The church was towed at a speed of 0.31 to 0.93 miles per hour. LKAB When mining operations endangered a 113-year-old Lutheran church in northern Sweden, officials decided to move it to another part ...

In Northern Sweden, an entire city is being relocated in a decade-long project to keep the city alive. The startling urban planning project provides a quirky backdrop to an exploration of this ...

Kiruna Church was moved at a speed of just 0.5 km (0.31 miles) per hour over two days Completed in 1912, the Kiruna Church is considered one of Sweden's most important architectural landmarks Kiruna ...

As the northernmost city in Sweden, Kiruna is used to seemingly endless winters, short, cold summers, and relative isolation in the vast expanse of Swedish Lapland. Its population, just shy of 20,000, ...

Even the 2pm setting sun, suffusing frigid Lapland below and ruddy clouds above with coppery good cheer, can’t outshine it. From thousands of feet up it flashes like a lighthouse and dominates the ...

When mining forced Kiruna to relocate, the city planners took the opportunity to modernize. But with a large square, city streets and tall buildings located in a depression, residents have already ...

Subsidence from the world’s biggest iron ore mine threatens to swallow up the Arctic town of Kiruna. But what does its relocation mean for the local Sami reindeer herders? In the far north of Sweden, ...

KIRUNA, Sweden ― Near the top of the world, more than 90 miles into the Arctic Circle, lies Kiruna. Nestled between two mountains, it’s a small but sprawling city of 18,000 people with views over two ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. Sweden’s northernmost town is on the move, building by building.

To avoid falling into the mine it grew up around, Sweden’s northernmost city is knocking down 3,000 homes, schools and a hospital, and starting a redesigned centre a safe distance away. How do ...

Kiruna, an iron ore mining town in Swedish Lapland 87 miles into the Arctic Circle, is sinking. Ten years ago, Sweden’s state-owned mining company LKAB, which supplies 90 per cent of the European ...