Minneapolis | Worlds Longest Skyway System 4K | October 2023

Explore the world’s longest skyway system, in Minneapolis Minnesota, USA.
The 9.5 mile system stretches over 80 blocks and connects a majority of downtown Minneapolis. See the high points and low points of the skyway conditions in October 2023. Explore from city center to the crystal court of the ids tower, Gaviidae common and the Daytons project, many locations of Green and the Grain, US bank plaza, Target center, and much more.
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Take the skyway, high above the busy little one way 🤘

[@birdysboy5978]

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!

[@walkingminnesota]

Wow, thank you so much for sharing. Comments like this mean so much to me and taking people back to a special place in time is a big part of why I make these videos. Wishing you and your family all the best

[@allthatjazzspaz95]

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.

[@mpls1982]

That's not true. Most skyway access ends around 10pm.

[@StephenMSP]

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.

[@walkingminnesota]

Glad you a good time and are enjoying the videos! Thanks for watching!

[@sankalpsrivastava1230]

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

[@walkingminnesota]

Thanks for watching, glad to bring back that memory

[@greglocke4089]

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.

[@walkingminnesota]

Thanks for watching! 😄

[@drewske1984]

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.

[@walkingminnesota]

Too bad. I just saw yesterday that the building is up for sale

[@sidv192]

That museum was my fav area in the whole skyway! You could try out an authentic telegraph from the 1800s and get your face printed on old money.

[@miriamk6950]

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!

[@walkingminnesota]

Hope you are well! Always love hearing about mtm. I still need to eat at Jolliet House one of these days

[@goodkayday]

Thanks for the video

[@walkingminnesota]

Thanks for watching!

[@NLind]

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.

[@walkingminnesota]

Thanks! Rochester is very high on my list of places to go. Hopefully this spring

[@veronicabaez3679]

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

[@walkingminnesota]

Thanks for watching

[@choepheldhondup6251]

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

[@walkingminnesota]

Thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching!

[@welcome_Moscow_walks]

Interesting tour 😊

[@walkingminnesota]

Thanks!

[@buckybuckybeaver]

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.

[@walkingminnesota]

Thanks for watching. Very cool to hear those memories you had of downtown and the skyway. RIP Prince

[@Essjai]

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

[@walkingminnesota]

Fun! I would love to see an indoor playground for the kids in each one (with a nice cafe for the adults)

[@Tickle..Tipson]

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.

[@walkingminnesota]

I’ll have to check it out! Thanks for the idea. I’ve had a couple meetings in that building but haven’t tried the burger place.

[@jamievicha1660]

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

[@70sPink]

Forgot to go all way to Target Store and Headquarters

[@walkingminnesota]

Yeah, I missed that part

[@PEKUMBU]

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.

[@walkingminnesota]

Thanks for watching and thanks for sharing your thoughts. You’re right, it does its job. Looking forward to walking through again in a year and seeing how it’s changed

[@mrsticky005]

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.

[@walkingminnesota]

At the very least if it failed it would make for a great high line trail in 40 years I’m all for crazy ideas

[@user-ie4tt1xp7j]

It wouldn't be THAT expensive. It's just tram would be cheaper, probably. Plus, NIMBYs are gonna go insane with ""eye sore" BS.

[@vllssv]

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

[@walkingminnesota]

Thank you! I used an iPhone 15 pro

[@vllssv]

@@walkingminnesota did you use a Gimbal, or stabilization mode ? Or were you holding steady the phone by itself

[@walkingminnesota]

Yeah I used the moza mini gimbal to stabilizes the phone for the walk

[@AntalKosa]

In -20F must have one.

[@jamievicha1660]

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

[@walkingminnesota]

Yeah, I hear the decline of in person shopping was hard on the skyway too. Gotta figure out a way to get businesses back in there

[@razony]

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

[@walkingminnesota]

Yeah! For the most part at least. The connections might not all be direct but I think there is a roundabout way of getting pretty much anywhere downtown

[@flowersfordevin6090]

U cannot

[@razony]

@@walkingminnesota I did back in the day. 'Major' buildings.

[@eliaseriksen4809]

Subway on the Skyway? Missed opportunity. 🥪

[@walkingminnesota]

There definitely used to be at least one (if not more) in there

[@Leoprieto74]

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

[@walkingminnesota]

Hi Leo The best section are probably around us bank plaza, capella tower, and the ids center. Unfortunately, much of the skyway is closed on weekends so I’m not sure what the best route would be. The last time I was in there on a weekend I kept running into sections that were closed off and it was pretty frustrating www.minneapolis.org/map-transportation/minneapolis-skyway-guide/

[@Leoprieto74]

@@walkingminnesota oh okay. Thanks a lot for your feedback. I appreciated. Actually, we will be there till Tuesday afternoon. So I guess going on Monday will be best to do the Skyway with my son. I’ll go Monday, things should be open on Monday. Gracias 👍

[@EddieLeindecker-re1hg]

I truly wish that more cities had skyways like Minneapolis does If you have never been to Toronto, Canada, Toronto has an extensive underground tunnel system

[@scottmarquardt3575]

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

[@annusyapipii]

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

[@ELAlcoRS3]

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

[@walkingminnesota]

I’ve never been in the pedway but I want to check it out

[@timebong8366]

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

[@walkingminnesota]

Fun! Probably looked very different.

[@timebong8366]

@@walkingminnesota yes. I remember the arcade they used to have down by Daytons. And the titty bar called the skyway lounge. I used to go there for lunch when I worked at Daytons 🤣. Arcade or titty bar. I remember the movie theater they had on Nicolette ave

[@gogo-word]

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.

[@alexandersergeyvichgolubko4133]

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

[@walkingminnesota]

Yeah, definitely pulls people from the streets

[@alexandersergeyvichgolubko4133]

@@walkingminnesota building underground would have suited better. more room to reenvision downtown

[@timebong8366]

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

[@walkingminnesota]

😷

[@timebong8366]

@@walkingminnesota 🤣🤣💉☠️⚰️

[@tescherman3048]

Ever wonder why doctors and nurses wear face masks during surgeries? Because they work.

[@timebong8366]

@@tescherman3048 they only work during surgery tarded one. I betcha you beLIEved they actually worked 🤣🤣🤣 I betcha you beLIEved that experimental product worked too🤣🤣🤣💉☠️⚰️

[@timebong8366]

@@tescherman3048 why don't you go do some research on the Spanish flu and find out most of them people that wore them face diapers continuously lots of them died of pneumonia dummy