The city of Minneapolis is a melting pot of many cultures as is evidenced by the fact that Minneapolis students may speak up to 90 different languages depending on their family background. Schools may publish official communication in four commonly used languages – Somali, Spanish, Hmong and English.

Minneapolis is also such a clean city that Forbes tagged it as the fifth-cleanest city in the world in 2007, due to the use of bicycles and bicycle lanes, bike racks on buses, development of online bicycle maps, and refurbishment of many routes into pedestrian-friendly and bicycle-friendly routes. Mass transport also helps relieve city streets, roads and highways of too many motor vehicles while keeping car emissions minimized.

Because of its literary and cultural aspects, there are many theatrical venues in the city that host multiple performances of many home grown artists. One of these is the Guthrie Theater (said to be the city's version of Broadway.)