Crowds have been gathering in Sweden's far north city of Kiruna to witness a landmark 113-year-old church being relocated in its entirety. The vast red timber structure, which has been hoisted on specially designed trailers, is being moved at a maximum speed of 500m an hour in a 5km (3 mile) journey, expected to take two days.

The fascinating city relocation project in Kiruna, Sweden, reaches a new milestone as the iconic Kiruna Church is moved in one piece.

The Kiruna Church and its belfry are being moved this week along a 5-kilometer (3-mile) route east to a new city center as part of the town’s relocation.

Watch live as an entire church in Sweden continues its move to its new home on Wednesday, 20 August. Kiruna Church is being relocated to save it from ground subsidence and the expansion of the world's largest underground iron ore mine.

Sweden's landmark Kiruna Church begins a two-day trip to a new home, inching down an Arctic road to save its wooden walls from ground subsidence and the expansion of the world's largest underground iron ore mine.

Sweden's Kiruna Church is being transported in its entirety to a new location along a five-kilometre route to accommodate the expansion of the world's largest underground iron-ore mine. Weighing 672 tonnes,

A church in Sweden is being moved three miles up the road over two days in a major operation to save it from subsidence. Kiruna Church is being moved to a new location, slowly traversing an Arctic road to protect its historic wooden structure from problems caused by the expansion of the world’s largest underground iron ore mine.