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Historic Swedish church arrives at new home
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Mining in Kiruna, Sweden, has weakened the ground below a beloved church. It’s being rolled three miles to its new home.
Sweden's 113-year-old Kiruna Church is being transported away from a location that is sinking due to underground mining.
A landmark Swedish church arrived yesterday at its new home after a two-day move across the Arctic town of Kiruna, in a move to allow Europe’s
Sweden's famous Kiruna Church has arrived at its new home after a two-day, five-kilometre journey atop a custom-built trailer. The 113-year-old church had to move to make way for the expansion of the world's largest underground iron ore mine.
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The over-century-old Kiruna Church in northern Sweden has completed its 5 km relocation to avoid damage from ground instability caused by iron-ore mining. The move, part of a larger urban transformation of Kiruna,