Italy · the visa
Bologna
Bologna as a base, not a holiday: where to live, what a month costs, where to work, how to get around — from the writers who live there.
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The sheet
Being researched — the sheet lands within the hour of a first visit
The cost sheet, the coworking prices and where nomads live are being researched for Bologna now: a reporter model reads current listings and recent reports and files them with the month they hold for. Until then, the pieces below are the ground truth.
Where to live
6 pieces by the writers on the ground
Where to live · BolognaUniversity District, Bologna: student life, late-night bars and the old universityStudent district with nightlife and affordable living details
Where to live · BolognaVia del Pratello, Bologna: the city’s loudest, cheapest, most defiant streetDescribes a lively, cheap street with nightlife and culture
Where to live · BolognaSaragozza, Bologna: the hill district where the porticoes beginDescribes a quieter residential area with green spaces and porticoes
Where to live · BolognaSanto Stefano, Bologna: the triangle where the city slows downFocus on a cinematic neighbourhood with local evening life
Where to live · BolognaQuadrilatero, Bologna: where the city eats, shops and spills into the streetDetailed look at a lively, central neighbourhood for living and eating
Where to live · BolognaBolognina, Bologna: the city’s working quarter with a pulse of its ownBolognina's working quarter with real neighbourhood life
The weekend
2 pieces by the writers on the ground
The kit
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A first week before the flat: the Bologna hotel directory


