Guidebook for Milan
Food Scene
Al Basilico Fresco
21 Viale AbruzziPoporoya
17 Via Bartolomeo Eustachivery good sushi bar.
Mandarin 2
22a Via GarofaloItalo/chinese restaurant, very good
Drinks & Nightlife
Basso Bar
39 Via PlinioOne of the most historical Bar in Milan.
Fiaschetteria Toscana da Bubu
16 Via Bartolomeo EustachiNice Wine bar
Arts & Culture
Pirelli HangarBicocca is a non-profit foundation born in Milan in 2004 from the conversion of an industrial plant into an institution devoted to the promotion and production of contemporary art. One of the largest spaces in Europe, with its 15.000 sqm Pirelli HangarBicocca is a dynamic place for experimentation and research, featuring major solo exhibitions by today’s leading Italian and international artists. Each project is conceived in close relation with the unique characteristics of the space and is accompanied by a program of collateral events.
The building was formerly a factory that manufactured train carriages. The complex is comprised of different areas – a reading room, a bookshop and a space for educational workshops – and three exhibition spaces in which all the original architectural elements are visible: Shed, built in the 1920s; Navate, an area once used to assemble and test high-powered electrical machinery,
erected between 1963 and 1965; and Cubo, built in the 1950s to test electric turbine engines. As well as its exhibitions program and cultural events, Pirelli HangarBicocca also permanently houses one of Anselm Kiefer’s most important site specific works, The Seven Heavenly Palaces 2004-2015, commissioned for the opening of Pirelli HangarBicocca. The entrance garden is also the permanent location of a large-scale sculpture by Fausto Melotti, La Sequenza (1981).
Pirelli HangarBicocca is an internationally oriented project that reflects Pirelli’s corporate culture and its engagement with research, innovation and the dissemination of contemporary languages. Entry is free of charge and gallery guides are present to encourage dialogue between the public and the artwork.
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Pirelli HangarBicocca
2 Via ChiesePirelli HangarBicocca is a non-profit foundation born in Milan in 2004 from the conversion of an industrial plant into an institution devoted to the promotion and production of contemporary art. One of the largest spaces in Europe, with its 15.000 sqm Pirelli HangarBicocca is a dynamic place for experimentation and research, featuring major solo exhibitions by today’s leading Italian and international artists. Each project is conceived in close relation with the unique characteristics of the space and is accompanied by a program of collateral events.
The building was formerly a factory that manufactured train carriages. The complex is comprised of different areas – a reading room, a bookshop and a space for educational workshops – and three exhibition spaces in which all the original architectural elements are visible: Shed, built in the 1920s; Navate, an area once used to assemble and test high-powered electrical machinery,
erected between 1963 and 1965; and Cubo, built in the 1950s to test electric turbine engines. As well as its exhibitions program and cultural events, Pirelli HangarBicocca also permanently houses one of Anselm Kiefer’s most important site specific works, The Seven Heavenly Palaces 2004-2015, commissioned for the opening of Pirelli HangarBicocca. The entrance garden is also the permanent location of a large-scale sculpture by Fausto Melotti, La Sequenza (1981).
Pirelli HangarBicocca is an internationally oriented project that reflects Pirelli’s corporate culture and its engagement with research, innovation and the dissemination of contemporary languages. Entry is free of charge and gallery guides are present to encourage dialogue between the public and the artwork.
Born out of a salvage operation of industrial archaeology on the site of the old Ansaldo factory in the Tortona area, the Mudec is a meeting place for cultures and communities. The complex comprises different spaces to offer visitors and the city a whole range of cultural events and facilities spread out over an area of 17,000 square metres. The display area is laid out around a large, covered central plaza on the first floor, which hosts the section of the museum with the works of the permanent collection and the rooms used for major exhibitions as well as the auditorium, a theatre with three hundred seats devoted to performances and the visual arts.
The ground-floor reception area includes a bistro, design store, ticket office, cloakroom, the Forum of Cultures, a conference hall/multifunctional space, educational facility, restoration workshop and repositories open to small groups for guided visits. Mudec Junior is a space specially designed for kids, where children too can come into contact with the world’s different cultures through games, multimedia equipment and manual workshops.
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Mudec
56 Via TortonaBorn out of a salvage operation of industrial archaeology on the site of the old Ansaldo factory in the Tortona area, the Mudec is a meeting place for cultures and communities. The complex comprises different spaces to offer visitors and the city a whole range of cultural events and facilities spread out over an area of 17,000 square metres. The display area is laid out around a large, covered central plaza on the first floor, which hosts the section of the museum with the works of the permanent collection and the rooms used for major exhibitions as well as the auditorium, a theatre with three hundred seats devoted to performances and the visual arts.
The ground-floor reception area includes a bistro, design store, ticket office, cloakroom, the Forum of Cultures, a conference hall/multifunctional space, educational facility, restoration workshop and repositories open to small groups for guided visits. Mudec Junior is a space specially designed for kids, where children too can come into contact with the world’s different cultures through games, multimedia equipment and manual workshops.
Parks & Nature
Giardini Pubblici Indro Montanelli
14 Via PalestroEssentials
Carrefour Express
54 Viale AbruzziCarrefour Market - Supermarket
5 Piazzale Siena