Are you looking for the best things to do in Chicago? We just created a list of 15 must do activities for you to do while visiting Chicago! In this Chicago travel guide we show you around the Magnificent Mile, Navy Pier, Riverwalk, Field Museum, Chicago food scene, 360 Chicago Observation Deck and much more. We also share some Chicago travel tips overall. Chicago is a popular tourist destination known for its Lake Michigan waterfront, shows, and Historical past as one of the United States major industrial centers.
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Things To Do in Chicago 2025
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0:00 Intro
0:46 Art Institute of Chicago
1:12 Willis Tower (Sears Tower)
1:43 Millenium Park
2:16 Boating Lake Michigan
2:40 Chicago 360
3:02 Museum of Science and Industry
3:46 Field Museum
4:31 Navy Pier
5:36 Centennial Wheel
6:04 Lakeside Trail
6:55 Magnificent Mile
7:36 Riverwalk
8:39 Chicago Food
9:48 Chicago Theater
10:14 Lincoln Park Zoo
10:57 Shedd Aquarium
11:26 Adler Planetarium
11:56 Chicago City Pass
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i never went to chicago or paris phonix
Chicago is where white slaves farm their daughters and sisters too like a college town…
Chicago overrall is just a bizarre place…people are very rude and theres nothing to do unless you have tons of money. And that sewage smell that never goes away has always been a problem for their city…the air is very polluted…it ranks low on everything important….probobly why no smart people ever do business there…a bunch of college grads stavk themselves on top of each other and are surrounded by trash everywhere…no normal people reside aroumd chicago….
Going there tomorrow!
Oh hell no!!
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After the first three. Stay at home. Stay at home. Stay at home.
Hi.Ｉ am Japanese.
Ｉ like in Chicago so much now.
sotime Ｉ am looking forward to go in Chicago for a tour, a work now.
Thank you so much.
I quit watching when he said girodonnos 😂
Doesnt sound like a safe place to be right now. Going their might be a gamble you might not return from
Lmao the best thing to do in woke criminal run Chicago is stay out of Chicago !
Living here, you had the best field trips
I will definitely come back there😊 i love the city❤
Going to Chicago first week of September……great video …..gonna try and get as much of this in
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Been to Chicago three times. I took my mother to Chicago 2016. We stayed in The Drake. The Drake was really very interesting and nice. We had access to the executive lounge. Second trip in October 2024, we took our son who is an artist, to Chicago's Art Institute. The Art Institute was extremely interesting, however, homeless people laying on the sidewalks everywhere We went to Gordon Ramsey's, ordered three sandwiches, not remotely poverty stricken but the server laid the check on the table $149 and the food was not even good. Everything was so expensive but ok. Last trip, April 2025, we wanted to see more of the Art Institute and I wanted to stay in The Drake again. The Drake is a dump to stay in now. They kept saying after the pandemic they had issues. They need to close down The Drake for guests to stay in and just let it be a venue for weddings, events, etc. Chicago on the third trip was dirty, crime, I don't mind paying for food that is good however it was not. Lastly, I pray they pay their law enforcement well. Police sirens all night long. If we are going to spend what we did the last two times in Chicago, we will simply go to the Louvre.
So beautiful ❤
THE BEST THING TO DO IN CHICAGO, STAY AWAY FROM IT.
I think
I’ll come in the fall it’s calling me for some reason
Beautiful ❤
The number one thing to do is avoid Chicago!!!! Thank me later
My dream place,i pray one day I will visit Chicago
This is not 2025 clickbait no Flyover at Navy Pier
Why it say 2025 when it went out 2 years ago?
The background music is excessive and unnecessary
No consideration to great neighborhoods. Lincoln Avenue, Clark Avenue, , Broadway , Sheridan , Southport , Western, Peterson, Devon , Lawrence , Cermak , 26th street , All with cultures, shopping et 12:47 c
I live in the burbs 40 miles from downtown or about an 1 hr away. I love having Chicago so close, the only downside is that makes other cities pale in comparison when traveling. Sometimes I drive to Chicago just to bring my dog to the Mondog beach and get pizza at Jimmys pizza cafe.
Now add the cost of tickets and parking to the list. Don't even come unless you rich beatch.
Cleanest city in the US, I noticed.
As a Chicagoan, I can answer every question
I don't know anything about the Willis tower but I have been to the top of the SEARS TOWER 🗼 !!!!😊
Don't go, stay in your car, drive away, run away, take a train away, hide your cell phone, hide your wallet, hide your kids, don't stop the car, don't look at anyone, don't walk alone at night, don't go out alone in the daytime, stay away from stores, gas stations, and roads, get back on that plane and go somewhere nice.
Shows ketchup being put on a Chicago hot dog. Tisk tisk tisk
I Ben here
I was really excited for this video. But I noticed you were using old footage for the field museum. The first floor doesn’t look like that anymore. Maybe you should’ve done some research and gone to these actual places then you would’ve known that the Crystal Garden is permanently closed therefore you shouldn’t have had the audacity to include it in this video. It’s been closed prior 2023. Stopped watching at 5:12