English News Magazine in Florence

Civic museums reopen in Florence

Highly anticipated reopening "a sign of hope"

Palazzo Vecchio and the Torre di Arnolfo, Museo Novecento, Museo Bardini, Brancacci Chapel and Santa

Valentine’s Day gifts: The Promise of Florence

Help local businesses from across the miles

Palazzo Vecchio and the Torre di Arnolfo, Museo Novecento, Museo Bardini, Brancacci Chapel and Santa

January 16, 2021

Civic museums reopen in Florence

Highly anticipated reopening "a sign of hope"

Palazzo Vecchio and the Torre di Arnolfo, Museo Novecento, Museo Bardini, Brancacci Chapel and Santa Maria Novella Museum

Editorial Staff

January 12, 2021

Florence Airport to close for maintenance

Runway resurfacing at FLR Amerigo Vespucci from February 1

No flights will be able to land in Florence during this period. Plane companies have been notified and

January 5, 2021

Michelangelo’s David reconstructed for Expo 2020 Dubai

Work begins on reproduction of Michelangelo's David for World's Fair

The David's "twin" has been conceived with a complex digitalization process.

January 15, 2021

Accademia Gallery set to reopen February 13

A new layout has been announced

The Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence is carrying out extensive works during these months of closure.

January 12, 2021

Information for UK nationals in Italy

How to obtain the biometric residence document

January 5, 2021

Florence finances sustainable tourism projects

47 ways to stay in touch with the city

The international projects include a new quarterly magazine to promote Florence as a conference destination by Firenze Convention

January 5, 2021

Michelangelo’s David reconstructed for Expo 2020 Dubai

Work begins on reproduction of Michelangelo's David for World's Fair

The David's "twin" has been conceived with a complex digitalization process.

January 4, 2021

Palazzo Vecchio Hall of Maps to be restored for the first time

Project financed by Friends of Florence benefactor

The restoration will begin in the spring and will take a year to complete.

HIGHLIGHTS

Information for UK nationals in Italy

How to obtain the biometric residence document

Florence finances sustainable tourism projects

47 ways to stay in touch with the city

Michelangelo’s David reconstructed for Expo 2020 Dubai

Work begins on reproduction of Michelangelo's David for World's Fair

Palazzo Vecchio Hall of Maps to be restored for the first time

Project financed by Friends of Florence benefactor

VIDEO

How to make a festive cheeseboard | TF Together

Mayor of Florence, Dario Nardella, reflects on 2020

Virtual visit of Dante’s Florentine neighbourhood | TF Together

Chianti Rùfina wine tasting | TF Together

The Florentine in 2021 | TF Together

Cultural programme at St Marks | TF Together

Arturo Galansino, Director General of the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation | TF Together

Lady Ripple: Sustainability and circular prosperity | TF Together

LIFESTYLE

Made in Tuscany: the companies that make a difference in our daily lives

Manufacturing and more

Talking community with Nirav Tolia

Founder of Nextdoor on taking a sabbatical in Florence

We Saw the Stars Again: Editor’s Letter

January 2021 Issue of The Florentine: out on January 14

Opening a new business in Italy

Choosing a subsidiary or branch

Best reads of 2020

Your favourite articles in The Florentine

Postcards from Florence past: Piero Boni + Piero Moschi

One euro can still buy you a remnant of Florentine history

Pandemic speak: 5 Italian words of 2020

Joined at the hip

FOOD + WINE

Bistecca alla Fiorentina safeguarded

Food news from Tuscany

Cocktail home delivery in Florence

Shaken, not stirred, to your door

Thanksgiving 2020 in Florence

Turkey in Tuscany

A food and wine tour of Cortona

10 days in Tuscany

5 Florentine cocktails to make at home

The best bars in Florence share iconic cocktail recipes

Holiday food gifts from Tuscany

Help Italy's businesses while savouring a taste of Tuscany

Luca Marin’s wild boar ravioli

Chef of Il Santo Bevitore

CULTURE

In mourning for her city

A few words about the editor of The Florentine

Marco Lodola nativity in the Uffizi windows

Contemporary art installation lights up the gallery

Julia O’Faolain: The Irish Signorina

Observations on Florence

Behind the scenes: Hershey Felder’s Tchaikovsky

Live from Florence: where the Russian composer lived and worked

Beato Angelico Room radically altered at San Marco Museum

Friends in Florence finances renovation

Work to begin on Italian Language Museum in Florence

New developments in the Santa Maria Novella complex

Travel

Via degli Dei: hiking between Bologna and Florence

130 kilometres and five days of nature and authenticity

Hills of healing and kindness: Valdelsa Empolese

A healing experience in Tuscany

Truffle hunting in Tuscany

San Miniato + the Mugello

Never-ending renaissance along the Etruscan Coast

Costa degli Etruschi

A summer staycation in Florence

The best holidays don’t need to be far away

Finding Machiavelli in Sant’Andrea in Percussina

Machiavelli’s hell is a small paradise

Balena Baths in Viareggio

An Art Deco stroll