Udine

For 2025 the Department of Finance lists for Udine a bracketed municipal IRPEF surcharge (0.6% up to 28,000 euros, 0.7% up to 50,000, 0.8% above) with an exemption threshold of 15,000 euros. Rents, prices per square metre and the transport pass are in the data.

Public housing in Udine is run by ATER Udine (via Sacile 15, visits by appointment only). Subsidised flats are allocated only through calls: apply online with SPID, CIE or CNS, at the counter by appointment, or by certified email (PEC) or registered letter; the final ranking is valid for at least two years. Rents and prices per square metre in the data.

The Comune di Udine's portal lets you book appointments with municipal offices (including the registry and civil status offices), pay through PagoPA and report problems online. The switchboard is at via Lionello 1; the waste section gathers the tariff list, regulation and collection services.

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).

Udine's city buses (Arriva Udine, within the TPL FVG system) are paid for on board by contactless card or wallet. In the centre, since 14 July 2026 cameras at the gates enforce the ZTL; permits are requested online. 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 Udine public health care is run by ASUFC (head office at via Pozzuolo 330), which operates the Santa Maria della Misericordia university hospital (switchboard 0432 5521). City CUP desks are at the hospital, Gervasutta and the district office; the CUP number is 0434 223522.

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 Pordenone-Udine Chamber of Commerce, in 2024 the Udine area exported 7.1 billion euros (-7.8% on 2023), 37% of the region's exports; the main markets are Germany, the United States, France, Austria and Poland. Udine's job centre is at via Brigata Re 43.

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 Udine (via Palladio 8) organises teaching in eight departments, from Medicine to the Politecnico of engineering and architecture. Scholarships and student housing go through ARDiS, which has an office in Udine at viale Ungheria 47.

Udine is organised in nine Consigli di Quartiere Partecipati (participatory neighbourhood councils), from "Udine centro" to "Godia – Beivars". The municipality presents them as a way to put forward proposals and projects for developing services and the social fabric; participation runs through associations enrolled in a register.

In the Civil Protection Department's seismic classification (May 2025 update) Udine is in zone 2. ISPRA's IdroGEO sheet (2024 Report) counts 7,788 residents in areas at flood risk (7.9%) and none in areas at landslide risk. Temperatures and days over the PM10 limit in the data.

The regional portal suggests starting at the castle museums, on the hill that dominates the centre, and continuing to Piazza Libertà, among Tiepolo's masterpieces, Casa Cavazzini for modern and contemporary art and Piazza Matteotti.

The Comune di Udine's portal lists places by category: parks include the Cormôr stream park, Parco Moretti and the Ardito Desio urban park; facilities include the Stadio Friuli and the municipal pool in via Pradamano; cultural venues include the Sala Corgnali newspaper library and the library sections at Casa Andriotti.