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Being from the north i can tell from the sound of the snow how bloooody cold it is when the recording was madeâĶððą
I was thinking the same ð
When he say "Move 2 miles", he don't mean that people move into a new house. They literally move the entire town, buildings and everything, 2 miles. People would still be living in the same houses, just on a new plot of land. They don't move the multistory buildings, naturally, but the church, smaller houses etc. gets moved.
For those that can't be moved, the mining company itself buy the house at market value, and then build a new house for you, including plumbing, electricity, and roads. You also get monetary compensation for being forced to move. They'll even arrange housing for you for the time between the house getting demolished and the new house is ready.
LKAB recently discovered Europe's largest deposit of rare earth minerals, so their profits are expected to soar in the coming years, potentially making Sweden an economic powerhouse.
Moving wooden houses, especially old ones, have always been done. Either marking/coding, dismantling and rebuilding it; or just lifting it and plopping it down elsewhere. The move is necessary because the ore veins are leading under the ground of the current city location.
The woman spoke English because he greeted her in English! Also, Kiruna is very international since LKAB and Esrange Space Center, the major local employers, have a lot of foreign employees and guests. Many companies in Sweden are international and use English as the companyâs official language. English is a mandatory subject in school from 2 grade (age 8) and we use it a lot! In education, travelling, reading, media, etc.
Oh, and not Viking vibes. Itâs Sami vibes ð
About 1/3 of the mine workers are foreign so that's why she greets in English and have the menu in English etc... =P
The sound you hear in the beginning, is not the sound of freshly fallen snow. It's the sound the snow makes when it's below -10 degrees Celcius.
It's true that we speak a lot of English, but Kiruna is also a special case. About one third of the inhabitants work for LKAB, the mining company, and a large part of those people are engineers and mine workers from other countries.
If you visit Stockholm some day, I'll show you Skansen outdoor museum. A hundred houses moved from all over Scandinavia to the top of a small mountain in Stockholm. So... they have moved houses for almost 150 years around here...
That sound you only have when itâs really cold
It's the same sound on fine sandy beaches.
Itâs not a teepee itâs a Samiâs kÃĨta
Same mining company (LKAB) have been moving another swedish town (Malmberget) for decades but somehow it almost never gets mentioned.
Its probobly because the move is quite a bit smaller, and it also started later. The main part of the move in Malmberget was also done fairly quickly, while the full Kiruna move have a shedual of about 25 years.
Granted, the move in Malberget have a long shedual also, but that is mostly due to a lot of houses simply not needing to move
Yeah, Malmberhet is just outside GÃĪllivare
LKAB is employing around 17% of Kirunas total workforce in the mine. And with subsidiaries like LKAB Malmtrafik that handels the iron ore trucks and similar companies, it easily brings the number om employees over 20%.
If they don't move part of the town and instead close down the mine. The town will have a struggle to not turn into a ghosttown.
Considering all the workers in shops, restaurants, schools, daycare, general transport workers and other businesses like car sales and road maintenance. 20% for the main business is a super high number.
â@@matsv201 Yes, and then think what would happen to the people in the shops and restaurants and so on if 20% of the people have to relocate to work somewhere else. Moving a town is an easy problem compared to the alternative.
@@gurkfisk89 That was my point. 20% industrial worker in a town is a really high number.
That church is my favourite church here in sweden. I always go there when i am in Kiruna. Google the church, the inside is magical. I have been fluent in english since i was 10-11 years old. We learn english in school from an early age :)
If you go to Kiruna I would recommend staying at the ice hotel, a hotel made of ice. And the infrastructure actually holds, they're planning to move the church to the new city. They're also building a new bathhouse (?) that costs around 1 billion (miljard) Swedish crowns. See you in Sweden!
If you don't like warth or money. The ice hotell is a excellent choice. Because after you check in there you will have neither.
