Top Spots to Experience Culture

You didn’t know? Minneapolis isn’t just a place for Scandinavians. Tons of cultures mingle and meet at various points throughout the city. Find a spot to experience it for yourself.

Eat Street

For a culinary tickle, stop on Nicollet Avenue between Grant and 29th Street. Nicknamed “Eat Street,” the Avenue offers dozens and dozens of ways to entertain your palate. Try pho—Minneapolis is known for the best in the nation. Restaurants of note include Black Forest Inn for German, Peninsula Malaysian Cuisine, Ping’s Szechuan Bar & Grill, Salsa a la Salsa and Market Bar-B-Que (for a little American culture!).

Mixed Blood Theatre

Dedicated to the spirit of Dr. King's dream, Mixed Blood Theatre uses theater as a vehicle for entertainment and social change.

Midtown Global Market

Minneapolis’ premiere internationally themed public market with more than 50 independent, locally-owned businesses. Find fresh and prepared foods, restaurants and a selection of arts and crafts from around the world.

Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Ranked among the top comprehensive U.S. art museums, showcasing art from all over the world and from every period of human history.

Pangea World Theatre

Committed to international works, styles and traditions that illuminate the human condition, end divisiveness and celebrate differences through artistic excellence.

Holy Land

Finest imported gourmet grocery, bakery and deli with a wide variety of imported products from throughout the world. Also an award-winning restaurant that uses the original flavors of Old World Cuisine.

Northland Visions

Selling sculptures, paintings, beadwork, jewelry, original native and traditional art. Gifts of the Northlands, offering unique, all Minnesota gifts.

American Swedish Institute

Explore the "castle," a museum of Swedish-American art, culture and history. Built in 1904 for newspaper publisher Swan Turnblad.

Saffron

Saffron offers modern Mediterranean Middle Eastern food--you'll find a menu that will take you around the globe without ever leaving your seat.

Ingebretsen’s

Ingebretsen's is dedicated to Scandinavian foods and products. Family-owned and operated for more than 86 years, it is more than a store—find a meat market, selling traditional Nordic foods, and needlework shop.

Finnstyle

Perhaps the largest selection of modern Finnish design this side of Helsinki: gifts, glassware, jewelry, bags purses, home accents, tableware, and much more. Not to be missed!

Ritmo Caliente at First Avenue

Every Thursday night, the iconic music venue is filled with the sounds of Salsa, Cumbia, Reggaeton, Latin Hip Hop, Merengue, Rumba and Sonidera.

Kramarczuk's Eastern European Deli

This lunch institution serves huge sausages and roast-beef sandwiches and imported bottles of beer.

The Blue Nile

The first Ethiopian restaurant and longest-running African restaurant in Minnesota, serving authentic food and experience. Also features an excellent beer selection.

In the Heart of the Beast Theatre

Drawing inspiration from the world's traditions of puppet and mask theatre, In the Heart of the Beast creates vital, poetic theater for all ages and backgrounds.

The Museum of Russian Art

The only museum in North America dedicated to the preservation and presentation of Russian art and artifacts. Features a dynamic rotation of exhibitions helping to understand Russia's history, heritage and art through the masterworks of its greatest artists.

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