Historic Swedish church transported on trailers to avoid being swallowed by mine

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Historic Swedish church transported on trailers to avoid being swallowed by mine  A convoy of trailers is transporting the 113-year-old Kiruna Church to a new home to make way for the expansion of a large underground iron ore mine.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/08/19/historic-swedish-church-transported-on-trailers-to-avoid-being-swallowed-by-mine  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00After eight years of planning, a church in Sweden began a slow-motion five-kilometre

00:05journey to make way for the expansion of Europe's largest underground mine.

00:11The Karuna Church, a Lutheran church, will roll to its new home over two days at the

00:16pace of just half a kilometre per hour.

00:19It's being moved as a nearby mine is expanding deeper underground, causing residents to see

00:24cracks in the buildings and roads.

00:28Officials have moved numerous buildings to a new downtown at a safe distance from the

00:33mine.

00:36Thousands of visitors descended on Karuna to watch the spectacle, which included an early

00:41morning blessing and a performance from Sweden's 2025 Eurovision entry.

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