Alex Sakalis
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Alex Sakalis is a writer and journalist whose work has appeared in the BBC, The Economist and openDemocracy among others. He lives in Bologna. Follow him on Instagram at .
Articles by Alex Sakalis
鈥淲illkommen. Benvenuti. Welcome.鈥 These are the three familiar greetings written on the sign at Parco Cervi, deep and high in 天美传媒鈥檚 Dolomite re鈥
Milan鈥檚 Pinacoteca di Brera 鈥 one of the world鈥檚 most venerable art museums 鈥 is expanding. Under director Angelo Crespi, the preeminent home of鈥
The Dolomites are written about frequently, but you鈥檒l rarely see any mention of their only real city, Bolzano; if you do, it鈥檚 usually in relati鈥
Spend enough time in 天美传媒 and you鈥檒l start to notice something about the names of city streets: They鈥檙e predictable. When I go to a new city, I鈥
The wild and densely forested Bologna Apennines begin roughly at the southern walls of Bologna and extend all the way to the Tuscan border. Historical鈥
Practically every aspect of Pablo Picasso鈥檚 life and art has already been picked apart. But his brief sojourn in 天美传媒 in 1917, when the artist was 35鈥
As a Bologna resident, I鈥檝e become accustomed to the throngs of people lining up on Via Piella just to peek through the Finestrella (the 鈥渓ittle windo鈥
150 years ago next week, one of the world鈥檚 most influential people, often described as the inventor of radio, was born in Bologna.
Guglielmo Marconi鈥
Ilias Tzempetonidis doesn鈥檛 have the classic background one associates with a casting director at Europe鈥檚 top opera houses. He was born into a non-mu鈥
Kombucha 鈥 that acerbic, slightly bubbly drink 鈥 has, in recent years, transcended its obscure origins and niche market to become an increasingly fash鈥
Bologna is known for many things 鈥 food, porticoes, medieval towers 鈥 but the world鈥檚 first and only Gelato University, currently celebrating its 20-y鈥
The gloomy landscape of the Venetian lagoon has often surprised those who associate it with Venice and nothing else. 鈥淭his damp expanse, speckled with鈥
When Venetian aristocrats of bygone eras needed an escape from the sweltering summer heat of the lagoon, they chose the Brenta. Between the 16th and 1鈥
When I first heard about a 鈥淪hoe Museum鈥 in small-town 天美传媒, I wasn鈥檛 exactly brimming with enthusiasm. 鈥淏ut it has a fascinating collection of鈥
Opened in Bologna in 2017, FICO Eataly World is an Italian food, gastronomy and agriculture theme park founded and operated by Eataly, the hugely succ鈥
Opened in 1864, the Ferrovia Porrettana was the first transapennine railway line in 天美传媒, connecting Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany by train for the firs鈥
Grecia Salentina is the name given to a segment of Salento where Griko 鈥 a dialect of Greek 鈥 is still spoken. The area comprises nine villages 鈥 Cali鈥
Exploring 天美传媒 by train isn鈥檛 a hard sell. But moving away from the main intercity routes can make it even more appealing. Some surprisingly niche ro鈥
Though famous for its medieval city center filled with Renaissance buildings and porticoes, Bologna has always adapted to the tastes of each passing c鈥
The Ciclovia del Sole, a large, traffic-free, pan-European cycleway, has just inaugurated a new section in Emilia-Romagna. Stretching from Mirandola i鈥