Usually Brera is known as a bustling part of Milan where in the warm summer season people dine outdoors by candlelight. Only the most attentive of them, after a round of window shopping, enjoy a visit to the Picture Gallery, but certainly almost nobody knows that the history of Brera is centuries long, making […]
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Exhibitions
May 2022 To avoid any admission controversies at museums and art galleries it is advisable to carry your Green Pass, your ID and a FFP2 face mask. Calendar Duomo / Cathedral Piazza Duomo 12 • M1/3 Duomo 1) Cathedral and Archaeological Area Open: 09.00 -18.00. Tickets sold up to 17.00 every day; last […]
A chess move in the chess file
The matter up for discussion in this month’s article is whether Leonardo da Vinci was a chess player. Although this unresolved doubt may not disturb your otherwise peaceful existence, you might be interested to know that he was, in keeping with his incredible personality, more than just a simple chess player. The story started a […]
Hard marble and delicatessen as lucrative cultural food
No doubt many of us, on reading this, will remember having read this story before! I saw Catherine and knocked on the window … We walked along together, along the sidewalk past the wine shops, then across the market square and up the street and through the archway to the cathedral square. There were street […]
Flintstones arriving soon
For sure you know about the prehistoric family of Fred Flintstone and his wife Wilma, living in the little city of Bedrock with their friends Barney and Betty Rubble, and their Dino-dog (Snorkasauro). They were aided in their daily chores by all sorts of prehistoric equipment such as a car with stone wheels; a baby woolly […]
Such a long time in and about Milan
Twenty years is a long time, for a person, and perhaps even more for a publication written in a foreign language for foreign people in a foreign country. Hello Milano first appeared two decades ago and it is still here, both in print and online, providing useful information about the city. Now it’s even read […]
What’s on
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Villas of Delight
Five villas and a very special forest are ready to enchant visitors with their natural beauty and an exciting calendar of events.Discover the wonders of these ancient villas and the Bosco delle Querce Nature Park, a stone’s throw from Milan, and the events they are hosting. To enchant, amuse and celebrate the grandeur of their […]
Enduring Legacy
As the city comes to life with the excitement of Expo, this month Hello Milano takes a look at the rest of Milan to see what changes the event has wrought on our museums, parks and public spaces. For centuries Milan suffered in her land-locked status and ingeniously used the Navigli to sail off through […]