The Kiruna Church — called Kiruna Kyrka in Swedish — and its belfry are being moved as part of the town's relocation. It's happening because the world's largest underground iron-ore mine is threatening to swallow the town.

The Kiruna Church and its belfry are being moved along a 5-kilometer route east to a new city center in northern Sweden as part of the town’s relocation

A landmark 113-year-old church at risk from ground subsidence is being relocated in its entirety, moving five kilometres along a road in Sweden's far north. We use cookies to give you the best online experience.

Video shows a timelapse of a church in Kiruna, Sweden, being slowly moved to a new location as the expansion of the world largest underground iron ore mine threatens to swallow the city's building. The 741-ton Kiruna Church will move as fast as 0.

An entire Swedish church is set to be relocated to save it from being damaged by the expansion of the world's largest underground iron ore mine.

An historic church in Sweden is being moved three miles in a two day operation. The big wooden church in the city of Kiruna was built between 1909 and 1912. With the old city centre at risk from the expansion of an underground mine,