Moving to Rochester, MN. Welcome! Rochester is located in Olmsted county and as much as I’d love to say we all live on the water, sadly there is no real lakes here. We do still get to keep the ‘Land of 10,000 lakes’ license plate as a consolation prize though! Rochester is a melting pot of many transplants, who, over the years have infused this city with lots of fun slang, food, customs and sayings that Minnesotan’s claim as their own. Nordic influences, especially Norwegian and Swedish, lots of German influence, and Viking talk can be found throughout the state and in Rochester, aka Med City, as well.