But Steves vlog on it was perfect
They're actually moving a lot of the old buildings to preserve the architecture, including the church shown in the video and a lot of old homes. There are videos of them doing it on youtube. They basically put the entire building on a moving platform and drive it down the road. Btw my guess is the kitchen he looked at through the window was in an officebuilding.
The sound you hear when he walk comes from very cold weather.
There are quite a lot of people from different countries that live and work in Sweden. Not all of them speak Swedish. And then we also have tourism as well. That is why we often use English on signs and stuff.
I love cold climate ð, I'm from a southern European country and ai hate sweating and the bugs and the allergies ð
I can breathe freely whenever I visit a cold country and it feels so great and fresh
You don't want to go to northern Sweden then.
Allergies are still a thing (and pollen tends to have a shorter, but more intence season).
Also, there's no bugs like the tundra mosquitoes. The amounts are insane. Tropical countries have nothing on arctic tundra.
About the cars, people prefer to buy used cars from Kiruna. They are usually in very good condition, because they don't salt the roads, too much snow makes it meaningless to do so. That means no rust.
That sound of stepping in snow makes my whole body itch..
And I love that sound!! ð
23:50 That's not a teepee, but a kÃĨta, invented originally by the Sami.
I'm a northern Sapmi Swede. The situation with Kiruna and moving the whole city is both an engineering wonder and crazy. It is both about genuine worry for the ground under the city to collapse (see the movie The Abyss /Avgrunden right not at netflix!) meanwhile it's also speaks volumes about priorities.
It's not easy to comprehend how vital the iron/mining industry is to Sweden's economy. It pulled us out of poverty in 1800s-1900s, it built the good things about the Swedish society with social safety net and institutions for the good of the people, its the main reason we managed to keep out of WW2 (Selling iron to the nazi war machine, as well as the British), LKAB gave my family work for generations in the mines, and will continue to do for a long time, there's few things one could to do replace something like iron, LKAB is funding almost everything about the move both the city and private individuals.
But at the same time - money (national economy) is the priority, moving the whole city to continue mining instead of slowing down (the human greed and never ending hunger for more), my family's (indigenous Sapmi people) land has been stolen, culture and memory has been destroyed until it's forgotten, they're in constant never ending battle over Sapmi land to open new mines, moving and constricting the land ex reindeer can move and feed, destroying the ecosystem after ecosystem.
Thank you for sharing. Never stop speaking about Sapmis needs and problems
Your land hasn't been "stolen" any more than Finland, SkÃĨne or whatever has been stolen.
Not just in Sweden either, it's the same with competing tribes all over the world.
Looking up facts about the mines in Sweden on the responsible government institution's website, your claim about "they're in constant never ending battle over Sapmi land to open new mines" seems a bit exaggerated.
Sweden currently has 12 active mines, their original opening years from newest to oldest:
1. 2012 Kankbergsgruvan in SkellefteÃĨ
2. 2012 Kaunisvaara in Pajala
3. 1993 Lovisagruvan in Ãrebro (this is nowhere close to sapmi land)
4. 1989 BjÃķrkdalsgruvan in SkellefteÃĨ
5. 1968 Aitik in GÃĪllivare
6. 1964 LeveÃĪniemi in Kiruna
7. 1948 RenstrÃķm in SkellefteÃĨ
8. 1940 Kristineberg in Lycksele
9. 1860~ Kiirunavaara in Kiruna
10. 1820~ Malmberget in GÃĪllivare
11. 1700~ Zinkgruvan in Ãrebro (this is nowhere close to sapmi land)
12. 1200~ Garpenberg in Hedemora (this is nowhere close to sapmi land)
Are you even Swedish? And if you are, are you by any chance a SD voter? I think you are ignorant regardless. Do you not have any idea how we treat Sami people historically and now?@@shubeyash
Shut up. You are speaking like a troll. The land of the sami people has been used, abused and so has the people. @@herrbonk3635
They even made a action/thriller movie about the town and the mine last year called Avgrunden (The Abyss)
That part 19:27, isnt a kitchen of a home. That looks very much like a pentry, something that most offices have. So its most likely a part of a office, or company lunch room.
