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O/T Something you don't see every day

Posted by Susan T on August 20, 2025, 9:41 am

The altarpiece is a work of Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke.

Link: Sweden's historic 600-ton Kiruna Church moves to new home

Re: O/T Something you don't see every day

Posted by Hollie24 on August 20, 2025, 10:42 am, in reply to "O/T Something you don't see every day"

Wow. Just wow. That is a beautiful church and I'm glad it will have a beautiful new home.

Re: O/T Something you don't see every day

Posted by Susan T on August 20, 2025, 1:09 pm, in reply to "Re: O/T Something you don't see every day"

More info:

Kiruna Church - called Kiruna Kyrka by locals - is being moved 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) to a new city center as part of the entire town’s relocation.
It’s happening because the world's largest underground iron-ore mine is threatening to swallow the town.

A landmark 113-year-old church at risk from ground subsidence is being relocated in its entirety - in a 5km (3 miles) move along a road in Sweden's far north. The vast red timber structure in Kiruna dating back to 1912 has been hoisted on giant rolling platforms and will now begin its move to the new city centre.

Travelling at a maximum speed of 500m an hour, the journey is expected to take two days.

The old city centre is at risk from ground fissures after more than a century of iron ore mining. The church's move is the most spectacular and symbolic moment of the wider relocation of buildings in Kiruna, which lies 145km north of the Arctic Circle

Link: CNBC-TV18

Re: O/T Something you don't see every day

Posted by Hollie24 on August 20, 2025, 2:11 pm, in reply to "Re: O/T Something you don't see every day"

Wow, moving the entire city center? That's just beyond amazing. I hope engineers can stabilize the land where the mine is.

Re: O/T Something you don't see every day

Posted by Susan T on August 20, 2025, 5:45 pm, in reply to "Re: O/T Something you don't see every day"

The entire town is going to be moved!

Link: Kiruna

Re: O/T Something you don't see every day

Posted by Hollie24 on August 20, 2025, 7:47 pm, in reply to "Re: O/T Something you don't see every day"

Wow! That's mind boggling!

Re: O/T Something you don't see every day

Posted by Susan T on August 21, 2025, 9:49 am, in reply to "Re: O/T Something you don't see every day"

n/t

Link: Kiruna, Sweden: How to Move an Entire Town

He was also a Painter

Posted by Karen on August 20, 2025, 11:23 am, in reply to "O/T Something you don't see every day"

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