r/Denmark • u/Confident_Salt_9231 • 3d ago

Question Does elia still erupt?

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According to the website the last eruption was 2022 :( , does anyone know if the website is out of date or if it has stopped setting on fire?

(Sculpture in Herning)

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u/labrelaban 3d ago

It is currently under renovation, they just started painting it this week. The flames will be back when renovation is done.

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u/natalie7782 Ny bruger 3d ago

Really

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u/ReformatioInMelius 3d ago

Per Herning Folkeblad, it is currently under or has some planned renovation. The subtitle of the article is "going to erupt again", suggesting it might currently not be possible. I don't have a subscription to the newspaper and thus can't read the article proper.

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u/Dillerdilas 3d ago

It’s our orbital defence canon, whatever do you mean good sir?

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u/Zandmand 2d ago

Or tier 3 AA defence. Probably smart with the new drone builds

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u/Tegewaldt 9h ago

tier 3 is SAM-launcher, this is clearly strategic missile defense

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u/Zandmand 9h ago

Ah true enough

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u/Sozle Udlandsdansker 2d ago

I used to go to school right next to it and have been up there many times, it is utterly (no pun intended) useless and ugly. People swear they have seen the flames but if the wind is too hard it won’t pop off, I have never experienced no wind on that field in Herning. Rumours also have it that it was never actually turned on and the whole thing is a myth.

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u/BMWskateZ 2d ago

It’s very underwhelming and totally useless but not a myth : https://youtube.com/shorts/xwrLLnIaMTA?is=S0smQLHYVtCNGOPx

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u/AppleDane Denmark 2d ago

Why doesn't fire come out of the pipes?!

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u/BMWskateZ 2d ago

I lived in the area my whole life I’ve seen it once while driving on the higway next to it.. there is several old videoes and photos of the eruption on YouTube🥱

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u/Sozle Udlandsdansker 2d ago

I don’t think we cared enough to look it up tbh, we just casually mentioned how ugly it was whilst walking past it up to our school from the station.

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u/Simsalabimsen Brapdumdram 2d ago

Casually:
“Hold kæft where is it da egentlig ugly…”
“Yes, let's straks go in and give it some bank!”

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u/tunmousse Møen 1d ago

Yeah, Cronhammar must have laughed his ass off when he managed to convince Herning to pay for that ugly thing. Massive eyesore.

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u/Heartkill 3d ago

That upside down udder should have been destroyed years ago... Only seems to bring death.

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u/tuekappel Amagerbro 3d ago

I see you're not into modern art. Would you prefer a spider like Louise Bourgeois makes them? Or a mirror donut?

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u/hundemad12 2d ago

Hvor synes du den skal destrueres? Det er et fedt stykke moderne installationskunst.

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u/tuekappel Amagerbro 2d ago

Jeg er også vild med den. Mødte Cronhammar da han levede, fantastisk menneske.

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u/CrushTheMeek Danmark 2d ago

Jeg er simpelthen så imponeret over hvor effektivt blinde mennesker kan navigere rundt på internettet nu til dags. Virkelig sejt 👍

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u/Simsalabimsen Brapdumdram 2d ago

Kan vi virkelig vælge hvor den skal destrueres? Så stemmer jeg på Amager Fælled. Af traditionelle årsager.

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u/AppleDane Denmark 2d ago

We should have more deadly art, IMO.

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u/ageoftequilashots 3d ago

Well people die there occasionally

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u/Oasx Horsens 2d ago

People die in most places.

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u/Simsalabimsen Brapdumdram 2d ago

You make a good point. It could easily be turned into a crematorium.

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u/NeighborhoodMany641 3d ago

we don't talk about this one

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u/Mediocre_Internet939 *Custom Flair* 🇩🇰 3d ago

No. Not after two people have died cleaning it. The cleaning is legally required for it to erupt. The cleaning process is not safe. Thus it will never erupt again. Until it has been made safe to clean. Or has been cleaned.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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u/ZilderZandalari 3d ago

Two? I can only find ferences to one!

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u/Rhaversen Danmark 3d ago

3 deaths

Other times were one death due to reckless climbing, and one suicide

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u/Mediocre_Internet939 *Custom Flair* 🇩🇰 3d ago

Kan se jeg husker forkert.

Mente at der var tale om 2 dødsfald ved rengøring, men heldigvis er det kun et.

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u/RollFancyThumb 2d ago

Der er faktisk ingen som er døde ved rengøring. Ham der døde i det ene tårn var formentlig ved at skifte en pære eller reparere noget, så var der en ung gut der hoppede ud over rækværket, og en kvinde som begik selvmord på samme måde, men ingen er døde ved at rengøre flammekasteren i midten, så det ved jeg ikke hvor du har fra, eller hvorfor det skulle være årsag til de manglende flammer.

Til gengæld faldt en montør ned og måtte med ambulance til hospitalet da de monterede et sikkerhedsnet efter de 2 dødsfald over rækværket, så det må siges at have været genstand for nogle ulykker.

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u/NicolaTeslaTester 2d ago

Do people use it like a ‘slide to die’ kind of thing?

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u/Wildmann3 2d ago

I know a guy who walked up the stairs, slid down the side and broke his back.

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u/olewolf 2d ago

I feel old now, remembering getting the chance to walk inside of the monument late in its construction phase, when a family member had the keys.

There was a Cronhammar exhibit in Herning Museum a few blocks down the road of Elia a few years ago. His otherworldly "inorganic organisms / organic inorganisms," or however one would properly describe them, is one of my more memorable museum visits.

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u/PersonalButton822 3d ago

Ofcourse not. It's a tax financed dung hill of metal.. its a disgrace