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Moving to Milan: Language & First Steps
Italy's finance, fashion and design centre, with the country's most international job market.
Living in Milan
Italy's finance, fashion and design centre and its most international job market, with newcomers in Navigli, Isola, Porta Romana and NoLo. Housing is the country's priciest, but English is more usable here than elsewhere in Italy.
To settle into Milan you'll need Italian — and the practical kind: your residency registration (residenza) at the comune and your codice fiscale tax number, opening a bank account, and seeing a doctor. Here's what to do first and the phrases to learn.
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What to do in your first week in Milan?
- Register your address / residency — your residency registration (residenza) at the comune and your codice fiscale tax number.
- Open a local bank account so you can get paid and pay rent.
- Register with a local doctor (GP) and sort health insurance.
- Get a local SIM / mobile plan and set up any required digital ID.
- Learn your transport options — tickets, passes and routes.
Italian phrasebooks for Milan
For the full country picture, see our guide to moving to Italy.
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