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The European City that Moves House by House Three Kilometers Away

A 125-year-old town is being moved building by building due to subsidence caused by the expansion of the world's largest underground iron ore mine. The Swedish town of Kiruna, 145 km north of the Arctic Circle, is being relocated, building by building. The relocation project is considered one of the most radical urban transformations in the world.
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A 125-year-old town is being moved building by building due to subsidence caused by the expansion of the world's largest underground iron ore mine. The Swedish town of Kiruna, 145 km north of the Arctic Circle, is being relocated, building by building. The relocation project is considered one of the most radical urban transformations in the world.

·Romania
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The effects of Europe's ever greater appetite for raw materials are remedied to the far north of Sweden, where the city of Kiruna is located gradually, in one of the most radical urban transformation projects in the world, the CNBC reports.

The effects of Europe's increasingly larger appetite for raw materials are extended to the far north of Sweden. Thousands of residents and buildings are moved from Kiruna, a city located 145 km from the Arctic Circle.

·Bucharest, Romania
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Stirile Pro TV broke the news in Bucharest, Romania on Wednesday, December 31, 2025.
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