Milano Food Week, 7-15 May

The Salone del Mobile has nearly ended and Milan is already preparing itself for another great event: Milano Food Week 2011. Share| // Regional Italian cooking Many eventsRead more

International schools

Milan has many international schools for kids aged 1-19. Share| // Follador Nursery School, age 1-3 The Kinder Garden, nursery school age 1-3 International SchoolRead more

Neighbourhoods – Brera

Fashionable Brera Only a few years ago Brera was known as the ‘ Montmartre’  of Milan, a romantic, old fashioned neighbourhood with small vegetable shopsRead more

Living on Lake Como

Lake Como is one of the most beautiful lakes of Italy and Europe. The beauty of the lake attracts many expats, who choose to commuteRead more

Isola Bella, the Beautiful Island

Isola Bella is the ‘Beautiful Island’ in Lake Maggiore in northern Italy. It is one of the Borremeo Islands, situated a few hundred meters fromRead more

Neighbourhoods – Navigli

Navigli is situated south of the city center of Milan, around the canals that were used to transport marble from Lake Maggiore to Milan forRead more

Expo 2015

The City Life project In 2001 fashion stylist Giorgio Armani bought a former Nestlé chocolate factory in the industrial district Porta Genova in Milan. ArmaniRead more

Da Vinci’s Last Supper

For the Last Supper – a wall painting in the refectory of the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan – Leonardo Da VinciRead more

Summer job for English speakers

The cultural association ‘Alice in Città’, founded in Milan in 2005, is looking for native English speakers to cooperate with them in summer camps inRead more

Salone del Mobile 2011

Il Salone del Mobile, or ‘I Saloni’, is one of the world’s most important design events. From Tuesday 12th to Sunday 17th April, there will be a doubleRead more

Italy’s 25 Best-paid Executives

Alessandro Profumo, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Marco Tronchetti Provera, Cesare Geronzi and Paolo Scaroni were revealed as Italy’s  five top-earning executives in 2010 by figuresRead more