Alma Mater Studiorum presents the Guide to Bologna to all the students, a user guide to live the city at its best.
For over one thousand years, the multi-faceted and lively population of students has changed and lived the Bologna experience. The University and the city are by now an inseparable whole. Centuries of intense relations at the institutional level and at the citizens' level have significantly marked both sides.
The Guide to the city of Bologna is a users manual intended to offer a map of the main information sources in Bologna, as well as its most significant attractions. As it is not possible to describe all the activities and businesses available in Bologna, this guide is rather aimed at providing hints and useful tips to live the city to its best.
Once you are acquainted with the key activities and structures of the city, your personal interests and passions will guide you through the different lecture rooms and city squares, its markets and museums, its restaurants and parks. Those who decide to study in Bologna have the opportunity of opening up their horizons, expanding their studies and finding the best ways to enjoy and take care of themselves.
Some students will decide to stay and enrich this city with their ideas and experiences, others will decide to return to their home city or to leave for new countries, bringing with them the expertise they have acquired and appreciated here. In this way, all students will leave something of their home city in Bologna and a little of Bologna will always accompany them wherever they go.