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Home to the oldest university in the Western world — the Alma Mater Studiorum, founded in 1088 — Bologna is run at street level by its students, who make up a huge share of residents in Zamboni and San Donato. The UNESCO-listed porticoes let you cross the whole city under cover, and the kitchens here invented tortellini, ragù and mortadella.
☀️ 210
Days of sunshine / year
🌍 ~10%
International residents
✈️ 8 km
Bologna Marconi (BLQ)
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Median rent / month
Average daytime temperature, month by monthApproximate · °C
7°Jan
9°Feb
14°Mar
18°Apr
23°May
27°Jun
30°Jul
29°Aug
25°Sep
18°Oct
12°Nov
8°Dec
❄️ Teal months = winter-let season (Oct–May) — same sun, quieter streets, lower rents. See winter lets →
Why Bologna
Why our tenants choose Bologna
The oldest university city
Founded in 1088, the Alma Mater still shapes the whole town — cheap trattorias, late-opening bars and a resident population where students are the majority, not a subculture.
38 km of porticoes
The UNESCO-listed porticoes mean you can walk almost anywhere in the rain without an umbrella, and the terracotta rooftops of the centro storico still glow at sunset exactly as in old prints.
Italy's food capital
Tortellini in brodo, tagliatelle al ragù and mortadella from the Quadrilatero market district — Bologna feeds you well on a student budget, and it's also the country's central rail hub, so weekends anywhere are an hour away.
Centro Storico · €€€San Donato · €€Santo Stefano · €€€Bolognina · €
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Spend the winter in Bologna
Furnished seasonal rentals from October to May — mild weather, quieter neighbourhoods and rents well below the peak season. Ideal for a trial year in Italy.
Living in Italy
Settling in Bologna as an expat
Once you've secured a rental in Bologna, you'll need to register your residency (residenza) at the local town hall (Comune) — this is required to access healthcare, schooling and other essential services, and is often needed for longer-term permits. inCASA Servizi Immobiliari guides tenants through this process as part of the move-in support included with every reservation.
Whether you're looking for a compact apartment near the centro storico or a family-sized home in a quieter residential neighbourhood, our listings in Bologna are verified and updated regularly, with full support from application through to signing a properly registered rental contract.