Surman4no7shirt

Before the match Corso Como might be better, you can get the new M5 Metro from Garibaldi F.S. directly to the new San Siro station or Lotto (which is the station the club are suggesting) in about 15 mins. From Porta Genova to Lotto is probably about half an hour to 45 mins on the metro, changing at Cadorna.

Couldn't say with certainty, I'm not really a daytime drinker, at least in the week. At the weekend everything is open all day, and having a look quick at some of the places on Trip Advisor seems like most places are open all day. Almost everywhere will be open for lunch. Some places might close between 15:00-19:00.

Naviglio Grande (Porta Genova F.S.), Corso Como (Garibaldi F.S.) & Corso Sempione are the best drinking spots, in that order. Probably best to remember that Italy doesn't have an anglo-saxon drinking culture at all like Northern European countries, it has a food culture. Italians find it incredibly weird that you would drink alcohol without eating food. As such, everything is "aperitivo", so all drinks cost the same (around €8, whether its a beer, wine or a cocktail), and there is a free buffet with lots of food, generally the better the buffet on offer, the livelier the place will be. As for Milan being a disappointing business city, well it is basically the Italian economy, I'm not sure what you'd really expect. It's not a big city the size of New York, London or Paris, more of a medium size city like Manchester, Marseille or Frankfurt. There are lot's of things to see and do, if you know what you want to see and are interested in the things on offer. As the other poster mentioned, La Scala, Duomo, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II are all at the Duomo metro station. Brera is a lovely pedestrian area there for eating in a restaurant near there. Other than that there is Castello Sforzesco, Di Vinci's Last Supper, Pinacoteca di Brera & the Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio to name a few... There's a reason it's known as a culture city rather than a party city. I would suggest the Naviglio Grande is the best place to go drinking anyway, there are loads and loads of bars and restaurants there along the canal. As to the club suggesting Saints fans go to Duomo, it's probably probably because there's nowhere to buy alcohol and it's heavily policed by the army, carabinieri, state and local police at all times, so you're not likely to get into any trouble if you're there P.S. Avoid the area around Stazione Centrale.

It does not appear to be a return ticket, but then as with most things in Italy, it is infuriatingly vague.

The site says so: English / Italian, but it wasn't available from the machine last time I tried to get one for someone, and is not available from the app, I guess an edicola would have them. Not so much in Centrale the last time I was there, but as you know Italy isn't blessed with a channel between it and Europe, so there might be some around. In Stazione Centrale the problem is more that if you were a migrant or refugee arriving in Italy from the south, and want to go to a country further north by train, then Stazione Centrale is where you would linger. I've never understood why they don't change the name of Stazione Centrale, it always give people a bad impression of the city. It's a horrible area, it's not close to the city centre and all the useful trains go to Cadorna.

They've mostly got rid of them in Milan now, they are still a pain in Rome though. If you avoid Stazione Centrale (which you should anyway...) then probably won't notice it.

Try the Malpensa Express specific website: http://www.malpensaexpress.it/en/

NI number.

I think your friend is confusing USB (Unione Sindacale di Base, https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unione_Sindacale_di_Base) with CUB (Confederazione Unitaria di Base, https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederazione_Unitaria_di_Base)... I will double check but if you search ilsole24ore.com, corriere.it or repubblica.it (the three biggest broadsheets) there is almost no information apart from a few short articles reporting that USB had called for a general strike. They are calling a general strike, not a localised industry specific strike, if it was likely to happen, I would expect to see some information about it in one of the papers.

FYI:- If you have data in Italy (and you should, it's almost impossible to find free wifi anywhere in Italy), then it's worthwhile downloading the Metro app for Milan: iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/it/app/atm-milano-official-app/id415637297?mt=8 Cheap-o's: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.atm.appmobile&hl=en You can buy tickets (€1.50 per ride / 90 mins) directly in the app via PayPal, the tickets are valid on busses, trams and metros. The ticket is a QR code on your screen that you activate when you want to use it. You then scan your phone at the turnstile (Metro) which lets you in or show it to the driver (Bus). It also has an interactive Map and a pretty good journey planner. You can also tweet the public transport company in English for information here: https://twitter.com/atm_informa They generally respond in a few mins.

The "Unione Sindacale Di Base" has caused a general strike for 24 hours on the 21st. It's a communist, anti-EU union, which claims to have 250,000 members in Italy, though have only 13,000 Facebook likes. It's a "general" union. Transport workers are generally affiliated with their own, much bigger, specialist transportation workers unions (most commonly CGIL, the Italian equivalent of Unite). The strike is against the constitutional change proposed in the referendum, Renzi and the EU. Transport workers in Italy will strike for higher pay and less hours (and regularly do), but joining this general strike seems unlikely to me, especially when the transport unions haven't called a strike, and they can simply vote against the change in the referendum if they don't want it.

Seriously? Ray-Bans. In Milan you wear Ray-Bans.

If you've seen that abandoned fort at the end of the closed walkway attached to Bargate, you might as well skip Castello Sforza too.

If only Da Vinci's Last Supper could compete with the wonder of the Titanic Museum or Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II with the architecual magnificence of West Quay....

The airport rates are mental for taxis, €95 MXP-Milan (anywhere in the city, flat rate). It's a 45 min drive. Getting around the city from the taxi points isn't that bad though, and is the best option late at night after the Metro closes.

Yeah obviously wouldn't be advising to get taxis as the most economic option (I live in Milan 6 months a year), was just an observation about how cheap that flight is. You can also get a bus from Malpensa to the center for €10. From experience Linate is a much better option though.

Less than a taxi from Malpensa to the city...

I think he's more worried about the Arabic stamps tbh.

I believe there is a fairly large "neutral" area as well.

San Siro is 80k. The minimum is 4k (5%) for Europa League away allocation. I can't really imagine 74000 Inter fans turning up for us, so we should be able to get a bigger allocation from them.

Linate but Bergamo is not bad either and is a nice place to visit. Malpensa is a a bit like Gatwick or Heathrow (about 45 mins to an hour away from the city center, though there is a 30min fast train), Linate is the city airport.

Israel is actually pretty nice down by the Red Sea (Eilat). Never been to Beersheba though.

San Siro has a capacity of 80k. Minimum allocation for us would be 4k. How easy will it be to get tickets for that one?

Would change these three: Forster>Niemi (Only just) Bertrand>Bridge Mane>Pahars And put Delgado in for Nivea.