Yes, it is common to see reindeer in the north of Sweden
And elk for that matter
Yeah, but we see Elk in southernmost Sweden too.. like in Stockholm.
When speaking to foreigners or people that don't speak fluent Swedish, we do tend to switch to English to make it easier to understand.
We do have English and Swedish signs at most places to make it easier for tourists and foreigners to understand.
There's actually some studies that shown that the more languages you speak, the easier it is to forget words in your native tongue. Since most people in Sweden speak at least 2 languages (we learn 3 in school, but most people may not speak the third language fluently) it is easy to occasionally temporarily forget words in your native tongue, which may prompt us to switch to our second language, being English. In most cases it might only be a word or a phrase, it's rare for Swedes to hold entire conversations in English if both speak Swedish natively. We do have quite a lot of English loan words, too, and since we don't dub media (games, movies, TV shows etc) we might use English when making pop culture references.
There are exceptions, of course, but in general Swedes will stick to Swedish.
Stray reindeers are not uncommon this far north in Sweden, Norway and Finland. You can also see a big pack of reindeers near or on the roads
About our fairly good english - we are surrounded by it since an early age. We stop dubbing tv for children at around 7-8 years of age, and everything is only texted in Swedish. Schools teach English at age 8-9 onwards. We also travel a lot, so the exposure is high.
I started to learn English i school at the age of 9 (I am 60 now), now they start learning some when they are 6 or 7. It also help listning to music and watching movies, keeping it alive. I watched a serie on TH-cam yesterday with Swedish subs and in the next episod ithad to English...and I discovered that after 20 minuters had passed by and I am not an expert in English.
Lingonberries is a staple food: jam, juice, dried in granola, in bread and pastry...let it sit in vodka for some days and you have a nice schnaps to the moose or reindeer steak. ð
Speaking of kiruna. They made a movie. It's a swedish movie called "the abyss".
thats common in sweden at winter
Southern Sweden used to get a lot of snow too. I remember the winters always being white when I was a child.
that looks like a bit under Stockholm. A long bit under Kiruna there my grandma lives and there is like 1m high snow. :)
"- People have been affected by the move in different ways, partly depending on the accommodation they have. If you own a house, you exchange key for key, alternatively you get a sum of money for your old house. If you own a flat, you will receive a certain amount per square meter. But if you have a tenancy, you are without rights. Then you leave, without being offered a new home. And in Kiruna there is currently a 13-year housing queue, says BjÃķrn." taken from a Swedish news paper.
Okay, about the English in Sweden. The signs are in English so everyone can understand them. Kiruna is close to both Norway and Finland, has a lot of none Nordic workers, and a lot of tourists.
Regarding the casual use of English in conversations and TV. In th early 90's, Sweden was at the forefront of technological development and was internationalizing many of the larger companies making English the second language at the work place. With the decade's increasing number of American TV shows (and MTV) the youth started to use English words as slang or to be funny. It became part of culture. Now, those youths are adults and Sweden is very much an semi-international online society which makes English as common as Swedish. That's basically the short version of why.
I did a paper on the move some years ago and if I remember correctly it's mostly or only K-marked buildings that will be transferred to the new location. New homes (at least according to the plans back then) would mostly be built as passive houses meaning that, with more insulation and plc-controlled ventilation where you can recycle the heat from air going out to air coming in, your home would need minimal to no active heating. It simply heats up from your electronic devices and your body temperature.
Also -15C in Kiruna in winter time is not that bad. I think they might get a bit grumpy somewhere around -30C to -35C though but thats just my guess.
Yes iÂīve been to Kiruna and visit the main attractions. A tour of the mine, riding dogsled and visiting the icehotel outside Kiruna. We were lucky with the weather. It was just -2 to -7 when we visited. Yes, we eat Rudolf in Sweden. Reindeer meat is pretty good.
