🇮🇹 Buy Property in Bologna, Italy
3 properties from $1129K to $1612K
Median Price
$1145K
Avg Size
196 m²
Most Common
apartment
Listings
3
About Bologna
Italy's culinary capital — home to ragu, tortellini, and mortadella — with a walkable medieval center of terracotta-colored porticoes. The oldest university in the Western world keeps it young and progressive, and it's a major rail hub (Florence in 35 min, Milan in 60). Cheaper than Rome, Milan, or Florence, with a strong sense of local identity that rewards learning Italian.
3 Listings in Bologna
Living in Bologna
What American expats need to know about Italy
Visa
Digital Nomad Visa — requires remote work for foreign clients/employers, min €28,000/yr net income, and 6 months work experience. Valid 1 year, renewable. Elective Residence Visa — for retirees and those with passive income (€31,000/yr minimum, no work allowed). Both offer a path to long-term residency.
Cost of Living
30-50% less than US major cities. Southern Italy and smaller cities (€1,200-1,800/mo) are very affordable; Milan and Rome cost more but still undercut NYC/SF.
Key Fact
Italy launched its digital nomad visa in 2024, making it much easier for remote workers than the old elective residence route. Italian bureaucracy is notoriously slow (3-6 months processing), so patience and a good immigration lawyer are essential.
Life in Italy
Espresso at the bar every morning, pasta made the way your grandmother wished she could, and a culture that treats every meal, every sunset, and every conversation as something worth lingering over.
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