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How Do You Move a City?

Posted by samzenpus on from the pick-up-and-go dept.

Zothecula writes "The town of Kiruna in Lapland, Sweden, is known for its Jukkasjårvi Ice Hotel and for hosting the recent Arctic Council summit. It also sits within the Arctic Circle, on one of the world's richest deposits of iron ore. Now in danger of collapse due to extensive deep mining, the city center is to be relocated."

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  1. What the? by TubeSteak · · Score: 4, Informative

    The iron mine is owned by the Swedish government, and it is the mining company who will be paying for the townâ(TM)s re-location. It might seem there is a pretty strong case for shutting down the mines and opting for the preservation of natural environment, and of the longstanding community. But this iron mine is far too important to Swedenâ(TM)s economy, accounting for just under one percent of the countryâ(TM)s overall GNP and a significant portion of the world's iron supply.

    Well that answers all my questions right there.

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  2. Re:Chinese by Jonathunder · · Score: 5, Informative

    Or ask Hibbing, Minnesota. From 1919 to 1921, the entire city moved about two miles to make way for what became the largest open-pit iron mine in the world.

  3. Jukkasjärvi by hsa · · Score: 4, Informative

    Even TFA got it wrong. It is Jukkasjärvi, not Jukkasjårvi.

    Direct translation is "The Lake of Jukkas". And "The Loke of Jukkas" sounds funny (å is pronounced that way) in native Finnish tongue.

    Yeah, it is so close to Finland, the name is in Finnish, even though it is a part of Sweden.