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.

Crowds have been gathering in Sweden's far north city of Kiruna to witness a landmark 113-year-old church being relocated in its entirety. The vast red timber structure, which has been hoisted on specially designed trailers,

Entire Swedish Town, Including Historic Kiruna Church, Gets Uprooted and Moved to New Place for this Reason The expansion of Europe's biggest underground mine is set to shift an entire town. Recently,