A 113-year-old church in Sweden arrived at its new home Wednesday after a two-day, three mile journey across the city of Kiruna.

"I think it's the largest wood building in Sweden," said Vicar Lena Tjärnberg of the Kiruna Church. "It's like you're going into a boat. That's the same feeling. But it's a very big boat."

The huge, red timber church, with its sharp peaks and triangular forms, is the latest building to trundle its way from the old town center to prevent the local iron ore mine from swallowing it up.

"The mine is very important for us here in Kiruna. We are a mine town. If you don't have a mine, you don't have the city," Tjärnberg said. "And the mine is coming closer and the ground is getting cracks."

On Tuesday, the 600-ton church was gently lifted onto two trucks and slowly

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