Monza

For 2025 Monza applies a flat 0.8% municipal IRPEF surcharge, with an exemption for taxable incomes up to 15,000 euros. OMI rents and prices and the cost of a transport pass are in the data.

The Comune promotes price-regulated housing (edilizia residenziale convenzionata), built by cooperatives and companies under an agreement with the Comune and sold or allocated directly by them; current schemes on via Monte Albenza – via Volterra and via Val d'Ossola. OMI rents and prices are in the data.

Ten neighbourhood Civic Centres with URP desks; waste collection and street cleaning entrusted to Impresa Sangalli, with a freephone number, WhatsApp and the MonzaPulita portal for calendars and on-call pickups; recycling centre at viale delle Industrie 50; the waste tax (TARI) is handled by the Comune's Tax Service.

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).

Monza's urban buses, Brianza intercity lines and trains in the area are part of the STIBM integrated fare system with Milan. Municipal Dott bike sharing with 22 stations, shared e-bikes and e-scooters from Dott and Lime, free bike stations open 24 hours. Sustainable mobility plan approved in 2024.

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.

Monza hosts the headquarters of ATS Brianza (viale Elvezia 2), which lists ASST Brianza, ASST Lecco and the Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori as the territory's health bodies. The city hospital is the San Gerardo, at via Pergolesi 33; accredited private facilities in the city include the Policlinico di Monza and the Istituti Clinici Zucchi.

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.

Public employment services in Brianza are run by AFOL Monza Brianza: the Monza job centre is at via Tommaso Grossi 9, the office for active labour policies and training at via Cernuschi 8. Major public institutions in town include San Gerardo hospital and Milano-Bicocca's Department of Medicine.

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.

Monza is home to the University of Milano-Bicocca's Department of Medicine and Surgery, next to the teaching hospital Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori. Its buildings in town are U8 on via Cadore, Villa Serena and the Ospedale Vecchio; more classrooms and labs are in Vedano al Lambro, just across the boundary.

A city tied to the Lombard queen Theodelinda and the Iron Crown, with the 13th-century Arengario and the Royal Villa, residence of the Habsburgs, of Eugène de Beauharnais and of the Savoy kings, where King Umberto I was killed in 1900. The Comune has ten neighbourhood Civic Centres.

In Monza petrol, methane and LPG cars of Euro 0 and 1 and diesel cars up to Euro 4 face traffic restrictions all year round. From 1 October to 31 March temporary two-level measures can be triggered when PM10 exceeds the daily limit for a sustained period. The Move-In service allows driving within an annual mileage cap.

The Cathedral with Theodelinda's chapel, the Zavattari frescoes and the Iron Crown; the Royal Villa with its restored apartments; the racing circuit in the Park, with guided tours and races. The Arengario is closed for accessibility works. The official tourist guide is the Comune's Monza Turismo website.

The Parco di Monza, 720 walled hectares established by Napoleon in 1805, with cycle paths, the Villa's Royal Gardens and the racing circuit; the Consorzio Villa Reale e Parco di Monza manages the complex. At the circuit, besides Formula 1, races, concerts and events.