Rimini

Start Romagna passes are zone-based, on the Mi Muovo card, with Under 26 options and integration with regional rail; the discount for UniBo students is no longer available. The Comune sells parking passes by sector and reserves spaces for Marina residents. Free entry to Palazzo del Fulgor. OMI rents and prices are in the data.

In Rimini you can apply for public housing at any time: the ranking is open and updated every six months (the deadline for the first 2026 update was 31 March). The city also has a call, open until funds run out, for tenants facing eviction for arrears through no fault of their own. OMI rents and prices are in the data.

Registry and electronic identity card appointments can be booked online on the Comune's portal; the town hall is at piazza Cavour 27. ZTL permits and parking passes by sector; the Biblioteca Gambalunga at via Gambalunga 27.

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 Metromare links Rimini and Riccione stations on a dedicated track with 15 intermediate stops; in 2025 it passed 1.1 million passengers. Start Romagna buses, 22 electric ones already in service. A 202.6 km cycle network in 2026. Train+bus to Fellini airport. Restricted traffic zone and pedestrian area with online permits.

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.

The Infermi hospital on viale Settembrini, a level-II DEA site, is the reference point for emergencies with its emergency room; for low-complexity urgent care the CAU on via Ovidio is open every day, holidays included, from 8am to 8pm.

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.

Italian Exhibition Group, a listed company, runs trade fairs and congresses at the Fiera di Rimini and the Palacongressi, including TTG, SIGEP World and TECNA. The Comune has a hotel desk for those who run or want to start an accommodation business. The university campus trains in tourism, wellbeing, fashion and business.

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 Alma Mater's Rimini Campus offers 18 bachelor's and master's degrees in eight fields, from fashion and cosmetics to sport, wellbeing, tourism and business, with half the courses designed internationally and taught in English. The Biblioteca Gambalunga is the civic library.

A Roman colony of 268 BC with the Arch of Augustus and the Bridge of Tiberius; a Malatesta lordship with Castel Sismondo and the Tempio Malatestiano; the home town of Federico Fellini, remembered by the murals of Borgo San Giuliano and the Fellini Museum.

From 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027 Rimini's anti-smog ordinance restricts the most polluting vehicles on weekdays from 8.30 am to 6.30 pm in the urban area between the sea and the SS16 road, with eco Sundays almost every week. Emergency measures follow the ARPAE bulletin; rules on heating, wood and fires.

The Arch of Augustus, the Bridge of Tiberius, the Domus del Chirurgo and the City Museum; the Tempio Malatestiano and Castel Sismondo; the Fellini Museum on three sites and Borgo San Giuliano; about 15 km of beach. The Fiera di Rimini hosts Italian Exhibition Group events such as TTG in October.

The Parco del Mare, with a new green gateway that will link it to the station underpass; a growing cycle network and more people joining Bike to Work; free Fellini films on Tuesdays at the Cinemino; the Biblioteca Gambalunga with its children's section.