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- In northern Sweden, an entire city has to move due to the dangers of mining – and with it a historic wooden church.
- Thousands of onlookers watched the spectacle as the news agency TT reported.
- A live broadcast of the television station SVT showed how the 672 -ton church rolled through Kiruna on a specially constructed car.
The city started years ago that it was moving the town a few kilometers to the east. The reason is that there is the largest underground iron ore pit in the world in the city and, over the years, the risk of landslides and the risk of collapse of buildings increased.
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Image 1 of 4. A rare spectacle: the 40 meter wide and 40 meter long wooden church rolls through the north Swedish city of Kiruna at a snail.
Image source: SRF.
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Image 2 of 4. On a specially constructed car with 224 wheels, the church is moved by five kilometers.
Image source: SRF.
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Image 3 of 4. The church weighs 672 tons.
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Image 4 of 4. For the church parade, an extra wide road was built.
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The church built in 1912 in 1912 was transported at around 500 meters per hour, according to the broadcaster SVT. Your move should take two days. King Carl XVI is also expected. Gustaf. In the evening, the band Kaj in Kiruna, who started at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden, is also due to perform in Kiruna. The move is a moving symbol of how deeply rooted tradition can be even in times of change.
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