Sweden Is Moving an Entire City — Because the Mine Under It Is Winning | kiruna 8k Documentary

Two hundred kilometres above the Arctic Circle, the Swedish town of Kiruna is being physically relocated — building by building — because the world's largest underground iron-ore mine has cracked the ground it stands on. In August 2025 they moved a 672-tonne church three kilometres in one piece. Beneath it all sits Europe's largest known rare-earth deposit, and the last migration route of a Sámi reindeer-herding community. 0:00 Cold Open 0:50 The Mountain That Pays For Everything 1:37 The Ground Is Cracking 2:26 Who Pays To Move A City 3:14 Six Hundred And Seventy-Two Tonnes 4:03 What Else Is Down There 5:23 Living In A Town That Is Leaving 6:10 Is It The Same Town 6:54 Would You Stay? Imagery: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY / CC BY-SA / public domain) — full credits below. IMAGERY — Wikimedia Commons, reused under the licences shown: Kiruna20250819-08-kirkeflytting.jpg — TorbjørnS (CC BY 4.0) Kiruna20250819-09-kirkeflytting.jpg — TorbjørnS (CC BY 4.0) Kiruna20250819-10-kirkeflytting.jpg — TorbjørnS (CC BY 4.0) Kiruna20250819-17-kirkeflytting.jpg — TorbjørnS (CC BY 4.0) Kiruna20250819-20-kirkeflytting.jpg — TorbjørnS (CC BY 4.0) Kiruna20250819-27-kirkeflytting.jpg — TorbjørnS (CC BY 4.0) Kiruna20250819-04-kirkeflytting.jpg — TorbjørnS (CC BY 4.0) Kiruna20250819-23-kirkeflytting.jpg — TorbjørnS (CC BY 4.0) Kiruna kyrka August 2017 05.jpg — Arild Vågen (CC BY-SA 4.0) Kiruna kyrka September 2017 05.jpg — Arild Vågen (CC BY-SA 4.0) Kiruna church in July 2020.jpg — Netha Hussain (CC BY-SA 4.0) 00 2786 Kiruna, a town in Norrbotten, Sweden.jpg — W. Bulach (CC BY-SA 4.0) Kiruna September 2017 02.jpg — Arild Vågen (CC BY-SA 4.0) Kiruna September 2017 01.jpg — Arild Vågen (CC BY-SA 4.0) Arent Grapegatan August 2017 04.jpg — Arild Vågen (CC BY-SA 4.0) LKAB at night.jpg — Witext (CC BY-SA 4.0) 00 2797 Kiruna (Schweden) - Erzbergwerk.jpg — W. Bulach (CC BY-SA 4.0) LKAB besöksgruva, Kiruna, 2018-01.jpg — Axel Pettersson (CC BY 4.0) LKAB besöksgruva, Kiruna, 2018-02.jpg — Axel Pettersson (CC BY 4.0) Iron ore pellets from Kiruna.jpg — JIP | Talk (CC BY-SA 3.0) Sami Reindeer race.jpg — LittleLoop (CC BY-SA 4.0) Kiruna20250819-15-kirkeflytting.jpg — TorbjørnS (CC BY 4.0) Kiruna20250819-16-kirkeflytting.jpg — TorbjørnS (CC BY 4.0) Kiruna20250819-18-kirkeflytting.jpg — TorbjørnS (CC BY 4.0) Kiruna20250819-19-kirkeflytting.jpg — TorbjørnS (CC BY 4.0) Kiruna20250819-22-kirkeflytting.jpg — TorbjørnS (CC BY 4.0) Kiruna20250819-24-kirkeflytting.jpg — TorbjørnS (CC BY 4.0) Kiruna20250819-07-kirkeflytting.jpg — TorbjørnS (CC BY 4.0) Kiruna20250819-11-kirkeflytting.jpg — TorbjørnS (CC BY 4.0) Church of Kiruna 2011.jpg — Heinz-Josef Lücking (CC BY-SA 3.0 de) Kiruna kommun - Kiruna kyrka - 20170902150051.jpg — Ainali (CC BY-SA 4.0) Kiruna kommun - Kiruna kyrka - 20170902150140.jpg — Ainali (CC BY-SA 4.0) Kiruna kommun - Kiruna kyrka - 20170902150355.jpg — Ainali (CC BY-SA 4.0) LKAB besöksgruva, Kiruna, 2018-03.jpg — Axel Pettersson (CC BY 4.0) Hjalmar Lundbohms gravmonument August 2017 04.jpg — Arild Vågen (CC BY-SA 4.0) Kiruna kyrka September 2017 08.jpg — Arild Vågen (CC BY-SA 4.0) Kiruna from Luossajärvi 1.jpg — No machine-readable author provided. Gerri (CC BY-SA 3.0) MUSIC — Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), used under Creative Commons Attribution: "Frozen Star" by Kevin MacLeod "Meditation Impromptu 02" by Kevin MacLeod "Long Note Two" by Kevin MacLeod "Healing" by Kevin MacLeod "Floating Cities" by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... kiruna, sweden, lkab, iron ore mine, arctic circle, city relocation, kiruna church, sami, reindeer herding, rare earth, far corners, documentary