Blaze engulfs historic Danish landmark

The fire ripped through Copenhagen’s famed Børsen building, which was undergoing renovation. Occupants and emergency services joined forces to save historic artefacts from the flames

Christiansborg Palace
(seat of Danish parliament)

SWEDEN
DENMARK
Copenhagen
GERMANY

COPENHAGEN
Børsen
4km 2.5 miles

Børsen: 17th-century former stock exchange and popular tourist attraction. Distinctive 56-metre spire, shaped like tails of four dragons intertwined, destroyed in inferno

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