Mass Spectacle: a 600 Ton Church Rolled Through Sweden

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KIRUNA. Mining works make the settlement of the city of Kiruna necessary.

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Threatened by the instability of the soil caused by a large mining operation, Kiruna Church, a monument of Swedish culture, simply moved in August 2025.

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In Sweden, they moved a 640-ton church, which was at risk of collapse through a mine, by five kilometres at a time. Wild. How do you move one of Sweden's most loved wooden churches down the road? With a little bit of engineering, a lot of prayer — and some Eurovision for good luck. The Kiruna Church — called Kiruna Kyrka in Swedish — and its belfry are being moved this week along a 5-kilometre (3-mile) route east to a new city center as part of …

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On the 19th and 20th of August, thousands of spectators watched live an extraordinary move, that of the Kiruna religious building, located 200 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle. Find out what motivated this colossal technical challenge and how it was carried out!