KIRUNA, Sweden — How do you move one of Sweden’s most beloved wooden churches down the road? With a little engineering, a lot of prayer — and some Eurovision for good luck. The Kiruna Church — called ...
Kiruna Church was jacked up 4 feet from the ground, and then placed onto steel beams supported by two trains of 28 axle lines. (Courtesy Mammoet) Watching a building get built can be sublime. In ...
How do you move a beloved Swedish church down the road? With prayer, engineering and some Eurovision
Sweden Church Relocation People look at the Kiruna Church, a Sami style wooden Swedish Lutheran church, called Kiruna Kyrka in Swedish, in Kiruna, Sweden, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, a day before it will ...
This Swedish church is moving 3 miles down the road. It’s relocating before a mine swallows the town
KIRUNA, Sweden — How do you move one of Sweden’s most beloved wooden churches down the road? With a little bit of engineering, a lot of prayer — and some Eurovision for good luck. The Kiruna Church — ...
KIRUNA, Sweden -- The members of Kiruna Church primarily worship in Swedish, their country's main language. But this Lutheran church some 120 miles above the Arctic Circle seeks to incorporate the ...
For the new Kiruna, Sweden’s northernmost settlement, located above the Arctic Circle, planners prioritised infrastructure links over microclimate. According to Sjöholm, this resulted in a colder, ...
Rare Meats: High above the Arctic Circle, these cheesesteaks are filled with moose and reindeer meat
Zebastian Bohman, a co-owner of Stejk Street Food, wears a t-shirt that reads "I'm glad Rudolph is dead", standing outside his food truck in Kiruna, Sweden, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Malin ...
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