Dec 11, 2025 - Things to Do

New Minneapolis skyway map is interactive, user-powered

Kyle Stokes

Map of downtown Minneapolis showing buildings and skyway connections. Green highlights skyway-accessible buildings, red highlights limited access. Notable places include Minneapolis Central Library, City Hall, and Hennepin County Government Center. — A screengrab of Skyway.run's interactive map of downtown Minneapolis. Image: Skyway.run

A new app should help many Minneapolis skyway users navigate the downtown labyrinth.

Driving the news: Skyway.run is an upgrade over many defunct smartphone apps and possibly outdated PDFs floating around the internet.

Zoom in: Creator Hank Brekke-Peer told the Star Tribune that the app draws in data from OpenStreetMap — which relies on users to update buildings' hours, shops and restaurants.

We did notice some of the business listings already appear to be out-of-date — including a Dairy Queen that's been closed for potentially two years.

Zoom out: The city's tourism office, Meet Minneapolis, has an official PDF map of the network — and also points visitors to SkywayAccess.com, which has a directory of building hours, but not restaurants and shops.

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