Danes Seek to Rebuild Iconic Stock Exchange Ravaged by Fire

With a fire still smoldering in what was left of Copenhagen’s old stock exchange building, Danes had already started planning how to rebuild one of the city’s key landmarks.

A blaze ripped through the 400-year-old Borsen building on Tuesday, causing the structure’s iconic dragon-tail spire to collapse in a traumatic image for the capital’s residents, who witnessed the Copenhagen skyline suddenly lose one of its most recognizable structures.

Flames engulf the spire of the Old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen, on April 16.

Source: Ritzau Scanpix Foto

The renaissance building’s tower consisted of four intertwined dragon tails, topped by three crowns, symbolizing Denmark, Norway and Sweden. According to legend, the spire would guard the structure against enemy ...