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The big church move in Sweden!

A Swedish church weighing 672 tonnes is being moved five kilometers over two days so that Europe’...

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10.00 20 Aug 2025


The big church move in Sweden!


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10.00 20 Aug 2025


A Swedish church weighing 672 tonnes is being moved five kilometers over two days so that Europe’s biggest underground mine can expand.  It’s taken eight years of planning and more than €45 million to get to this point, which is part of a larger multi-decade process to move the entire Arctic town of Kiruna. We more on this fascinating story with Philip O'Connor a freelance journalist based in Sweden. 


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