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Monday, November 20, 2017

Kiruna - A Swedish Town is completely relocated


You know that sinking feeling?
 For residents of Kiruna, in the far north of Sweden, it’s not just a feeling. That’s why the town of 18,000 is being moved 3 kilometers (2 miles) to the east, to more stable ground. 
Some people have moved already, and the first of the town’s historic buildings was hoisted up on a truck and transported to its new location.
Kiruna is built around Europe's largest underground iron-ore mine 
 State-owned mining company LKAB has been digging increasingly deep into the earth at the site, which increases the risk of Kiruna (founded in 1900) slipping into a sinkhole
Thus, the move to save the town’s people and preserve a number of historical buildings

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