Minneapolis | Worlds Longest Skyway System 4K | October 2023 

Just wanted to thank you for posting this video and explain how important this is to me. I came across this about a week ago and have watched it twice. We traveled to Minneapolis from Chicago five years ago for a summer vacation. Our son was 11 years old at the time. Although we did many activities in and around the city (Twins game, Stone Arch walk, Nicollet Mall, Univ of Minn, Mall of America, etc.), we spent quite a bit of time having fun exploring the City through the skyways. In particular, on our last night, we walked from our hotel (Stayed at the Westin that you show at 1:11:30) all the way down to Bank of America Stadium through the skyways, got out around 2nd Street (?) and got ice cream at Izzy's. In the skyways, I remember passing a Joe Mauer All-Star Game statue (you show it across from the Wok restaurant at the 4:00 mark but didn't zoom in, and then you passed the hallway at 8:08 (it's near the Dental place)). We still have a photo of my son standing next to Mauer. Thanks for letting me re-live a part of our summer vacation. It was a great memory when my son was a bit younger and life was a bit easier. This brought back so many good feelings. Thanks again!

I got lost in these with my friends back in 2017, good memories. Thanks for sharing!

The A - D gates at MSP airport is also a hoot.

You make me miss Minneapolis so much! My favorite thing to do there was to hike the skyway system. :) Thanks for sharing these walking tours.

My husband and I had a fantastic time being back to Minneapolis a couple of weeks ago, and I continue to love reliving it all and staying current through your videos. I’ll keep watching them after we move back next year. I do have to check out your non-Twin Cities videos.

Great video! Very well narrated and smooth footage. You took your time, didn’t go too fast and gave some great information. If you ever come down here to Rochester you’ll have to walk our skyway system. Definitely not nearly as expensive as Minneapolis’ but I like it and use it every day for walking. We also have a pedestrian subway system.

40:21 I remember that space at the Wells Fargo Center was a small museum. It took 20 minutes to walk through but it was awesome! Sad to see it gone.

Even though I live there, I still get lost in the skyway every once in a while because of how vast it is

We used to wander around the skyways in the middle of the night in college. Now they close when the offices close due to crime and homelessness. I wish the city would invest more in the skyways so that they were more accessible to everyone, and not just office workers. The lack of public bathrooms is also annoying.

It was refreshing,video shot was awesome,steady pace entire clip.Thank you! for entertaining.😊👌✌

Hi thanks for this tour its very beatiful skyway in this city i enjoyed a lot 😊

This was very neat to watch. I grew up in SLP and would take the city bus to downtown to hang out at City Center, hope to see Prince outside of First Ave, go to Daytons and wish I could afford it, the IDS and be bored, and many other things kids would do in the early 80s. But, I love my old city either way, and I appreciate you exploring it for me.

14:44 Used to go to The Burger Place every day for lunch when I had jury duty, still the best burgers I've ever had. Those Jamaican burgers are something else.

My husband and I like to take our littles to the skyway in St. Paul and Minneapolis in the dead of winter.

Interesting tour 😊

The newer skyways are more sterile and unwelcoming. Waste of space. Agree need more art, etc to make spaces more welcoming

Great video! The skyway system has always fascinated me! We don't have them in California. Thank you for the Mary Tyler Moore Reference at The IDS and Crystal Center. There are two opening scenes from her show. One where she is having lunch with a date at Basil's now Jolliet House at The Marquette Hotel. I had the pleasure of dining there last December at her actual table, where there is a photo plaque in her name. The second opening scene filmed there was her going on the down step escalator. It was so great to visit! The Christmas Tree and the carolers were amazing! Haha! I will always be a Mary Tyler Moore Fan! Keep them coming!

I enjoyed your narration. I don’t agree that the Skyway is it as off putting as you make it out to be though. It’s incredibly liminal. I guess you haven’t noticed that yet. No worries. Great work. Subscribed.

So crazy idea but what if you connected a skyway system with a monorail so you could travel quickly between high rise buildings without ever needing to be on the ground level? I know obviously such an idea would be very expensive but I think it could physically work and the economic and environmental benefit would be tremendous.

Some of those spaces have been vacant for decades even before Covid. Etc. High rent and property taxes continue to be a huge issue

If I remember correctly. You can go to every major building in downtown Minneapolis and never go outside.

I’ll be in Minneapolis this weekend with my son (12 years old) and will like to take my son to the Skyway. What portion you recommend, where to start and where to end? Thanks

Thanks for the video

Nice video! What did you use to film or record this ?

In -20F must have one.

PLACE, office, room, area, remember? :3

Nice, i did this decades ago in the late 80s when i worked at Daytons downtown.

Subway on the Skyway? Missed opportunity. 🥪

Forgot to go all way to Target Store and Headquarters

The library looks pretty much like the old one did and I'm glad they stopped making the skyway go to it, that would be for a crack run

It doesn't look like very many people use it considering the population. Maybe it is too confusing or maybe people just don't like mazes.

This is what Chicago should have rather than the underground, disjointed Pedway!

even tho the skyways are very useful, I think it kill the downtown city vibe tbh.

You always got to laugh at the people still wearing their face diapers thinking they're helping them😂😂😂💉☠️⚰️