It's the -15 degrees that makes the snow sound like that. "Warm" snow does not creak.
He actually pronounces âKirunaâ very well and correctly. I went to university in the north of Sweden (LuleÃĨ) and there was reindeer walking freely and obstructing traffic to and from the airport there as well as well, and LuleÃĨ is a lot more south than Kiruna.
You should watch Steve going to Gothenburg, he even wants to live there.
To bad hi missed the meme iceland. He was right up close to it.
The thing is: that sound's from walking in snow, it become crispier and crispier sound the colder it is. And yes, you have those pesky rein deer running around us everywhere. And about us speaking English so much in Sweden, is that it's in fact mandatory to learn it in Sweden. I do not remember from what grade we start to learn it, but i think it was from 3rd grade, but it was a long time ago so I can remember it wrong.
17:40
English is something that we learn in sweden in schools, I would guess that people in sweden that isn't originally born in sweden can usually read it because english is so widely spoken around the world.
1:45 Hello! watched a tv show I saw a number of years ago. Don't remember what it was. But there was little about the fact that you could have more exotic plants now than before.
Fun fact. The screwed up pretty hard with one thing in moving Kiruna and that's the bathhouse. The origninal budget for the new bathhouse was 360 000 000 kronor (34 413 503 dollars) to now costing close to 1 billion kronor.
When you experience -30°C, -15°C feels pretty nice!
Edit: I've been to the food place by the petrol station btw! It's random but really good food! Not an average burger place.
Snow only âsqueaksâ like that when itâs really cold and the air is really dry. So it basically never sounds like that where I live in the south of Sweden (no matter how cold it is) because itâs almost always to humid here. When it âsqueaksâ like that you can always count on the humidity in your nostrils will freeze and if you have a mustache or a beard it will freeze too. ð
They are also moving alot of the older buildings, not only building new properties ð
The mine itself is a big tourist thing, and i think moving the city has become interesting for tourists as well. Thats probably why thereâs messages in english around town :)
Just to clarify. Swedish people do not speak English amongst themselves (apart from using the occasional phrase or word).
Steve's channel is such a treat, he keep reminding me that travelling is easier than i make it
PS: reindeer is realy tasty... =)
Yum!
To anyone going to Kiruna, take the opportunity to also visit JukkasjÃĪrvi (where you can visit the Ice Hotel even during summer and a place where you can pet and feed reindeers) and Abisko (breathtaking nature and lots of outdoor adventures). Both relatively close to Kiruna.
The sound of really cold snow
Hi. Yes they lift up the houses from the old ground and back in a special trailer inunder lower the hous and drive it to a earlier preparated ground . they take very precice messures to exact right proportions. and i think the house owners could choose lot as they want
Hi! LOVE your channel.
We learn English early in school. We see mych tv and movie from America and England. We don't dub directly on television unless it's children's. They made it little bit more when I was younger.
But for example, very many British and American TV series and films go with from both UK and US. Example Ncis, Dallas, Midsomer Murder. But in Swedish it's called Morden i Midsomer and it's one of my favorites.
Not my favorites But what I know many other Swedes like is
âĒ Keeping Up Appearances
Swedish name: Skenet bedrar = It is not what it seems to be
âĒ Emmerdale Farm Swedish name: Hem till gÃĨrden = Home to the farm
âĒ Fawlty Towers
Swedish name: Pang I Bygget = Bang In the building
And one more of my favorites is Death In Paradise. Swedish name Mord I Paradiset = Murder in Paradise.
They are not knocking down the whole old city. They are moving 1/3, that is physically moving them, they are rebuilding 1/3 and they just keeping 1/3 in place (basically west end become east end, the town is not very large).
The large open space just next to where the new center is, where the church and a lot of the old buildings are going. But they have to be moved last, because all buildings on the road have to be moved or torn down first.
Beoned the field next to the center, there is a fairly large suburbia that already been moved. It was moved between 2012 and 2020.
