September 30, 2004
*GULP*

You think you got problems... at least the ground's not trying to swallow your town:

The town of Kiruna in remote northern Sweden is seeking a new home before the earth swallows it up.

Its centre is in danger of sliding down a hole left by the iron ore mines which put this Arctic outpost on the map a century ago.

Apparently it's very slow-motion, so it's not like one day we'll wake up and there will be this hole where a a bunch of Volvos and Saabs used to be. Maybe they can become a "sister city" to one of those places in Florida that periodically disappear entire parking lots of SUVs?

Posted by scott at September 30, 2004 09:59 AM

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