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The one about "buildings do not move" is hilarious. People hardly believe this if you tell them about that. But this happens quite often now (although not alway

by bhaak 13y ago

The one about "buildings do not move" is hilarious. People hardly believe this if you tell them about that. But this happens quite often now (although not always by such a large distance). Sometimes it's cheaper to move a building and being able to then use the free place for something's that is more profitable (protection of historical monuments vs. money made). But I don't know if such a moved building necessarily keeps its address.

skrebbel 13y ago
In many languages (including German), "real estate" translates roughly to "unmovable goods". I like to think that they decided to move that building just for the language joke.
- julie1 13y ago
  and in some laws boats are defined as "unmovable goods"
- mikeash 13y ago
  In English, the legal concept of "real estate" is generally called "real property". Which I guess makes my car and my computer and all my other property imaginary.
namenotrequired 13y ago
My uncle and aunt in New Zealand once moved their house to another street. It's quite common there, then again most houses are made of wood and easier to move than concrete.
- girvo 13y ago
  My dad was a house mover in NZ. It's super common, yeah. Hell of a job for some houses but most Aren't too bad
draugadrotten 13y ago
>The one about "buildings do not move" is hilarious. In Sweden, the whole city of Kiruna (complete with church, town hall, schools, shops and a station) is moved two miles to the east. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/and-you-thought-moving-house-was-stressful-huge-iron-ore-mines-underneath-kiruna-in-swedens-far-north-have-caused-cracks--now-officials-are-relocating-the-whole-city-8798772.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/and-you-thoug...
- dagw 13y ago
  And since they obviously thought it was so much fun the first time they're planning to do it again in Gällivare.
- GotAnyMegadeth 13y ago
  A similar thing happened with the Capital of Egypt when the Nile changed course http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi-Ramesses#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi-Ramesses#History

by bhaak 13y ago

skrebbel 13y ago

In many languages (including German), "real estate" translates roughly to "unmovable goods". I like to think that they decided to move that building just for the language joke.

julie1 13y ago
and in some laws boats are defined as "unmovable goods"
mikeash 13y ago
In English, the legal concept of "real estate" is generally called "real property". Which I guess makes my car and my computer and all my other property imaginary.

namenotrequired 13y ago

My uncle and aunt in New Zealand once moved their house to another street. It's quite common there, then again most houses are made of wood and easier to move than concrete.

girvo 13y ago
My dad was a house mover in NZ. It's super common, yeah. Hell of a job for some houses but most Aren't too bad

draugadrotten 13y ago

>The one about "buildings do not move" is hilarious. In Sweden, the whole city of Kiruna (complete with church, town hall, schools, shops and a station) is moved two miles to the east. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/and-you-thought-moving-house-was-stressful-huge-iron-ore-mines-underneath-kiruna-in-swedens-far-north-have-caused-cracks--now-officials-are-relocating-the-whole-city-8798772.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/and-you-thoug...

dagw 13y ago
And since they obviously thought it was so much fun the first time they're planning to do it again in Gällivare.
GotAnyMegadeth 13y ago
A similar thing happened with the Capital of Egypt when the Nile changed course http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi-Ramesses#History http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi-Ramesses#History