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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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 […]
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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 […]
From reality to innovation
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a mythological eight-legged horse. A fantasy creature from ancient Norse mythology, the great god Odin’s steed and apparently the fastest, most fantastic legendary horse ever. I imagine you’re all asking what a Scandinavian horse has to do with Milan? Say hello to Sleipner, the Giardini […]
From Turkey to Germany history is acted out in Milan
For centuries, on the morning of 6th January, a crowd of people waits for a procession led by three kings, elegantly dressed in period costume who walk from Piazza del Duomo to the Basilica of Sant’Eustorgio. They are followed by a band, shepherds, ladies in costume and people on horseback along via Torino and then […]
Discovering a hidden treasure
If you’re ever in Milan and find yourself short of cash, you might try to get something “a ufo”. Nothing to do with objects of the unidentified flying kind, this old Milanese expression means to get something for free, inspired by the AUF stamps seen on board many boats which floated down the navigli a […]
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Important info about Corona Virus Covid 19 since 21st February 2020 please read all latest updates in these pages: What’s On Exhibition Download Milan… City of fashion and design, Italy’s business powerhouse. Its contemporary energy is balanced by some world-famous works of art and architectural landmarks: Da Vinci’s Last Supper Milan Cathedral La Scala opera […]
Running forwards, glancing backwards
Rugby was invented in 1823 in England by a certain William Webb Ellis who during a game of football allegedly picked the ball up with his hands and started running towards the end of the opponent’s half of the field where he then threw the ball to the ground shouting “goal!”. After the new game […]
A night in the museum
Hunting for inventions This event specially for children (from 6 to 10 years of age, with their parents/family) runs from 8 p.m. on Saturday 19 May to 9 a.m. on Sunday 20 May. It is a treasure-hunt of experiments and inventions, starting from a “base camp,” and moving through the silent halls that take on […]