Verona

The municipal IRPEF surcharge has a single rate of 0.80%, with an exemption up to 12,000 euros of income. The 2026–2028 budget raises no rates or charges; according to the Comune its waste tax is the lowest among Veneto's capitals after Belluno. The Region publishes a call offering a voucher for annual passes.

Public housing is managed by ATER Verona, which publishes the municipal calls and rankings. In 2026 the city launched a trial rent contribution for young workers with an agreed-rent (canone concordato) lease. ESU Verona offers student beds, either through a competition or at below-market rates.

Identity cards, certificates and civil-status procedures are booked online on the municipal website, one booking per person. Waste is handled by AMIA: free bulky-waste pickup on request and, in some areas, smart bins opened with a card or app.

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).

ATV buses in the city and province, with the Aerobus (line 199) between Valerio Catullo airport and Porta Nuova station. The first trolleybus network is under construction and the works change bus routes and timetables. The historic centre is a ZTL with electronic gates; on-street and multi-storey parking are run by AMT3.

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 city is District 1 “Verona Città” of ULSS 9 Scaligera, headquartered on via della Valverde. The Integrated University Hospital Trust has two sites with emergency departments, Borgo Trento and Borgo Roma; bookings on 045 24552, out-of-hours care on 116117.

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.

The province mainly exports food, machinery, textiles and clothing, and wine, with Germany as the first market. The Quadrante Europa freight village makes Verona a national logistics hub; Veronafiere hosts international shows such as Marmomac and Fieracavalli and, in November, JOB&Orienta.

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 Verona, independent since 1982, has thirteen departments and a Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, with sites between Veronetta and the riverside, Borgo Roma and outside the city (Vicenza, Legnago, Trento, Rovereto, Bolzano). ESU Verona runs housing and a network of canteens also in Valpolicella, Legnago and Vicenza.

The municipality is organised into eight circoscrizioni, from the historic centre to the nineteenth-century boroughs and the hill villages. The city keeps Roman, Scaliger and Venetian monuments within its walls and has been UNESCO World Heritage since 2000 as an example of a fortified town across the stages of European history.

From October to April a mayoral ordinance applies three PM10 alert levels in Verona, linked to ARPAV bulletins: limits on heating, bans on inefficient wood stoves, open-air burning and fires. Temperatures, rain and PM10 exceedances are in the data below.

Roman monuments (the Arena, Roman Theatre, Ponte Pietra, Porta Borsari, Arco dei Gavi), the Scaliger Tombs, Piazza delle Erbe and Piazza dei Signori; in summer opera in the Arena, with precise rules on entry and allowed items. The 24- or 48-hour VeronaCard includes buses, the Torre dei Lamberti, Castelvecchio and priority entry to the Arena.

The Roman Theatre, from the 1st century BC, has hosted the Estate Teatrale Veronese every summer since 1948. Municipal playgrounds are fenced and supervised, and three have an indoor play centre. In the province lies the Lessinia Regional Nature Park.