Relocating History: 100-year-old church's epic journey A historic church in Kiruna, Sweden, is making a 3-mile journey to a new part of the city to escape the encroaching threat of a nearby mine and unstable ground. This meticulously planned move involves intricate engineering and a blessing by the church's vicar. Hundreds gathered to witness the event, which highlights both cultural preservation and environmental concerns. The wooden chapel is just one of many Kiruna buildings being moved becau
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Relocating History: 100-year-old church's epic journey A historic church in Kiruna, Sweden, is making a 3-mile journey to a new part of the city to escape the encroaching threat of a nearby mine and unstable ground. This meticulously planned move involves intricate engineering and a blessing by the church's vicar. Hundreds gathered to witness the event, which highlights both cultural preservation and environmental concerns. The wooden chapel is just one of many Kiruna buildings being moved becau
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Sweden’s iconic Kiruna Church was lifted and moved as the town moves three miles down the road due to iron-ore mining. | USA TODAY
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Sweden’s iconic Kiruna Church was lifted and moved as the town moves three miles down the road due to iron-ore mining. | USA TODAY
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Sweden LIVE: Sweden’s Landmark 113-year Kiruna Church Relocates 5kms (3 Miles) Away | Lapland | N18G
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Historic Kiruna Church in Sweden begins five-kilometre relocation
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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. It’s happening because the world’s largest underground iron-ore mine is threatening to swallow the town. | AP
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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. It’s happening because the world’s largest underground iron-ore mine is threatening to swallow the town. | AP
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In Sweden's Arctic town of Kiruna, a historic red wooden church is being moved on a lorry as part of a major urban relocation. The town center is shifting to allow the expansion of Europe's largest underground iron mine. | China Xinhua News
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Sweden LIVE: Entire Church To be Transported Across Swedish City of Kiruna | Sweden Church
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A 113-year-old wooden church in Sweden was safely moved to its new home - just five kilometers away.The Kiruna Church was lifted onto a specially built trailer and blessed before starting its two day journey across town. The move was part of a 30-year plan to relocate the whole town, which is at risk of being swallowed up by the world's biggest underground iron ore mine.#Sweden #KirunaChurch #Channel4News #C4News | Channel 4 News
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Sweden is relocating the 113-year-old Kiruna Church, weighing 600 tons, to a new home along a 5 km Arctic road. This slow but steady move is part of a 30-year project to save the city from the expanding iron ore mine. Read more news @ www.newsofbahrain.com #NewsofBahrain #news #Bahrain #Arctic #Sweden #Relocation #EngineeringMarvel | News Of Bahrain
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Timelapse shows Swedish 600-ton church moving three miles to new home
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LIVE | Kiruna Church Relocation | Entire Church Transported Across Swedish City of Kiruna | N18G
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The historic Kiruna Church in Kiruna, Sweden is being moved 5 km up the road along with thousands of people and buildings in the town. The reason? The largest underground iron ore mine in the world, which is nearby, is expanding. | DW News
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📍Kiruna, Swedish Lapland – an extraordinary move is about to begin. In August 2025, Kiruna Church – once named Sweden’s most beautiful building – will be moved, whole and intact, to a new home in the city centre. #Kiruna #SwedishLapland #VisitSweden #KirunaChurch #MovingArchitecture #CulturalHeritage #SwedenStories #SustainableSweden | VisitSweden
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Sweden slowly wheels 113-year-old church across town | AJ # shorts
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How a 113yr old Kiruna Church gets relocated in Sweden #shortsfeed #church #sweden
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