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

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

The mammoth move has seen the wooden structure, weighing over 600 tons, transported on specialized trailers traveling at about 1,600 feet per hour.

Engineers widened a major road from 30 to 79 feet and dismantled a viaduct before the church, which weighs 741 tons, was moved.

Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf speaks to media next to the Kiruna Church, a Sami style wooden Swedish Lutheran church, called Kiruna Kyrka in Swedish, in Kiruna, Sweden, Wednesday, Aug.

Mining in Kiruna, Sweden, has jeopardized the ground below a beloved church. Thanks to a feat of engineering, it is on the move.

With great fanfare, a historic red wooden church considered one of Sweden’s most beautiful buildings began its slow move from its home in the Arctic town of Kiruna to allow the expansion of Europe’s biggest underground mine.

The historic Kiruna Church in Kiruna, Sweden is being moved 5 km up the road due to the expansion of an iron ore mine.

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.