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, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. In Northern Sweden, an entire city is being relocated in a ...

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 ...

The relocation of Kiruna in Sweden’s Arctic has reached its most symbolic moment yet, as the city’s landmark wooden church is moved whole to a new site after standing in place for more than a century.

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 ...

Thousands of residents are being relocated in Sweden's northernmost city of Kiruna, which lies 145 kilometers (90 miles) north of the Arctic Circle. Kiruna is on the move because of ground subsidence ...

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 ...

The new city center with the salvaged bell tower. Image Courtesy of White Arkitekter The 100-year master plan put forth by White Arkitekter, in collaboration with Ghilardi + Hellsten Arkitetker, calls ...