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>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 mov
by 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 agoAnd since they obviously thought it was so much fun the first time they're planning to do it again in Gällivare.
- GotAnyMegadeth 13y agoA 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