Pisa

For 2025 the Department of Finance lists for Pisa a municipal IRPEF surcharge in four brackets (0.5%, 0.65%, 0.75%, 0.8%), with an exemption up to 14,000 euros for those with only employment or pension income and up to 12,000 euros for others. Rents, prices and the transport pass are in the data.

Public housing is managed by APES (piazza dei Facchini 16), which took over from ATER; calls and forms are on its website. University students can apply for a DSU Toscana housing place or use the "Cerco Alloggio" service. Rents and prices are in the data.

The Comune di Pisa's portal lets you book appointments online, report problems ("Problemi in città"), pay fines and taxes and use Alert Pisa. The Contact Center is on 0507062; the municipality is based at via degli Uffizi 1.

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).

Pisa's public transport is run by Autolinee Toscane: the urban capoluogo ticket, many mixed-fare lines, the Litorale Pisano ticket for Marina, Tirrenia and Calambrone, Tip Tap contactless payment and the "at bus" app. Passes are bought in the online shop. The monthly pass price is in the data.

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.

In Pisa local health care belongs to Azienda USL Toscana nord ovest, Zona Pisana, with district offices (San Marco, Marina di Pisa, CEP), a family clinic and the Prevention Department. The hospital belongs to AOUP (via Roma 67, switchboard 050.992111; CUP 050.995995).

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.

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 Pisa was officially founded in 1343 and at 31 December 2025 had 20 departments and 45,635 students enrolled in degree courses. Scholarships and housing go through DSU Toscana; the University offers canteens, libraries, learning-difficulty (DSA) support and services for students with disabilities, among others.

Piazza dei Miracoli (Piazza del Duomo in the UNESCO entry) has been on the World Heritage List since 1987: cathedral, baptistery, bell tower (the Leaning Tower) and Camposanto. The municipal portal also suggests the lungarni, the Medici Aqueduct, the Arsenals, the Baths of Nero and San Piero a Grado.

The Comune di Pisa's tourism portal lists for autumn 2026 Trekking Urbano (31 October-1 November), I Concerti della Normale (18 October 2026 to 30 June 2027), Sabato Botanico and the quality market at Marina di Pisa; the Tenuta di San Rossore can be visited.