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🇮🇹 Bologna · Before you go

Packing list in Bologna

A packing checklist for Bologna, filtered by the season you arrive in. Ticks are saved on this device, so you can come back to it.

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Season you arrive

Documents

Passport, with at least six months left on it
Visa or residence paperwork, printed and saved offline
Health or travel insurance documents
Certified copies of birth or marriage certificates, if family is coming
Codice fiscale, or the consulate's letter confirming it
Criminal record certificate, apostilled and translated into Italian (non-EU visas ask for one)
Four passport photos for the permesso kit (non-EU arrivals)

Tech

An unlocked or dual-SIM phone
Power bank
Laptop and charger
Type L and Type F plug adapters (230V) (older flats often have only the three-pin-in-a-line L sockets)

Apps

Trenitalia, Satispay and WhatsApp installed
SPID or CIE set up as soon as you can (school enrolment and most public portals need one)

Health

Prescription medication for the first three months, with the prescription
Antihistamines and a basic first-aid kit
EHIC or UK GHIC for the gap before SSN registration

Clothing

Light layers
Shoes you can walk a city in
One set of interview or office clothes
Something to cover shoulders and knees (churches turn away bare shoulders and short shorts)
Thermal layers for foggy Po valley winters

Money

A card with no foreign transaction fees
Enough local cash for the first day
Coins and small notes for the bar and the tabaccheria
Three recent payslips or bank statements for landlords

Home

Your lease, flat photos and landlord contact saved offline
Earplugs, if you're near the university (Piazza Verdi and Via Zamboni stay busy late)

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