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What it takes to move a church 3 miles

Rob Beschizza
Aug 19, 2025
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Kiruna Church moving slowly west, Aug. 19, 2025

You can watch live today as Kiruna, in the north of Sweden, moves a 35m-tall, 672-tonne (741 U.S. ton) church 3 miles down the road.

I direktsändning följer vi den världsunika flytten av Kiruna kyrka, från gamla stadskärnan till dess nya plats, fem kilometer bort. Den stora kyrkflytten tar två dagar och är e…

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