Today in Denmark: A roundup of the news on Thursday
Firefighters work to shore up burnt-out walls of old Stock Exchange, Great Belt Bridge traffic disruptions, world’s tallest wind turbine goes up in West Jutland and more news from Denmark on Thursday.
Fire services at Børsen taking things ‘one day at a time’
Firefighters still working to put out the remnants of the devastating blaze at Copenhagen’s old stock exchange Børsen say they are working on improving the stability of the centuries-old building’s outer walls.
“It’s very complicated work because the entire roof section of the scaffolding is now in a large pile with the copper roof, storey partitions, contents of the building and so on,” senior firefighter Frederik Ryber told broadcaster DR.
READ ALSO: IN PICS: What will it take to rebuild Copenhagen's old stock exchange building?
The walls need to be stabilised before work to clear damage from the building can continue on Thursday.
Around 10 firefighters have continued to extinguish small fires and monitor for any outbreaks overnight as the fire services remain present as long as they are needed.
“We are taking it a day at a time,” Ryber said.
Vocabulary: stillads – scaffolding
Great Belt Bridge reopens after short traffic closure
The Great Belt Bridge between Zealand and Funen was briefly closed early this morning but traffic is now again crossing normally, operator Sund & Bælt said in a post on social media X.
The delay was caused by “diversion of traffic” and follows similar disruptions throughout this week with maintenance work ongoing on the crossing.
Drivers using the bridge during the night and early hours particular may see delays.
Vocabulary: vedligholdelse – maintenance
World’s tallest wind turbine erected in West Jutland
Yesterday saw a world record broken in West Jutlnd town Thyborøn as Vestas completed the installation of the world’s tallest land wind turbine, DR writes.
After the turbine machinery was affixed to the tower yesterday afternoon, the 15 megawatt construction reached a height of 266 meters – taller than the Great Belt Bridge.
Project leader Jens Jørgen Birch said there had been “no protests at all” from local residents opposing the turbine.
“It’s also now the fourth time we’ve erected wind turbines in the area,” he told DR.
Vocabulary: verdensrekord – world record
Public servants offered incentives to speed up mink compensation claims
Officials are to be offered a financial incentive as the government attempts to speed up mink fur farmers’ compensation cases, Minister of Transport Thomas Danielsen says.
Public servants who Work for at least 18 months in the government departments in the towns of Viborg, Aalborg, Vejle and Skanderborg, where the cases are bwing processed, can get paid an extra 5,000 kroner per month, Danielsen told DR.
READ ALSO: Denmark ejects mink breeders from compensation committees
“This should be seen as a temporary task to be completed,” Danielsen said
The transport minister is on the case because the so-called “Minksekretariat”, which is processing state compensation for the government’s 2020 decision to temporarily ban mink fur farming, comes under the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority (Trafikstyrelsen).
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Fire services at Børsen taking things ‘one day at a time’
Firefighters still working to put out the remnants of the devastating blaze at Copenhagen’s old stock exchange Børsen say they are working on improving the stability of the centuries-old building’s outer walls.
“It’s very complicated work because the entire roof section of the scaffolding is now in a large pile with the copper roof, storey partitions, contents of the building and so on,” senior firefighter Frederik Ryber told broadcaster DR.
READ ALSO: IN PICS: What will it take to rebuild Copenhagen's old stock exchange building?
The walls need to be stabilised before work to clear damage from the building can continue on Thursday.
Around 10 firefighters have continued to extinguish small fires and monitor for any outbreaks overnight as the fire services remain present as long as they are needed.
“We are taking it a day at a time,” Ryber said.
Vocabulary: stillads – scaffolding
Great Belt Bridge reopens after short traffic closure
The Great Belt Bridge between Zealand and Funen was briefly closed early this morning but traffic is now again crossing normally, operator Sund & Bælt said in a post on social media X.
The delay was caused by “diversion of traffic” and follows similar disruptions throughout this week with maintenance work ongoing on the crossing.
Drivers using the bridge during the night and early hours particular may see delays.
Vocabulary: vedligholdelse – maintenance
World’s tallest wind turbine erected in West Jutland
Yesterday saw a world record broken in West Jutlnd town Thyborøn as Vestas completed the installation of the world’s tallest land wind turbine, DR writes.
After the turbine machinery was affixed to the tower yesterday afternoon, the 15 megawatt construction reached a height of 266 meters – taller than the Great Belt Bridge.
Project leader Jens Jørgen Birch said there had been “no protests at all” from local residents opposing the turbine.
“It’s also now the fourth time we’ve erected wind turbines in the area,” he told DR.
Vocabulary: verdensrekord – world record
Public servants offered incentives to speed up mink compensation claims
Officials are to be offered a financial incentive as the government attempts to speed up mink fur farmers’ compensation cases, Minister of Transport Thomas Danielsen says.
Public servants who Work for at least 18 months in the government departments in the towns of Viborg, Aalborg, Vejle and Skanderborg, where the cases are bwing processed, can get paid an extra 5,000 kroner per month, Danielsen told DR.
READ ALSO: Denmark ejects mink breeders from compensation committees
“This should be seen as a temporary task to be completed,” Danielsen said
The transport minister is on the case because the so-called “Minksekretariat”, which is processing state compensation for the government’s 2020 decision to temporarily ban mink fur farming, comes under the Danish Civil Aviation and Railway Authority (Trafikstyrelsen).
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