The opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics is Feb. 6, 2026. Here’s what you need to know about the Games and the Minnesotans who might be there.

Winter Games will bring the world's best athletes to Northern Italy, with Milan and Cortina as key host cities, marking the first time in 20 years that the games return to Italy.

Next year’s Olympics might be called the Milan Cortina Games but it will actually be staged across a large swath of northern Italy spread over five different venue clusters.