Amazing seating in 3rd row Midline for the fantastic up-set in EU basketball Milan beating…read moreBarcelona. One bar for 12,000 worked amazingly well for the 0.01% of Italians that LOVE their B'ball: They ONLY leave their seats during halftime!!! I had the bar to myself as Q3 started! That said the seating is pretty spartan, and the place needs renovation

What a spectacular architecture: looks like a temple our of Star Wars. Several stories high it…read morestands tall. Roofed escalators look like tubes feeding the temple with believers. Believers they are: in sport, music and other entertainment activities. However, the hallways are too narrow and there are as usual way too few toilets for ladies. Thus long lines of queuing women are circling the narrow hallways making it even more difficult to move around. Good: lots of cheap food and drinks Bad: The seats (except the additional rows up front) are extremely small and the leg room is practically non existent. Ticket prices for Figure Skating World event were staggering high - up to €180 for the Gala. Regular events during the week up to €80. The highest I have witnessed (even compared to Helsinki or Stockholm). What can you do? Nothing. Alternative: Watch an event on TV ...

One of the world's most iconic stadiums, San Siro is shared by AC Milan and Inter Milan, fierce…read morecity rivals share the same stadium, this is a concept I've always found rather amusing, as you would never see a similar concept happen in the UK (in the modern era), just imagine Manchester City and Manchester United, Liverpool and Everton, or Arsenal and Tottenham sharing a stadium! The shop inside the stadium is divided into two sides, one having all the latest gear from AC Milan, and the other side having the gear from Inter Milan, they've divided this area reasonably well, and I like the cardboard cutouts of certain players, including Edin Dzeko, who I have fond memories of back when the Bosnian played for Manchester City. The stadium is located 5 km from Milan city centre, the number 16 tram does go right outside which is handy. With a capacity of 80,018, this is the largest football stadium in Italy, which is around 10,000 higher than Stadio Olimpio, in Rome, which is the second highest. I do think the state of the stadium has become old and sad, it originally opened in 1926, and the modern-day San Siro is a bit of a dump and has certainly seen better days, it's not a surprise to me at the rumours of this place being demolished and rebuilt after the 2026 Olympics. The stadium is virtually crumbling, and I dislike the concrete columns, hopefully, a new arena will shortly follow. A stadium with historical importance in Italian football, easy enough to get to, but sadly on its' last legs and it feels like it hasn't been renovated or had money spent on it in years. 3*

Built in 1925-26, this stadium has become one of the symbols of Milan…read more Its real name is Stadio "Giuseppe Meazza" (in honor to soccer player Giuseppe Meazza) but it's known worldwide as Stadio "San Siro", which is the name of the neighborhood where it's located. Said to be the largest stadium in Italy and one of the largest in Europe, it's home of two soccer teams currently in Serie A: Milan and Inter. It is reachable via public transportation but keep in mind that when either of these teams play at home, the stadium is always full, and consequently both buses and metro are packed as well. We went to see an Inter game a couple of months ago, and let me tell you: a sardine in a can has more room than what I had in the metro! Same story if you want to get a drink or a snack at half time: 100 years ago they couldn't foresee that those corridors would be too small for all those people. However, the atmosphere inside the stadium is amazing; it's so special that is difficult to explain: you just have to experience it, even if you are not a fan. I only regret not having been able to go to the stadium way before the game (or on another day): I would have loved to make a tour inside, above all because there have been talks for the last few years about demolishing this stadium, and build a new one in another place.