Live: Sweden’s historic 600-ton Kiruna Church begins move to new home
Live: Sweden’s historic 600-ton Kiruna Church begins move to new home
Sweden’s iconic Kiruna Church is set to embark on a two-day journey to a new location. It slowly traverses an Arctic road to protect its historic wooden structure from ground subsidence caused by the expansion of the world’s largest underground iron ore mine.
Weighing 600 tons and 113 years old, the church has been lifted from its foundations and placed onto a specially constructed trailer. This monumental undertaking is part of a broader 30-year initiative to relocate thousands of residents and buildings within the Lapland city.
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Historic church in #Sweden is on the move watch LIVE https://t.co/FMBKQNepAa this to make way for Europes biggest underground mine #Church #historical #religion #ynuktv pic.twitter.com/qqK0Jedyde
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