Guidebook for Decorah
Food Scene
Rubaiyat Restaurant
117 W Water StThis is a sports bar that serves great burgers, chili, sandwiches and a large beer list. Always good service with free popcorn.
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T-Bock's
206 W Water StThis is a sports bar that serves great burgers, chili, sandwiches and a large beer list. Always good service with free popcorn.
They have folk artists that sit during the day and music at night.
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Java John's
400 W Water StThey have folk artists that sit during the day and music at night.
This is where you go for fantastic sandwiches and panini's names after iconic spots around Decorah. My favorite is Water Street: turkey and swiss cheese on soft thick wheat with tomatoes, lettuce and sprouts
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Magpie Cafe & Coffeehouse
202 W Water StThis is where you go for fantastic sandwiches and panini's names after iconic spots around Decorah. My favorite is Water Street: turkey and swiss cheese on soft thick wheat with tomatoes, lettuce and sprouts
This is our favorite when you want a special chef's meal in a small and atmospheric place. Good wines and desserts.
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La Rana Bistro
120 Washington StThis is our favorite when you want a special chef's meal in a small and atmospheric place. Good wines and desserts.
This brewery was voted number one in the nation recently and many people vie for the lottery to get to the releases held each year. It has expanded and moved outside of Decorah past Walmart on Hwy. 9 past the airport on the left.
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Toppling Goliath Brewing Co
1600 Prosperity RdThis brewery was voted number one in the nation recently and many people vie for the lottery to get to the releases held each year. It has expanded and moved outside of Decorah past Walmart on Hwy. 9 past the airport on the left.
Shopping
I love the museum store as it stocks things for folk art crafts and those things needed for the many classes in the Educational Wing.
Vesterheim Museum Store
502 W Water StI love the museum store as it stocks things for folk art crafts and those things needed for the many classes in the Educational Wing.
Modish
217 W Water StNew and hip to current fashions. Recently added a mens department.
If you are looking for fantastic gifts for your kids or art supplies for you, this is the place. Very clever choices in a retails setting that is unique and not a chain !
Cardboard Robot
110 Winnebago StIf you are looking for fantastic gifts for your kids or art supplies for you, this is the place. Very clever choices in a retails setting that is unique and not a chain !
If you like to shop for high end casual things like Patagonia and SmartWool, this is the place. Great bags. Men and women will find something they cannot live without!
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Decorah Hatchery
406 W Water StIf you like to shop for high end casual things like Patagonia and SmartWool, this is the place. Great bags. Men and women will find something they cannot live without!
If you are a knitter or weaver or spinner, this is the place for you. Expert advise and wonderful selection of fibers for sale.
Blue Heron Knittery
300 W Water StIf you are a knitter or weaver or spinner, this is the place for you. Expert advise and wonderful selection of fibers for sale.
This is a locally book store that is not closing! It has authors visiting and a tremendous selection of children's books!
Dragonfly Books
112 W Water StThis is a locally book store that is not closing! It has authors visiting and a tremendous selection of children's books!
Arts & Culture
This is the largest collection of ethnic artifacts in the Norwegian culture of the USA. Many items were brought from Norway. The outside houses. school, and mill can be visited. Take a guided tour to get the most of your time.
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Vesterheim The National Norwegian-American Museum & Heritage Center
520 W Water StThis is the largest collection of ethnic artifacts in the Norwegian culture of the USA. Many items were brought from Norway. The outside houses. school, and mill can be visited. Take a guided tour to get the most of your time.
Porter House Museum
401 W Broadway StParks & Nature
This is where the famous eagles reside in the trees overlooking the fish ponds. They have been watched by millions of viewers around the world on a webcam.
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Chuck Gipp Decorah Fish Hatchery
2321 Siewers Spring RoadThis is where the famous eagles reside in the trees overlooking the fish ponds. They have been watched by millions of viewers around the world on a webcam.
This city park is high about the Upper Iowa and the bike path below. It has large covered picnic areas, fun playground equipment, a fountain, and plenty of parking. You can walk for miles above the river. Good all year round.
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Phelps Park
613 Park StThis city park is high about the Upper Iowa and the bike path below. It has large covered picnic areas, fun playground equipment, a fountain, and plenty of parking. You can walk for miles above the river. Good all year round.
This was my favorite place to hike growing up in Decorah. The springs come out of the rock and are crystal clear and cold. Great for picnics on a hot day. It is just past the huge campground on the Dug Road walking path which starts behind the Whippy Dip on the dike.
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Twin Springs Park
Twin Springs RoadThis was my favorite place to hike growing up in Decorah. The springs come out of the rock and are crystal clear and cold. Great for picnics on a hot day. It is just past the huge campground on the Dug Road walking path which starts behind the Whippy Dip on the dike.
It has a secret place where a waterfall comes out of the limestone rock and tumbles down to the gushing spring that enters the Upper Iowa a short distance away. The hiking trails are steep and the rocks can be slippery so do be careful but it is worth the visit. You find it off College Drive on the way to Luther College.
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Dunnings Spring Park
Ice Cave RoadIt has a secret place where a waterfall comes out of the limestone rock and tumbles down to the gushing spring that enters the Upper Iowa a short distance away. The hiking trails are steep and the rocks can be slippery so do be careful but it is worth the visit. You find it off College Drive on the way to Luther College.
Essentials
Fairway is located just a 5 minute walk down Broadway from Court Street. It is a large grocery store that carries good bakery goods and meats.
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Fareway Grocery
103 E Main StFairway is located just a 5 minute walk down Broadway from Court Street. It is a large grocery store that carries good bakery goods and meats.
Sightseeing
Seed Savers has huge gatherings and music festivals throughout the year but their mission to locate and store seeds from around the world to get back to pure breeds and sustain the old strains prior to genetic mixing. Very interesting shop and fields to visit. All seasons is beautiful along the stream.
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Seed Savers Exchange
3074 N Winn RdSeed Savers has huge gatherings and music festivals throughout the year but their mission to locate and store seeds from around the world to get back to pure breeds and sustain the old strains prior to genetic mixing. Very interesting shop and fields to visit. All seasons is beautiful along the stream.
Luther parents make up the largest group of guests at Vossheim. Concerts, graduation, reunions, holidays, and parent's weekend are booked early and it is difficult to find any housing near the dates. The campus is lovely.
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Luther College
595 College DrLuther parents make up the largest group of guests at Vossheim. Concerts, graduation, reunions, holidays, and parent's weekend are booked early and it is difficult to find any housing near the dates. The campus is lovely.
Entertainment & Activities
This pool has maintained it's Art Nouveau facade and upgraded the pool area for all ages. There is a play area for children in the sand.
Decorah Municipal Swimming Pool
701 College DrThis pool has maintained it's Art Nouveau facade and upgraded the pool area for all ages. There is a play area for children in the sand.