Sassari

ATP offers reduced passes for students under 28, priced by ISEE, for students aged 28 to 35 and for over-65s; the ordinary monthly pass is transferable and can be shared within a family. The Comune pays the regional rent contribution to tenants whose rent is high relative to their ISEE. Rents, OMI prices and the pass price are in the data.

Each year the Comune publishes the call for the rent contribution: in 2026 applications were online only, with SPID, CNS or CIE, from 31 August to 29 September. Public housing in Sardinia is managed by AREA, the regional housing agency.

Certificates, residence and identity cards go through the municipal registry office, with booking on the portal. Separate waste collection has calendars by user, recycling centres, a mobile collection point and smart drop-off stations; in October 2026 bulky and garden waste collection was suspended. Weather and fire-danger bulletins come from the regional Civil Protection.

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).

Urban and suburban transport is run by ATP Sassari, with urban lines (including the PT to Porto Torres) and suburban lines to the outlying villages and Marina di Platamona, plus summer beach lines; tickets can also be bought by app. Alghero airport is 33 km away, linked all year by ARST buses.

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.

Community care is run by ASL no. 1 of Sassari (via Enrico Costa 57); the city belongs to the "Sassari, Anglona, Romangia e Nurra Nord Occidentale" district, the largest of the authority's three. The city hospital is the AOU of Sassari, with general and obstetric-gynaecological emergency departments. GP registration also online; bookings through the regional CUP.

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.

In 2025 northern Sardinia, the area of the Sassari Chamber of Commerce, had the highest business growth rate on the island (+1.55%), with services and tourism rising and commerce and farming declining. A major public employer is the university hospital trust. The Informagiovani publishes job offers.

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 Sassari originates in a 1558 bequest and has been a royal university since 1617, the first in Sardinia. Today it has eleven departments and sites also in Alghero, Olbia, Nuoro and Oristano. The university portal publishes international courses, information for foreign students and a housing listings site.

The Descent of the Candelieri on 14 August fulfils a vow to Our Lady of the Assumption for the end of plague epidemics, as the thirteen Gremi, the old guilds, carry wooden obelisks on their shoulders; it has been UNESCO-listed since 2013. The May Cavalcata Sarda gathers costumed participants from all over the island. The city's medieval name is Thatari.

According to the 2024 regional air-quality report, all pollutants measured in Sassari's urban zone stayed within legal limits and the situation is stable. For heat waves the Comune is piloting a network of climate shelters: parks, gardens, libraries and public buildings open to everyone.

The historic centre is walked between the Rosello Fountain, San Nicola cathedral, piazza Castello and piazza d'Italia; the «G. A. Sanna» Museum documents Sardinian civilisation from prehistory. The Comune groups eleven sites in the Rete Thamus, including the pre-Nuragic altar of Monte d'Accoddi. In summer, Platamona beach; arrival from Alghero airport by ARST bus.

The municipality includes Lake Baratz, Sardinia's only natural lake, with trails and guided walks run by the municipal CEAS; the Baratz-Porto Ferro special conservation area covers about 10 km of coast. Since 2016 Sassari has been a signatory of the Pelagos Sanctuary charter for marine mammals.