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

The red timber building of Kiruna Church has dominated the skyline of the Swedish city for 113 years – now it has a new home. The church's move is the most spectacular and symbolic moment of the wider relocation of buildings in Kiruna,

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

Completed in 1912, the Kiruna Church has previously been named Sweden’s most beautiful building. Today, it’s part of a project which will see nearly 6,000 residents and a third of Kiruna’s buildings relocated over the next two decades.

How do you move one of Sweden’s most beloved wooden churches down the road? The Kiruna Church — called Kiruna Kyrka in Swedish — is being moved this week along a 5-kilometer (3-mile) route east as part of the town’s relocation.

The Kiruna Church — called Kiruna Kyrka in Swedish — and its belfry are being moved as part of the town’s relocation. It’s happening because the world’s largest underground iron-ore mine is threatening to swallow the town.

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.

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.

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

A church in Sweden has been lifted off the ground like a tree and moved to a new location to save it from the threats posed by iron ore mining activities.