Entertainment Alternatives in Minneapolis, MN

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The city's Chain of Lakes is connected by bike, running, and walking paths and used for swimming, fishing, picnics, boating, and ice skating. There is also a parkway for cars, a bikeway for riders, and a walkway for pedestrians that run parallel paths along the 52 mile route of the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway.

The Minneapolis park system has been called the best-designed, best-financed and best-maintained in America.

Is running your passion? Runner's World ranks Minneapolis America's sixth best city for runners. The Twin Cities Marathon run in Minneapolis and St. Paul every October draws 250,000 spectators. The 26.2 mile race is a Boston and USA Olympic Trials qualifier. The organizers sponsor three more races: a Kids Marathon, a 1 mile, and a 10 mile run.

Love to golf? Minneapolis is home to more golfers per capita than any major U.S. city. Five golf courses are located within the city, with nationally renowned Hazeltine National Golf Club, Bearpath Country Club, and Bunker Hills Golf Course in nearby suburbs.

The state of Minnesota also has the nation's highest number of bicyclists, sport fishermen, and snow skiers per capita.