Timelapse shows Swedish 600-tonne church begin three-mile journey to new home
Historic church begins three-mile journey to new home
- Kiruna Church in Sweden began a two-day journey to a new location on Tuesday, 19 August, to protect it from ground subsidence.
- The relocation is necessary due to the expansion of the world's largest underground iron ore mine in the city.
- The 600-tonne, 113-year-old wooden church was lifted onto a specially built trailer and will travel three miles to a new city centre.
- This move is part of a 30-year project to relocate thousands of people and buildings from Kiruna in northern Sweden.
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