This aerial view shows the wooden Kiruna Church as it arrives at its final location, after a two-day relocation, from the old town to the new city center, in Kiruna, northern Sweden, on August 20, 2025. The church is being moved five kilometers to the new center of Kiruna due to the expansion of the iron ore mine operated by state-owned Swedish mining company LKAB. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP) (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images)
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See how a whole church was moved across a city in Sweden

Completed in 1912, the Kiruna Church has previously been named Sweden’s most beautiful building. Today, it’s part of a project which will see nearly 6,000 residents and a third of Kiruna’s buildings relocated over the next two decades.

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This aerial view shows the wooden Kiruna Church as it arrives at its final location, after a two-day relocation, from the old town to the new city center, in Kiruna, northern Sweden, on August 20, 2025. The church is being moved five kilometers to the new center of Kiruna due to the expansion of the iron ore mine operated by state-owned Swedish mining company LKAB. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP) (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images)
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