A 113-year-old wooden church in Sweden successfully reached holy ground after a dramatic two-day trek. Incredible photos of the slow-going house of worship, jacked up and placed atop a specially built trailer,

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.

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 mammoth move has seen the wooden structure, weighing over 600 tons, transported on specialized trailers traveling at about 1,600 feet per hour.

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

The historic Kiruna Church in Swedish Lapland, known for its multicultural inclusivity, has been relocated due to mining activities. Emphasizing minority languages such as Northern Sami alongside Swedish,

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.