- Population: 1,295,705
- Phone code: +39 02
- Time zone: GMT +1
- Events: calendar
- About: Municipality
If one wishes to explore a different Italy from what is usually described, you must visit Milan, as this city epitomises the elegant and refined side of Italian culture. Milan is the birthplace of high-fashion and gourmet cooking, as well as the heart of upscale shopping, the finest opera, sleek skyscrapers, aesthetic museums and galleries and broad plazas.