Generally basically everyone in Kiruna agrees that the town need to be moved, Because if its not, the mine close down and the town will be totally removed. Its also worth saying that the mine is absolutely gigantuan and it need the workforce of pretty much a full mid size town. There is also a large logistic center and mining equipment industry, that all all based on the mine.
There is a similar but smaller town a bit south that copied the concept of moving a town, but in that case its more like a large village.
Steve was also pretty lucky being there when it was only -15... A week later and it was -50.
The town probobly will look very nice when its done. but they are like half way throw the move now.. Well a bit over half way. The really large part of moving the city center was done 2 years ago.
The area in the middle of the center is where all the hotels is. Kiruna is not that of a turisty place (while there are some tourist there, the town over JokasjÃĪrvi, where he goes the next day is much more turisty). Most of the people staying on the hotel is international consultants for the mines. People who are there to help with new and old equipment. So this is really more of a branding for the consults.. its really to make them impress. And of cause, if you compare Kiruna with say a Canadian mining town. Kiruna is much more like a real city.
Cars are just made to be able to withstand the snow and ice ^_^ The worse thing is the salt used on roads to melt snow that makes the cars rust but salt is mostly used in southern sweden not very usual in the north. We have plowing trucks and tractors that clear the roads regularly instead.
I was born in the north but now live on the west coast of Sweden. -15 in the north is much nicer than -1 on the coast since its so damp down here. Up north its a dryer cold and you dont freeze the same way, if youve got the right clothes of course.
10:00 Actually elderly quite often want to move out of a single family home to an apartment. You don't want to be shoveling snow, climbing on the roof, etc. when you are old. I don't even want to do that snow work as a young person. And you can't drive your whole life. At some point you have to move closer to the shops, use public transportation or a taxi and use delivery services.
I think this was filmed on a sunday because everything is closedâĶ.. We have people in Sweden ð
The more the snow crunches underfoot, the colder it is. I know you already reacted to someone going to the ice hotel, but check out when this guy went there instead. He doesn't sleep over but just looks around in different rooms. He also has an episode when he "walks on the water" in LuleÃĨ.
There are clips on TH-cam that show when they move houses in Kiruna. I think it was about 6 years since the move started? The church you saw will also be moved
Great video and great reaction, as usual! You both pronunce Kiruna very well.
About the reindeer - yes, they are a litle here and there in the north of Sweden, Norway and Finland (also called Lapland) and you can be sure every one of them has an owner from the sapmi people.
I think the owner of the food place is a foreigner and maybe not handle the Swedish language fully, so he's used to use English too. And ofcource, for the tourits most of those who work with service need to know English pretty well.
About the old buildings moved - I don't know, but more like a guess from what I know is possible - small houses as those for a small family or a small office could be moved in full. A litle bigger houses (for a big family or office, small schools or daycare) could possible be separated in a few parts or be totally dismounted and rebuilt at the new place. Bigger houses with a lot of flats/apartments, offices and stores could maybe be dismounted in blocks, if they where built that way. I think they make some priority here in what is possible and justifiable by economy and culture value.
About the future of Kiruna - I think the mine is so important, that without it Kiruna would not have a future at all.
Here is a old discovery documentary where they show how they move the mid size homes.
th-cam.com/video/Yytqjhafv0Y/w-d-xo.htmlsi=QV4zJrEEfHyg_xyT&t=491
They moving the larger houses last when they can just blast everything on the side. I think they start moving the large houses in 2026. Before that its just small and medium size houses.
(the documentary is mixed with two moves in the same documentary, so the light tower have nothing to do with the city move)
Definitely recommend the next video of his, where he visits the Ice Hotel :D
We study English from first grade, so all know it at least to some degree.
Kiruna was already in the process of moving when I was there in 1995.
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18:04 LKAB is a company with workers from many countries and because of that, they write in english so all workers will understand
The church will be moved in one piece. It will be hoisted up onto large self-propelled modular trailers and moved along a very wide road constructed especially for this purpose. It will be complicated and costly, but the building is of great cultural and historic importance and is by many regarded as one of the most beautiful buildings in the country.
