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.
Culture minister Jakob Engel-Schmidt said 400 years of Danish cultural heritage had gone up in flames.
The building, dating back to 1625, is a stone’s throw from Denmark’s parliament, the Folketing, housed in the old royal palace of Christiansborg castle. Danish media said the nearby square was being evacuated.
If you ever read old newspapers, it’s fuckin wild how clear and descriptive they are. Modern reporting is downright conversational by comparison.
I read a book on the Wright Brothers and early flight recently, and holy shit is it astounding how often reporters would just make up whatever shit they wanted in the 1900s-1920s.
With chatbots writing half of all news articles today, it’s not that different really