News24 | PICTURES | Massive Sweden church moved 5km in ‘unique event’
Tuesday, 19 August 2025 () 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.
One of Sweden's most famous wooden churches is being moved to a new site - to prevent it from being swallowed by the world's largest underground iron-ore mine. Sky News
Historic Kiruna Church in Sweden begins five-kilometre relocation
One of Sweden’s most recognisable landmarks, the wooden Kiruna Church, is being moved five kilometres this week to a new city centre to escape an encroaching mine.
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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... News24
Tuesday, 19 August 2025 ()
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.
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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...
