This bench stores water and irrigates plants while you rest
The innovative project received funding from the participatory budget in Lille, France
France / Development / Public Spaces
Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Digital transformation
Rome VR Bus will carry tourists 2000 years back in time
Unique technology and design convert the vehicle into a mobile, multi-sensory cinematic hall
Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Digital transformation
Rome to offer night tours of the Colosseum
Explore the underbelly of the city’s most iconic site in the moonlit hours
Italy / Rome / Public Spaces / Welfare and Health
Rome raises fences against wild boars
The problem is especially pertinent in the northern parts of the city where a voluntary curfew had been advised
Italy / Rome / Education and Sport / Social City
Rome’s school canteens will offer Ukrainian menu once a week
Inter-cultural acceptance made delicious
Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Public Spaces
This Thursday, head to Rome for its 2775th birthday
The Eternal City will host a four-day, event-filled party
Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Economy and Finance
Lazio will pay you 2000 euros to get married there
An enticing offer that also seeks to support the local wedding industry
Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Politics and Reforms
Rome’s tourism comes out heavily bruised after the pandemic
One-third of the city’s hotels have had to close down
Italy / Milan / Rome / Digital transformation / Mobility
Milan, Rome and Naples to field test MaaS platform
Milan is also the first city in Italy to host an experimental laboratory for public transit
Italy / Rome / Mobility / Social City
Rome and Lazio embark on condominium car sharing test
People living in social housing will have access to shared electric vehicles
Italy / Rome / Mobility
Hydrogen and electric buses in popularity contest with motorcycles in Rome
Will sustainable public transport finally prove more attractive to the city’s commuters?
Finland / Italy / Netherlands / Romania / Athens / Braga / Rome / Culture and Tourism
Which will Europe's best destination be in 2022?
People can vote for their top pick from a mix of 20 uniquely European spots, from across the continent
Italy / Rome / Economy and Finance
No interest in buying Italy’s most expensive house
The next auction will drop the asking price
Italy / Rome / Green City / Social City
NGO proposes adoption of wild boars roaming the streets of Rome
Treating them the way homeless dogs and cats are treated would be the solution, according to the organization
Italy / Rome / Green City / Politics and Reforms
New horizon for Rome’s trash problems
Mayor Gualtieri believes that the issues can be resolved in the next 3 to 6 months
Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism
Rome hosts the first balloon museum in the world
Part art exhibition, part fun playground
Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Mobility
The Orient Express makes a return, this time with an Italian heart
It pays homage to the concept of 'la dolce vita' and will feature several itineraries starting in 2023
Italy / Rome / Green City / Politics and Reforms
Rome’s new government spots the culprit for waste crisis: Christmas wrapping paper
An ongoing problem that needs a sustainable and working solution
Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism
Italy’s most expensive property soon up for sale
Villa Aurora, in Rome, includes the only known mural by Caravaggio
Italy / Rome / Green City / Politics and Reforms
New Rome City Council has started talks on decentralization
The first sphere that the reform will affect is waste management so that a long-standing issue can be resolved
France / Germany / Italy / Berlin / Paris / Rome / Mobility
Rome Airport eyes flying taxi service
Urban air mobility pioneer Volocopter is partnering the airport operator to establish airborne connection with the city by 2024
Italy / Rome / Innovation and Research
2021 Nobel Prize winner to head Rome’s new Scientific Committee
The establishment of the institution was one of the first acts of newly-confirmed mayor Roberto Gualtieri
Greece / Italy / Romania / Sweden / Athens / Cluj-Napoca / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Mobility
Which are Europe’s best airports?
ACI Europe announced the winners in various categories
Italy / Rome / Turin / Politics and Reforms
Second round of Italian local elections solidifies the left in large cities
We now know who the new mayors of Rome, Turin and Trieste will be
Italy / Rome / Politics and Reforms / Public Spaces
Did wild boars help unseat Rome’s mayor Raggi?
At least in some ways, Nature has made a return to the Italian capital
Italy / Milan / Rome / Turin / Politics and Reforms
The left takes Italy’s large cities, the right stronger in small towns
Rome is headed for second round of voting, but it will definitely have a new mayor
Italy / Rome / Culture and Tourism / Digital transformation / Education and Sport
Rome’s Planetarium to return after 7 years of absence
During this long break, it has been meticulously upgraded
Italy / Milan / Rome / Turin / Politics and Reforms
Italian local elections are taking place on 3 and 4 October
Less than a third of the country’s municipalities are participating, but the major cities will be up for grabs
Italy / Rome / Economy and Finance / Social City
Rome offers tax incentive to lower food waste
Food producing businesses can apply for the tax cut if they commit to donating surpluses
Italy / Rome / Politics and Reforms / Public Spaces
Rome’s Police is ready to lend an ear
This month saw the start of a new approach to patrol work
Italy / Rome / Public Spaces
Rome to renovate a sports arena made of prefabricated concrete
Palazzetto dello Sport is a prime example of modern prefab architecture and is much beloved by sports fans