Brescia

The municipal IRPEF surcharge has a single rate of 0.80% with an exemption up to 13,000 euros: above the threshold it applies to the whole income. Brescia Mobilità sells 2026/27 passes from August, with annual passes payable in two instalments and a Teen Pass for those born from 2008. OMI rents and prices are in the data.

Public housing (servizi abitativi pubblici, SAP) is managed by ALER Brescia-Cremona-Mantova: the only way in is through allocation calls under regional rules. ALER warns of fake social-media offers promising homes without a deposit. The University runs eight residences near its sites.

Residence, the electronic identity card and certificates are handled by the municipal registry office, booking on prenotazioni.comune.brescia.it. Waste collection is run by Aprica (A2A Group): the calendar is found by entering your address on "Servizi di Zona", bulky waste is collected on request.

To enter with a dog, cat or ferret you need a microchip, an EU pet passport or health certificate and a valid rabies vaccination. Mandatory registration in the regional pet register, lead at all times and a muzzle to hand. Pets allowed on trains under Trenitalia rules and in apartment buildings by law.

Rules depend on who is arriving: EU/EEA/Swiss citizens (no visa, registration with the Comune after three months), non-EU citizens for stays up to 90 days (Schengen rule, type C visa where required) and for long stays (national type D visa and a residence permit within eight working days of arrival).

The automatic light metro has run since 2013, with trains every 90 seconds at peak times; Brescia Mobilità also runs city buses, parking, Bicimia bike sharing and e-scooters. The T2 Fiera–Pendolina tram is planned for 2030. The historic centre is a ZTL with 24 camera-monitored gates.

Euro, cards accepted almost everywhere, a legal cash limit. Anyone living in Italy for most of the year is tax resident and taxed on worldwide income under three IRPEF brackets; specific regimes exist for the self-employed (forfettario), inbound workers, foreign pensioners and new residents. Contributions go to INPS; annual return with the 730 or Redditi form.

Planning rests with ATS Brescia (viale Duca degli Abruzzi 15); care in the city rests with ASST Spedali Civili, with the main hospital at piazzale Spedali Civili 1 and the Ospedale dei Bambini children's hospital. The ASST website shows the emergency department status in real time and also covers out-of-hours care and community care houses.

Non-EU pensioners enter with the elective residence visa, EU pensioners through free movement; public healthcare is accessible by compulsory or voluntary registration. Optional 7% regime on foreign income for those moving to small southern municipalities. Cheap houses in villages, services concentrated in cities.

According to the Chamber of Commerce, in 2024 exports were worth 45.2% of the province's value added; unemployment stood at 3.4% and the employment rate at 66.7% (ages 15–64). The job centre on via Cipro serves Brescia and 24 nearby municipalities, by appointment.

A VAT number (partita IVA) from the Agenzia delle Entrate for freelancers; for businesses the Comunicazione Unica to the Registro delle Imprese, which also notifies the Agenzia, INPS, INAIL and SUAP. Main forms: sole proprietorship, SNC/SAS, SRL and SRLS, SPA. Compulsory PEC, annual chamber fee, e-invoicing. Invitalia incentives; non-EU citizens need a self-employment permit or the investor visa.

The University of Brescia, a state university since 1982, has sites in the historic centre (economics and law), on viale Europa (medicine) and on via Branze (engineering), plus courses in Mantua and health-profession courses in several Lombard towns. It directly runs grants, residences, canteens and the Luigi Lucchini merit college.

Brescia's university grew out of twenty years of local initiatives, from the 1964 school of industrial administration to engineering and medicine courses, up to the 1982 law. The city's heritage ranges from Roman Brixia to the Longobard monastery of Santa Giulia, both run by Fondazione Brescia Musei.

The municipality publishes PM10 and PM2.5 readings free of charge on the qualitaaria.comune.brescia.it portal and refers to the regional InfoAria tool; temporary anti-smog measures follow the Lombardy regional framework. Temperatures, rain and PM10 exceedances are in the data below.

The main route is the Fondazione Brescia Musei one: the Santa Giulia Museum and the Brixia archaeological park, UNESCO World Heritage since 2011, the Pinacoteca Tosio Martinengo, the Castle with the Arms Museum and the Risorgimento Museum. Tickets and guided tours are sold online; the metro also has artworks in its stations.

The Parco delle Colline, created in 2002, covers over 2,100 hectares within the municipality, from the Maddalena to the Cidneo hill, with trails starting in the city. On the plain, Parco Ducos near the centre and the Parco delle Cave, former quarries with more than 15 km of paths and canoeing.