Hacker News with Generative AI: Copenhagen

MIT's Big Wheel in Copenhagen (news.mit.edu)
It looks like an ordinary bicycle wheel with an oversized center. But packed inside that unassuming hub is a veritable Swiss army knife’s worth of electronic gadgets and novel functions.

Technology, MIT, Innovation, Copenhagen

6 points by rmason 19 days ago | 0 comments

Vilhelm Hammershøi: the eminence in greys (richardmorris.org)
Thirty years ago, it wasn’t easy tracking down Vilhelm Hammershøi. Many of his paintings remained in private hands and unless you went to Copenhagen, you were unlikely to come across more than a couple hanging together. Now, a painter who was bypassed and undervalued for several decades is everywhere and value of his work has sky-rocketed. Over the last six years, auction prices for his paintings have exceeded £4 million ($5 million) on multiple occasions.

Art, Painting, Auction, Copenhagen

78 points by highway-trees 90 days ago | 5 comments

The five-minute city: inside Denmark's revolutionary neighbourhood (theguardian.com)
While ambitious urban planners try to make 15-minute cities a reality, the Nordhavn district of Copenhagen has gone one better. What’s life like when everything you need is just a stroll away?

Urban Planning, Denmark, Copenhagen, Neighborhoods

27 points by rustoo 179 days ago | 4 comments

Copenhagen rewards tourists for climate friendly actions (visitcopenhagen.com)

Tourism, Climate Change, Copenhagen, Sustainability

34 points by madpen 332 days ago | 9 comments

Copenhagen's historic stock exchange in flames (bbc.com)

Copenhagen, Fire, History, Buildings

57 points by voisin 417 days ago | 14 comments

Copenhagen's 400-yr-old exchange burns down (ft.com)

Copenhagen, Fire, History, Buildings

27 points by mads 418 days ago | 6 comments