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'In frigo veritas' teaches the trade of magnet making.
Summer in Florence is an intoxicating mix of sweat, fun and gelato as we spend nights on the riverbanks and sipping spritzes.
Nancy Bailey gives The Florentine an insight into the humanitarian response to refugees in Florence and wider Europe.
St. Mark’s English Church welcomes a new chaplain, music director and cultural events administrator in via Maggio.
The summer is well and truly here as life gets fuller with events and things to do in and around Florence
The 100 year old Odeon Cinema in Florence is set to become a multi-functional space by the end of the year.
Starting from Prato and then heading off around the world, Stracci is a documentary that addresses the fashion industry's environmental impact.
The May Issue is our Environment Issue, titled Our Piece of Earth, as we look at what, if any, lessons we’ve learned from the pandemic.
Spring’s here, the sun’s out, and Florence’s friends from around the world are back in the piazzas as the city comes back to life.
As the first refugees started to arrive in Florence, the city immediately began to react to the Ukrainian crisis by organizing collections.
Tages for Foreigners brings together health care, psychology, social interventions and education, with the multidisciplinary team offering evidence-based interventions tailored to clients’ requests and needs.
Florence has a long relationship with Kyiv, so it was no surprise that 5,000 or so people gathered in piazza Signoria on February 27.
Over 11,000 Ukrainians live in Tuscany and 2,300 in the province of Florence. Here's how you can help them and the crisis caused by the war in Ukraine.
The US Consul General, Ragini Gupta, has introduced a scheme to connect Florence’s finest American business minds with the city’s businesses.
This February, Florence is expected to have a special visitor as Pope Francis attends the final day of the Italian Episcopal Conference “Mediterranean, Frontier of Peace” on February 27. Bringing ...
Feeling heard when you’re struggling and knowing when and where to find help is crucial for those in need of mental health assistance. For many who have transplanted to Italy, ...
On the occasion of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, various initiatives are organized around Florence. The Jewish Community at Firenze Ebraica have put together a full list ...
Start the new year with an adventure or two. Lori Anne Lo Presti tells The Florentine about how she moved to Florence and founded the ever-more popular group Ladies Adventures ...
Friends come and go in this life. Connections wax and wane. Don’t ever let anyone tell you that you can direct and drive their paths. You can’t. But you can ...
It was back in 2004 when a South African living in London named Paul Sinton-Hewitt gave birth to the first parkrun event, with his partner Joanne, three other volunteers and a ...
January has traditionally always been a time of starting anew and thinking about the future. As I type this month’s letter, flurries of snow are falling from the whitest of ...
In this indeterminate twilight zone of pandemic living, I was walking home one evening when realization suddenly dawned that the Christmas lights had been switched on. Bright, beautiful, joyful! Two ...
Thank you must be one of the most frequently used words in the English language. That, and sorry. But is there a point when a phrase becomes so commonplace that ...
The kind of coffee shop-cum-offices we’re used to in cosmopolitan cities don’t always translate to Florence. Pull out your laptop charger as you nurse a cappuccino in a traditional bar ...
