What People Say About Living in Bologna

Not everyone idealizes life in a small town in Italy. Many people don’t want to rely on a car to get from one place to another. They want to live in a place that can guarantee more job opportunities, and maybe also more international schools for their children. However, we all know that most of the time, living in a big city means coping with crazy prices, traffic, and chaos. But there’s a city which, through all this, keeps being very livable. A place where you have all the amenities of a big city, but with that “small-town” feel. And that’s Bologna. Bologna is about 100 km south of Milan, the same distance north of Florence, and it offers something that’s harder to find than you’d think: a big, genuinely alive Italian city that hasn’t been entirely flattened by mass tourism. With a population of just under 400,000, it’s Italy’s seventh-largest city, home to the oldest university in the Western world, and consistently ranked among the best cities to live in Italy. But how does it actually feel to live in Bologna year-round? In this article, we’ll try to give you an answer, combining our data and the reviews of people who live...