Venue POLITECNICO DI MILANO

Milan is well connected with three airports (LIN, BGY, MXP) and two major train stations (Milano Centrale, Milano Porta Garibaldi).

By Air

As you are likely to land in Malpensa, Linate or Orio al Serio airports, you will reach the Milan city center following these suggestions.

From Linate Airport (LIN) recommended

Option 1

1. Take bus No. 73 toward "San Babila" for 8 stops (hop off at "Viale Campania, Viale Corsica").
2. Then take bus No. 93 toward "Isonzo - Lotto" for 6 stops (hop off at "Viale Romagna, Piazzale Gabrio Piola").
3. Walk for about 300 meters toward Piazza Leonardo da Vinci.

Option 2

1. At the arrivals exit n. 6, take Air Bus Centrale Railway Station (about 5€, 25 minutes) to Milano Centrale, which is the last of two stops.
2. Take subway line 2 (green line) toward either Cascina Gobba, Gessate or Cologno Nord and follow the "By Metro" instructions and follow the "By Metro" instructions.

From Malpensa Airport (MXP)

Option 1 (Malpensa Express train) recommended

1. At the arrivals level there are
2. Take any Malpensa Express train toward either Milano Cadorna or Milano Centrale
3. Take subway line 2 (green line) toward either Cascina Gobba, Gessate or Cologno Nord and follow the "By Metro" instructions and follow the "By Metro" instructions.

Option 2 (bus service to railway station)

1. Take the Malpensa Express train toward either Milano Cadorna or Milano Centrale
2. Once there, take subway line 2 (green line) toward either Cascina Gobba, Gessate or Cologno Nord and follow the "By Metro" instructions.

From Orio al Serio Airport (BGY)

1. Take the Terravision Bus (5€, 60 minutes) to Centrale Railway Station and get off at the last stop. You can pre-book a ticket.
2. Take subway line 2 (green line) toward either Cascina Gobba, Gessate or Cologno Nord and follow the "By Metro" instructions and follow the "By Metro" instructions.

By Train

The nearest train stations are Milano Centrale and Milano Porta Garibaldi. Both are directly connected to Politecnico di Milano through metro line 2 (green line).

There are two main railways in Italy, which are Trenitalia and Italo.

By Metro

Within the downtown area, a ticket costs 1.50€ (called Urban ticket) and you can use it for a single trip on the underground. It has a validity of 90 minutes after stamping.

Politecnico di Milano is at 10' walking distance from Piola or Lambrate F.S. stops, which are both on line 2 (green line). The latter is also a small train station.

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Politecnico di Milano in the north of Italy. Milan offers to its visitors both a vibrant business environment and a beautiful historical environment, with ancient buildings, cathedrals, and theaters.

With a population of about 1.3 million, Milan, the capital of Lombardy, is located in the Po Valley, not far from the Alps with the great lakes (Lake Como, Lake Maggiore, Lake Lugano) to the North. Milan is considered the Italian economic and finance center, with the headquarters of the Stock Exchange and of many of the most important industrial and financial businesses of the Country. It is also the Italian symbol of fashion and design: it hosts many of the main Italian fashion maisons and international design fairs, such as "Settimana della Moda" (Milan Fashion Week) and the "Salone Internazionale del Mobile" (Milan Furniture Fair); also, a Design School operates at Politecnico di Milano.

Milan hosts the "Teatro alla Scala", considered the temple of lyrics all over the world, and several prose theatres such as the "Piccolo Teatro" founded by Giorgio Strehler.

In Milan are located the headquarters of the main daily newspapers (Il Corriere della Sera, Il Sole 24 Ore) and many of the main Italian publishers (Mondadori, Feltrinelli, Garzanti, Rizzoli).

The city offers to visitors the possibility to admire a wide range of monuments, museums and buildings reflecting the vestiges of history and culture left by many people who lived here. The ancient Roman remains are preserved at the Colonne di San Lorenzo, whereas the Romanesque can be admired at Sant’Ambrogio, Sant’Eustorgio or San Simpliciano Basilicas. The Duomo is one of the largest cathedrals in the world and the most important example of Gothic architecture in Italy. The Castello Sforzesco, built on the wishes of the Duke Francesco Sforza, nowadays hosts the Michelangelo’s "Pietà Rondanini" and several museums. The church of Santa Maria delle Grazie hosts the famous masterpiece "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci - declared part of the World Heritage by UNESCO.

The city has always participated actively to the National History since its origins, contributing to the purposes and the aims that led to reunification of Italy in the 18th century. Some distinguished people, who gave a significant contribution to Italian culture, lived in Milan, such as Leonardo da Vinci (who lived in Milan from 1482 to 1500), the poet and novelist Alessandro Manzoni, the musician Arturo Toscanini, the writer Carlo Emilio Gadda, the film director Luchino Visconti. Two Nobel prizes operated in Milan: Giulio Natta (1963, in chemistry) and Dario Fo (1997, in literature).

Expo 2015 is the next scheduled Universal Exposition and between May 1st and October 31st 2015 will be hosted in Milan. The Expo goal is not only to show the latest advances in technology, but also to welcome and to interpret the new challenges that human mankind faces nowadays. A theme of Expo 2015 will be "Feeding the planet, energy for life".

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