelessness. It wasn't just any old building after all. Name the contractor.

[@christinaj.jensen4805]

The cause of the fire has to be found first and the insurance established. Something that is going to be even more difficult, now that the outer wall just came down.