Bologna is a very important commercial city thanks to its position. The city is very well linked to any other parts of Italy thanks to the motorways. The station is very important, too, from a commercial point of view. Around 900 trains arrive to the station and leave from it.

Bologna has been a famous university city since XI century, when there was the settlement of the Studium, one of the first in Europe.

Bologna is a very modern city: a very good Palazzo dei Congressi, for meetings, seminars, etc.; hotels; bed&breakfasts; factories (clothing, shoes, ceramics); services (marketing, tourism, research); the economy of the city is really variegated and rich.