About the Region
About Chicago
Chicago O'Hare Airport
Midway International Airport
Train Connections to Chicago
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Chicago -a World Business Center
Chicago is situated on the south-western tip of Lake Michigan
in the state of Illinois. The distance from New York to Chicago
is about 720 miles (1150 km) and 410 miles (665 km) from Minneapolis.
Chicago also has excellent national and international transportation
links by rail, road or air.
Chicago is the city where businesses are put in the center.
Some 150 years ago the city started to grow, as it became
the important transportation link between the eastern and
western United States. A critical component of Chicago's business
friendly environment is the active and engaged leadership
role that businesses are welcomed - indeed expected - to play
in improving the public good. Being business friendly is common
sense. Business is the goose that lays the golden eggs - jobs,
taxes, cultural support, and philanthropy.
Due to the business climate and its diversity Chicago and
has become the world's largest and successful business centers.
The city plays a leading role in a variety of industry sectors.
The private sector and the Federal government have likewise
transformed America's traditional telecommunications hub into
the world's fastest, highest capacity, and most redundant
digital infrastructure. This makes Chicago the data recovery
capital of North America - and allows our financial exchanges
to connect to Asian and European financial capitals in real
time.
International five-star hotels, superb restaurants, major
league sports, world-cool entertainment, globally renowned
cultural institutions, and a smorgasbord of executive and
management lifestyle options nearly complete the picture.
The time difference between Chicago and Sweden is seven hours.
Chicago in numbers:
- Chicago has a household population of 2.8 million
- Approximately 33 Million people visit Chicago every year
to see astonishing architecture, museums, do shopping, see
sports events and more.
- In 2002, 74 percent of people 25 years and over had at
least graduated from high school and 27 percent had a bachelor's
degree or higher.
- 22% of the people living in Chicago city in 2003 were
foreign born. 78% were native, including 75% who were born
in Illinois
- The median age is 32.3 years. Twenty-six percent of the
population were under 18 years and 10 percent were 65 years
and older.
Source: US Census Bureau (American Community
Survey 2003), World Business Chicago
Chicago O'Hare Airport (ORD) is one of America's
best-connected airports. Located 20 miles (32 kilometers)
northwest of downtown Chicago, O'Hare International Airport
provides excellent transport links to Chicago by public transport,
hire car or shuttle service.
Midway International Airport is located just
ten miles (16 kilometers) from downtown Chicago. Chicago Midway
Airport offers easy access from central Chicago in under 30
minutes via Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) Orange Line buses,
regional buses, downtown and suburban shuttles, and interstate
highways. An hourly shuttle also operates between O'Hare International
and Midway airports (7:00 am to 10:00 pm). Extensive short-
and long-term parking is available, with the six-story Midway
Airport parking garage offering access to the new Midway terminal
building.
Train Connections to Chicago
For train connections to Chicago please visist
Amtrak at www.amtrak.com.
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