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An Entire Swedish City Moves Three Kilometres because the Mine Under Its Feet Makes It Collapse

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Since 2004, Kiruna, a Lapland town with 18,000 inhabitants, has been moving three kilometres eastward to escape the collapse caused by the largest underground iron mine in the world that is digging under its foundations. In August 2025, its iconic neo-Gothic church crossed the city in two days on a convoy of several hundred wheels, in an operation costing 45 million euros. More
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Since 2004, Kiruna, a Lapland town with 18,000 inhabitants, has been moving three kilometres eastward to escape the collapse caused by the largest underground iron mine in the world that is digging under its foundations. In August 2025, its iconic neo-Gothic church crossed the city in two days on a convoy of several hundred wheels, in an operation costing 45 million euros. More

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SciencePost broke the news on Tuesday, August 25, 2026.
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