Culturally speaking, Bologna is one of the liveliest and most flourishing cities in Italy. It's no coincidence that Bologna was named "European Cultural Capital" for the year 2000.
The city has a central geographical position, which makes it a crossroads for commerce and travel, and it is home to Europe's oldest university. These factors, together with the special Bolognese spirit, open as it is to social and political innovation, have given Bologna a rich and varied cultural life.
Young people in Bologna will find many different stimuli, from theater to cinema, art, music, and performance. Bologna has the highest number of movie theaters per capita in Italy. There is an abundance of social centers and independently run spaces, places for meeting, for exchange, and for artistic experimentation. Bologna is a city of taverns, pubs, and nightlife. At the same time, it's also a city of university museums, academic meetings, conferences, and literary and artistic debates. Last, but not least, Bologna is animated by an international and multicultural pulse that can be felt in many of its places, initiatives, and public events.
But let's go in order on our journey to discover the different faces of Bolognese cultural life...

In Iperbole web-site (Italian version) you will discover all the cultural imnitiatives of the Bologna City Council:
http://www.comune.bologna.it/frame_artecultura.htm