Overview
Green Bay is a city in Wisconsin well-known as the home town of the Green Bay Packers, an NFL team. It is on the bay of Green Bay and, surrounded by many other villages, cities, and townships, comprises the northernmost tip of what is known as the Fox River Valley, a forty-mile-long collection of communities and farmland surrounding the Fox River. Green Bay is known as one of the most vibrant, concentrated and supportive NFL football towns in the United States.
7 sights · 8 things to do · 3 places to eat · 4 bars & cafés · 8 places to stay
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Best things about Green Bay
Lambeau Field
Home stadium of the American Football Green Bay Packers also features a tour of the stadium and the Green Bay Packer Hall of Fame (HOF), featuring exhibits of team history.
Neville Public Museum
National Railroad Museum
This sprawling museum has dozens of train engines and cars on display outdoors and in hangars, plus a model railroad in the Children's Depot, a short train ride, and an observation tower. Hours and prices vary depending …
Heritage Hill State Historical Park
Green Bay Botanical Garden
Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral
Plan your trip
Best time to visit & weather
Most comfortable: May–Sep. Summer highs reach about 82°F; winter lows dip to about 17°F. Cold months (Jan, Feb, Dec) can bring snow and ice; check road conditions. Wettest: Jun and Apr. (climate data from nearby Milwaukee)
Blue bars: average daily high and low (°F). Purple columns: average monthly rain and melted snow (inches).
Getting there
- From you: to see whether to drive or fly, and how long it takes.
- GRB Austin Straubel International Airport, Green Bay — 6 mi away. Directions
- ATW Appleton International Airport, Appleton — 30 mi away. Directions
- MKE General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee — 108 mi away (major hub). Directions
There are two nearby options for flying into Green Bay.
Full “Get in” guide ↓Budget & where to stay
- Typical meal: about $9 per person at listed restaurants.
See the Sleep guide ↓ for places to stay.
Sample 3-day itinerary
Day 1
- Morning Lambeau Field, Packers Training Camp, National Railroad Museum
- Lunch Fox Harbor Pub and Grill
- Afternoon Heritage Hill State Historical Park, Hazelwood Historic House Museum
- Dinner The Pancake Place
- Evening The Attic
Day 2
- Morning Bay Beach Amusement Park, Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary, The Weidner
- Lunch Kavarna Coffehouse
- Afternoon Green Bay Phoenix, Oneida Casino Main-Airport
- Evening Title Town Brewing Company
Day 3
- Morning NEW Zoo
- Evening Stadium View
Stops are grouped by area so each day needs little backtracking. Check opening hours before you go.
Food for you
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Understand
Get in
By plane
There are two nearby options for flying into Green Bay.
Go Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport (GRB)
is the Green Bay Area's chief airport. It has service to four cities in the Midwest: Chicago-O'Hare, Detroit, Atlanta, and Minneapolis/St. Paul. In addition it has summer seasonal service to Denver and Orlando.
By bus
The Green Bay Metro Transit Center at 901 University Ave (between Webster and Quincy) is the central hub for both local Green Bay Metro buses and long-distance inter-city buses.
- Amtrak Thruway Connecting Service offers service from Milwaukee, Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Appleton, and De Pere. Bus tickets can be purchased without a corresponding train ticket.
- Jefferson Lines offers service from Minneapolis/Saint Paul, Eau Claire, Milwaukee, and various town in between along the Hwy 29 and I-43 corridors.
- Lamers offers daily service from Madison, Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, and Appleton, plus Friday/Sunday service from Milwaukee, Sheboygan, and Manitowoc.
- Indian Trails offers service from Milwaukee, Sheboygan, Manitowoc, and towns along the US Hwy 41 corridor in northeastern Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
By car
I-43 goes around the east and northern parts of Green Bay. It leads to Milwaukee approximately 100 miles to the south. I-41 also leads to Milwaukee from Green Bay's west side. It travels through Appleton, Oshkosh, and Fond du Lac before reaching suburban Milwaukee. Highway 172 is the main east/west artery that slices through Green Bay over the Fox River, connecting I-43 on the east side and Hwy 41 on the west side.
Hwy. 29 is the route taken to Wausau, approximately 80 miles west, and for travel to the Twin Cities.
Get around
Green Bay has the municipal Green Bay Metro bus system which offers good coverage of the city. The chief method of transportation in Green Bay is by car. Most attractions and businesses offer plenty of available visitor parking.
See
See Lambeau Field
Home stadium of the American Football Green Bay Packers also features a tour of the stadium and the Green Bay Packer Hall of Fame (HOF), featuring exhibits of team history.
Do
Do Packers Training Camp
During the late summer before the start of the NFL regular season, the Green Bay Packers practice on outdoor fields across from Lambeau Field (weather permitting). Permanent seating is set up along the practice field behind the Don Hutson training center.
Do Green Bay Phoenix
The sports teams of the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay are also popular in the area, especially the men's and women's basketball teams (the school has no football team). Men's basketball plays at the Resch Center near Lambeau Field. Women's basketball plays at the Kress Events Center on the university campus.
Buy
Shop Bay Park Square Mall
The largest mall in the Green Bay area is actually located on Oneida Street in Ashwaubenon. Lots of additional big-box stores and chain restaurants are concentrated in the mall area, and all of it is located just about a mile south of Green Bay's Stadium District.
Eat
Eat The Pancake Place
Lots of pancake options, huge omelets, piles of hash brown skillets, and a full lunch/dinner menu
Eat Kavarna Coffehouse
Hands down best vegetarian food in the Greater Green Bay Area. Good coffee, local microbrews, and also a great place to find leads into other Green Bay/Wisconsin gems that you wouldn't find unless you met the right folks.
Eat Fox Harbor Pub and Grill
Sandwiches, wings, burgers, pizza, and seafood in 1896 Fetterman Hotel building along Fox River Trail. There's ten free-transit slips if you come by boat.
Drink
Drink Title Town Brewing Company
Located along the Fox River in an historic railroad depot that was completed in 1899. Two spacious stories, award winning beer, and an outdoor bar facing the river along the railroad tracks. Home to a 22 foot tall football statue that used to sit in front of the Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame. Also a full-scale restaurant.
Drink The Attic
Combination coffee house and used bookstore that offers a wide variety of looseleaf tea.
Drink Stadium View
As the name suggests, this huge sports bar is in view of Lambeau Field. Features lots of big screen TVs and indoor/outdoor parties before Packer games during the season.
Drink Cup O Joy
Christian coffee house and music venue.
Sleep
Go next
- Door County to the northeast offers much scenic sightseeing, with quaint villages, lighthouses, beaches, and several state parks. Sturgeon Bay, the only city in Door County, is a 40 mile drive north of Green Bay on Highway 57.
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