"I had to see it because it’s a weird thing and a big thing."

The landmark 113-year-old wooden building is at risk from subsidence and will be moved 5km on giant rolling platforms.

Per fare spazio all’espansione di una miniera di ferro

Im schwedischen Kiruna können Anwohner seit heute einem Umzug der besonderen Art zusehen. Eine der bekanntesten Kirchen der Welt wird um mehrere Kilometer an einen neuen Standort…

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È quella di Kiruna, che come il resto del centro città deve essere trasportata un po' più a est, per fare spazio a una miniera

The relocation of the 113-year-old church is part of a 30-year project to move about 3,000 homes in the city.

Die 113 Jahre alte Holzkirche der nordschwedischen Stadt zieht fünf Kilometer weiter. Grund ist die Erweiterung einer Erzmine, die Bodensenkungen befürchten lässt.

Building to be relocated three miles away to protect it from subsidence

Die schwedische Stadt Kiruna ist einer Mine im Weg. Deshalb zieht die Stadt um: Während viele Häuser abgerissen und neu gebaut werden, wird eine 100 Jahre alte Kirche mit einer…

An entire Swedish church is set to be relocated to save it from being damaged by the expansion of the world's largest underground iron ore mine.

One of the country’s most beautiful buildings is set to undergo a winding journey

Kiruna Kyrka’s slow journey is part of effort to stop town being swallowed by Europe’s biggest underground mine

Impresa senza precedenti nel Nord del Paese per sviluppare una miniera di ferro (ANSA)

KIRUNA: How do you move one of Sweden’s most beloved wooden churches down the road? With a little bit of engineering, a lot of prayer — and some Eurovision for good luck. The…

The 113-year-old Kiruna Church is slowly being moved across the arctic town on a vast convoy of trailers travelling at around 500 metres per hour.

"I had to see it because it’s a weird thing and a big thing."

Kiruna Kyrka, a red wooden church, completes a historic relocation to make way for Europe's largest underground mine.

Sie gilt als Schwedens schönstes Gotteshaus und ist weltberühmt. Deshalb wird die Kirche von Kiruna nun in einer spektakulären Aktion fünf Kilometer weit verlegt. Der Grund ist…