Bike sharing to be extended in Milan

Milan’s public transport provider ATM has announced plans to extend the bike sharing scheme BikeMi beyond the city centre and increase the number of stations and bikes between 2010 and 2011. The project is set out in a programmatic report...

Sustainable lifestyle expo at Milano Fiera City

Fa' la cosa giusta! (Do the right thing!) returns to Milan from 12-14 March with around 500 stands promoting critical consumerism, ethical banking, organic food and other lifestyle choices aimed at creating a fairer and more sustainable world. The expo...

Transport revolution in Milan

The president of Milan’s public transport company ATM, Elio Catania, has announced a revolution in public transport in the city in 2010-2012 with the aim of reducing congestion and noise in the city centre. The project, which actually began with...

Butterfly Oasis becomes a permanent museum.

The temporary Butterfly Oasis in the Indro Montanelli gardens near Porta Venezia is being turned into a permanent “living sensorial museum”. The museum, which is due to open before the summer, will be housed inside a special pavilion located between...

Via Paolo Sarpi gets an Overhaul.

Milan city council has begun work to renovate Via Paolo Sarpi in the Chinatown area, one of the busiest commercial streets in the city. The works, which are due to last a year, include extending the Ztl limited traffic zone...

New premises for the Lombardy region

The Lombardy region has new premises in Pirellone Bis close to the Central station. Measuring 161.3 m in height, the new structure is the tallest building in Italy. It is open to the public until 31 January while the official...

De Chirico’s Mysterious Baths restored

The Mysterious Baths sculptural group, one of the last and less well known works by Giorgio De Chirico, has been restored. The sculpture is on temporary display in the gardens of the Triennale Museum in Viale Alemagna 6 before it...

Resca made commissioner of Brera

Mario Resca, director of cultural heritage at the Italian culture ministry, has been appointed commissioner of Brera in Milan. The former head of McDonald's Italy will have the main goal of turning Brera into an internationally competitive museum and re-launching...

Abbado to donate trees for Via Dante.

Milanese conductor Claudio Abbado is to donate 220 ash trees to Milan city council. The trees will be planted along the very central Via Dante, which connects Castello Sforzesco to the cathedral, or Duomo. The cost will be met entirely...

Milan marathon postponed.

The tenth edition of the Milan City Marathon has been postponed from 22 November 2009 to 11 April 2010 to coincide with Design Week in the city. During the presentation of the new date Milan’s councilor for events, Giovanni Terzi, said...