The historic Kiruna Church in Swedish Lapland, known for its multicultural inclusivity, has been relocated due to mining activities. Emphasizing minority languages such as Northern Sami alongside Swedish,

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

Sweden's landmark Kiruna Church begins a two-day trip to a new home, inching down an Arctic road to save its wooden walls from ground subsidence and the expansion of the world's largest underground iron ore mine.

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. Kiruna's entire town centre is being relocated because of the giant LKAB iron ore mine that dominates the ...

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

This week, the historic church in Kiruna, Sweden's northernmost town, was slowly moved on wheels to a location five kilometres away. The two-day, live-streamed event — dubbed "The Great Church Move" — drew thousands of onlookers, and marks a major ...

A church in Sweden has been lifted off the ground like a tree and moved to a new location to save it from the threats posed by iron ore mining activities.