See how a 741-ton church moved across its Swedish city

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, were shared across the world on Monday, as the house of worship began its pilgrimage.

The beloved church underwent the feat of engineering in order to avoid a Biblical fate — getting swallowed up by the ground below.

The two-day spectacle saw the red-painted Kiruna Church, called Kiruna Kyrka in Swedish, inch its way to a new home.

Kiruna Church progressed along the 3-mile route at glacial pace of 0.31 and 0.93 miles per hour — with two brief breaks for a traditional Swedish afternoon coffee, according to the Associated Press.

Thousands of spectators braved the chilly temps to see the 131-foot-wide facade navigate the Arctic road — a road specially widened by nearly 50 feet in order to accommodate the hulking structure.

Sweden’s national broadcaster even hosted a livestream of “The Great Church Walk,” which included a performance by Sweden’s 2025 Eurovision entry and a royal visit by the king of Sweden.

Kiruna Church is among Sweden’s largest wooden structures, widely recognized for its beauty and distinctive design. The Lutheran church’s hilltop home above Kiruna attracted visitors and accolades for decades, until the massive mine below threatened its very existence.

Kiruna, located 124 miles above the Arctic Circle, is home to the world’s largest underground ore mine. Its landmark church was gifted to the town by Sweden’s state owned mining company, LKAB, in 1912. Its distinctive design paid tribute to the traditional style of the Lapland region’s Sami Indigenous people.

Local residents began to notice cracks in Kiruna’s buildings and roads in the early 2000s, according to the AP. Concerns over the mine’s continued expansion spawned the city’s decades-long plan to relocate its town center.

Kiruna Church is 26th building to be uprooted from the old town center and wheeled out east to a new downtown, the AP reported. Its carefully choreographed move ended, blessedly, without a hitch.

Multiple outlets reported the 741-ton building arrived in one piece on Wednesday to its designated plot in the new Kiruna city center. The church doors, which closed a year ago to prepare for the move, are scheduled to reopen at the end of 2026, according to the AP.