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The fascinating city relocation project in Kiruna, Sweden, reaches a new milestone as the iconic Kiruna Church is moved in ...
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 ...
The mammoth move has seen the wooden structure, weighing over 600 tons, transported on specialized trailers traveling at ...
How do you move one of Sweden’s most beloved wooden churches down the road? The Kiruna Church — called Kiruna Kyrka in ...
The Kiruna Church — called Kiruna Kyrka in Swedish — and its belfry are being moved as part of the town’s relocation. It’s ...
Mining in Kiruna, Sweden, has jeopardized the ground below a beloved church. Thanks to a feat of engineering, it is on the move.
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 ...
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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Kiruna Church in Sweden gets moved

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 ...