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 ...
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, 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 ...
The town of Kiruna, Sweden, has been undergoing a relocation process since 2014. The move came amid concerns that a nearby mine would pose danger to the town. In October 2017, a massive heritage ...
KIRUNA, Sweden — The members of Kiruna Church primarily worship in Swedish, their country’s main language. But this Lutheran church some 200 kilometers (120 miles) above the Arctic Circle seeks to ...