Duluth Sister Cities International

Once you understand how we’re different, you see how we’re the same. True understanding between people and nations begins with individual involvement..and it’s as easy as learning more about others! Since 1986 this program has been strengthening relationships worldwide.

Duluth, Minnesota is a beautiful, world seaport with an international airport and a diverse population, yet most of us never get a chance to meet people from foreign countries or enjoy their cultures. We seldom get to see up-close that despite living continents apart, we all want similar things for our families, our friends and our world.

But now we have greater opportunities than ever for global understanding, because Duluth Sister Cities International helps bridge the oceans by bringing many of the world’s traditions, cultures and languages right to us, and by taking us to their countries.

Thunder Bay, Canada. Ohara/Isumi City, Japan. Petrozavodsk, Russia. Vaxjo, Sweden. All are Sister Cities of Duluth, enriching our residents and theirs.

Taste a krumkaka. Strum a balalaika. Do you know what’s humorous in Russia? Or delicious in Japan? You will when you take part in various Sister Cities activities in Duluth. You will soon realize that the interpreter is no longer needed, as your gestures and smiles speak louder than words with your new friends from around the world.

Duluth Sister Cities International promotes global understanding through mutual respect and cooperation with cultural, economic and educational endeavors.

It is the goal that these relationships will create opportunities for grass roots citizen participants to experience and explore other cultures and generate an atmosphere of exchange through which economic development, trade, tourism, education, art, history, foreign languages, international relations and global understanding may be stimulated.