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🇮🇹 Italia
Milán
Italy's business capital: fashion, design and jobs, with the country's highest rents but excellent connections.
€2,200–2,900Fiber 1 GbpsHot humid summers, cold foggy winters
What it really costs
Prices checked on the ground by Zabelers. Each line shows when it was last verified.
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Where to live
Good for:
The catch: Rising prices
Good for:
The catch: Night-time noise and crowds
Where to work
Time zone: CET (UTC+1), ideal for Europe
What living here is really like
Day to day
- Internet
- 1 Gbps fiber for €25–35/month (Fastweb, TIM)
- Safety
- Safe for its size; watch for pickpockets at stations
- Healthcare
- Good public healthcare; private €60–100/month
- SIM / eSIM
- SIM €10–15/month 50–100 GB (Iliad, ho.)
- Best season
- April to June and September to October
- Community
- Design and startup hub; growing nomad community
Living here legally
Visa
EU: free movement; non-EU: Italy launched a digital nomad visa (2024, ~€25,000/year)
Check your visa →Tax
IRPEF 23–43 %; new-resident regime with benefits
Flights & connections
MXP, LIN and BGY: three airports, flights across Europe