Akshat Rathi brought a whole new meaning to “out of town”:

• Kiruna is a Swedish city, founded in 1900, on the edge of an iron ore mine.
• As the state-owned mining company has dug deeper, the risk of the town falling into a sinkhole has increased.
• The company is now in the process of physically lifting and moving historic buildings in the town – determined through a public vote – 3 kilometers (2 miles) to the east.
• People who live in buildings that aren’t being moved will have their properties purchased at 125% market value – or be offered a similarly sized house at the new location.
• All in all the move is expected to cost over a billion dollars, and require at least 20 years.

Read more on Quartz.