A landmark Swedish church arrived yesterday at its new home after a two-day move across the Arctic town of Kiruna, in a move to allow Europe’s

The Kiruna Church is being moved this week along a three-mile route east as part of the town’s relocation. It’s happening because the world’s largest underground iron-ore mine is threatening to swallow the town.

Sweden's 113-year-old Kiruna Church is being transported away from a location that is sinking due to underground mining.

The exceptional engineering feat tells the story of the radical urban transformation of the Swedish Arctic city of Kiruna, which is being entirely relocated.

Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf speaks to media next to the Kiruna Church, a Sami style wooden Swedish Lutheran church, called Kiruna Kyrka in Swedish, in Kiruna, Sweden, Wednesday, Aug.

In Kiruna, Sweden, a huge 113-year-old Sami-style Lutheran church was just transported three miles (five kilometers) from its original site. Kiruna Church was relocated as part of a years-long project to move the town center away from unstable ground as a nearby iron-ore mine expands.