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See how a 741-ton church inched 3 miles across its Swedish city after a dramatic 2-day trek

The two-day spectacle saw the red-painted Kiruna Church, called Kiruna Kyrka in Swedish, inch its way to a new home. Kiruna ...
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Entire Swedish Town, Including Historic Kiruna Church, Gets Uprooted and Moved to New Place for this Reason

Entire Swedish Town, Including Historic Kiruna Church, Gets Uprooted and Moved to New Place for this Reason The expansion of ...

This Swedish church is being moved down the road before a mine swallows its town

Construction signs are placed outside the Kiruna Church, a Sami style wooden Swedish Lutheran church, called Kiruna Kyrka in ...

A historic Swedish church embraces inclusion with minority languages

But this Lutheran church some 200 kilometers (120 miles) above the Arctic Circle seeks to incorporate the region's minority ...

Wooden church sets off on slow Swedish road trip to escape mining subsidence

Sweden's landmark Kiruna Church begins a two-day trip to a new home, inching down an Arctic road to save its wooden walls ...
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Historic Swedish church on the move in logistical feat

With great fanfare, a historic red wooden church considered one of Sweden's most beautiful buildings began its slow move from ...
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Sweden saves historic Arctic church with massive move away from mine

The mammoth move has seen the wooden structure, weighing over 600 tons, transported on specialized trailers traveling at ...
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Why a 113-year-old, wooden church in Sweden was rolled away

Sweden's 113-year-old Kiruna Church is being transported away from a location that is sinking due to underground mining.

How Do You Move a Hundred-Year-Old Church? On Wheels, Very Slowly.

Mining in Kiruna, Sweden, has weakened the ground below a beloved church. It’s being rolled three miles to its new home.