When it's cold outside, there's nothing better than warm Lingonberry juice! I always order that when I can.
I lived up in Kiruna (KEY-rune-ah) for a few years, it's a great place for well over half the year. The summers were rough, though - continuous light for well over a month (felt more like three months) was not helpful for my sleeping pattern.
The move of the city is a big deal, but it's mostly the city center - the condo where I lived is "to the side" of where the mine is growing, and won't be moved. However, an interesting aspect is that the new center is also in the path of the mine, and will eventually have to be moved again.
I agree with you on the architecture of the new center, it's "modern", sterile (and ugly) and doesn't fit into the rest of the city. It's also poorly constructed, they have huge problems with leaks and mold, and the energy efficiency isn't, which ought to be criminal in that climate.
Kiruna is, for its remote location, incredibly diverse. I had a boss from Spain, a team leader from Australia and a coworker from Russia. It's also a tourist hot-spot, people from literally around the world visit to experience the Ice Hotel and / or the northern lights.
There's a Swedish movie from 2023, "Avgrunden", translated as "The Abyss", which is a catastrophe flick centered around the town unexpectedly and suddenly collapsing into the ground. I won't attest to its quality, though.
The mine under the City is like an ANT home, so the risk off colaps is geting bigger and bigger. So for the safety off every one the are forced to move. When its come to Swedish / English,
we get/have allot off foreigner and we work allot whith companys outside Sweden. So we have an auto switch from swedish to english voises. And a small note we did start lerning english at 4 grade scool.
If you want to learn more about Sweden you should check out Steve Marsh's other videos where he is exploring Gothenburg and the islands near at the west coast. It is so idyllic there!
My six year old daughter already understands much english and they started learning in her kindergarten. I dont know if they do this in all kindergartens but many do. Like colours and numbers and such. ð
Been to Kiruna many times since my mum is from there. I stayed at Scandic this summer, also took that walk between the old and new city center slightly warmer back then ð
I have a hard time cope with the movement, my mum seems to be fine though.. I know that some people in Kiruna and Malmberget decide to move to other cities. However, people in northern Sweden seems to be more adoptable in general, also a lot of citizens either work or have some of connection to the Mining industry and understand that the movement is necessary. Or as our government once put it "Kirunabor ÃĪr mer luttrade"=Kiruna citizens are more refined... Oher citizens usually protest about future mines planned (Not in my backyard)
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The same guy made a good video about the Ice Hotel in the same area.
You should definatly watch that.
17:45 -I think so many things are in english because we have a lot of people from other countries that lives here, that dont know the language + we get quite many tourists as well :)
It's not unfair to say that LKAB does provide prosperity for Sweden and the region beyond. The Kiruna mine supplies 80% of all the iron ore in the EU. It's one of the largest mines in the world.
Steve did another video from Kiruna, from the Ice hotel. Well worth seeing.
They are moving houses with trailers. Both one story and two story. They will also move the church. It's build in a way that it's possible to take it apart and put together again but in reality they are planning to move it the same way as the houses. They just have to build a straight road to the new place. When you can hear the steps in the snow you know it's really cold. The old city is sinking. It's very dangerous in some parts.
In Malmberget,GÃĪllivare, Sweden, they moved a lot of cultural, and ordinary buildings, from the mining operation. Not sure how many similar buildings they moved in Kiruna, but sure is a lot.
There are videos of moving buildings from Malmberget here on TH-cam.
Greetings from GÃĪllivare ð.
No, minus 15 is fresh. The air is so crisp and clear. Cold is post -20, they had temps down in the 40's this year so...cold? ð
5:30 ive been to that church. i live down in gÃķteborg, sweden. and its truly that beutiful there.
Hey, I live there!
Haha the guy who put his hand in the flames ð, i have seen him trick tourists in to putting their hands in the flame and burn after he claimed it is a cold fake fire ðŽðŦĢ.
