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See how a 741-ton church inched 3 miles across its Swedish city after a dramatic 2-day trek

A 113-year-old wooden church in Sweden successfully reached holy ground after a dramatic two-day trek. Incredible photos of ...

A Swedish church is moving 3 miles down the road, relocating before a mine swallows the town

Engineers widened a major road from 30 to 79 feet and dismantled a viaduct before the church, which weighs 741 tons, was ...

How Do You Move a Hundred-Year-Old Church? On Wheels, Very Slowly.

Mining in Kiruna, Sweden, has weakened the ground below a beloved church. It’s being rolled three miles to its new home.

This Swedish church is being moved down the road before a mine swallows its town

The Kiruna Church is being moved this week along a three-mile route east as part of the town’s relocation. It’s happening ...

A historic Swedish church embraces inclusion with minority languages

But this Lutheran church some 200 kilometers (120 miles) above the Arctic Circle seeks to incorporate the region's minority ...
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Why a 113-year-old, wooden church in Sweden was rolled away

Sweden's 113-year-old Kiruna Church is being transported away from a location that is sinking due to underground mining.

Sweden’s treasured century-old Arctic church reborn after two-day move across town

A landmark Swedish church arrived yesterday at its new home after a two-day move across the Arctic town of Kiruna, in a move ...