The book im reading right now is Stephen King The Stand uncut version in english. ( Im swedish) And no they havent knocked all the old houses down. They have moved many of them to new areas.
I live in northern Sweden but not as far north as Kiruna. In winter times the Sami people bring the reindeer down from the mountains for better grazing grounds I think (correct me if I'm wrong ð), so it's not unusual to come across reindeer walking around on the roads outside of cities. They often don't want to move out of the way! ð But I really don't mind them âĪïļ they are cute! Also tasty... reindeer and elk is really good. In Kiruna there might be reindeer around for other parts of the year, not sure. I visited Kiruna this summer actually! It feels a bit surreal that they are moving the city... The old city center is more charming than the new one for sure. I felt a bit sad seeing it empty, but the mine looms like a great chasm beneath it as a remainder of why...
-15 C in Kiruna in winter time is not Cold , fun to se you reactions. Im live in Kiruna ð
You can probably find footage of them moving entire houses one at a time.
A lot of people comes from other countries to Kiruna to work, that might be why some of the signs are in english. Also; Quite a lot of the old buildings will be moved to the ânew Kirunaâ. And the mining industry is state-owned so the profits go back to the population.
SteveMarsh is a great guy, love his travel videos.
There are some videos where you can how they move a house on a special trailer pulled by a truck or 2.
Kiruna will never be what it was. Iâve never lived there but my cousins did so I spent a fair amount of time there. The neighborhood they lived in and all the places I spent my time at will unfortunately have to be teared down or moved. Itâs sad to see and it will never be the same but thereâs nothing to do about itâĶ Kiruna truly was a beautiful and cozy city!
If you are interested in old houses that are moved and preserved see if you can find a video about Gamla LinkÃķping. An open-air museum where people actually live.
Born in Kiruna sÃĨ yes been there and yes Rudolf and his friends are running around the streets ð
You should know when you say i would love to go to Kiruna, At my former company we called it Mordor for some good reasons:)
Hello from Sweden, I'm reading Kate Quinn - The Rose Code. About a mystery in Bletchley Park during WWII and in the shadow of princess ElisabethÂĻwedding 1947.
Yes you can preserve the structure of a house when moving it
There are these things called trucks, you can put things on them, or you can put them under things, so you can move entire houses minus the basement if you fork enough cash. Works on the smaller houses. There are videos about such thing happening in America here on YT.
you should watch another video he made about the ice hotel
I'm currently reading a book I got recommended from the James O'brien show from LBC, it's called When the dust settles by Lucy Easthope.
If you're interested to know more about the region he's in and the native people from there I would recommend the book The Rocks Will Echo Our Sorrow: The Forced Displacement of the Northern SÃĄmi
by Elin Anna Labba
Putting your hand in the flames for such a short time does not hurt at all. It's rather nice feeling actually.
Na, you are wrong, the new city center is great, but the action is indoors, and there is usually a lot of people out and about. Iâll be going there next week, a nice 10 hours drive from where we live.
Cars in Sweden lasts about 20 years on average.
Most Swedes study Enlish for about 10 years in school, and we hear and read English most every day.
I think that all the old building will be moved to the new city. The government pay for it. And even old apartments are boring when you move in to it.
The reason they move the city is because there is a risk for building to collapse.
OMG that's my hometown?!?! I was baptized in that church xD My grandmother is a great example of a person who don't want to move. Luckily, she does not live in the area where they will have to move
There are some videos on youtube were you can se howe the move some of the houses.
the thing is this is not just in kiruna that happens also in a town called oremaountain
Here in Sweden in general we never change the orginal language in movies and tv-series. Unless it's movies for chidren then they can have Swedish voices. Everyone here grows up hearing English every day it might be on the tv/movies/cinema. You definetely gets exposed to English online wether it's social media or web sites. And most schools starts teaching English from 4th grade but some even from 3rd grade. When you get here you'll most likely notice that everyone loves speaking English!