Milan, 27 April. (beraking latest news) – Sport, art, culture and shopping for those who will spend the weekend in Milan until May 1st. Numerous activities are planned in the city for young and old, without forgetting children and families.
We start from the ‘Social Walking’ festival, dedicated to the paths of the city of Milan with the aim of contributing to creating the culture of walking and traveling on foot as a tool for discovery, in-depth study of the territory and reflection on some environmental issues . This afternoon sees the inauguration of Fws Extra, a section of the festival that offers a unique perspective on the world of walking, also allowing you to discover unusual places in the city and will be divided into events in 5 neighborhoods of the city of Milan: Ortica, Porta Romana, Porta Venezia, Gorla, Bovisa. Urban trekking, book presentations, a film and an exhibition. Among the scheduled events, on Sunday the photographic exhibition Va’ Sentiero: 7850 kilometers on foot through the Italian mountains at the Cascina Centro Parco del Parco Nord and screening of the film ‘Resina’ at the Turnè Bar.
For those who love art, however, at the Poldi Pezzoli House Museum there is still time to admire the Augustinian Polyptych by Piero della Francesca. A unique opportunity to see it, 555 years after its creation and after the division between various international museum collections, exceptionally reunited. For the first time in history, eight panels from five international museums will be exhibited. Presented in an evocative display, the panels will be placed side by side with the frames that have ‘accompanyed’ them throughout these centuries of collecting history, to give the public and scholars the full experience of Pierfrancescan work with all its evocative power of Renaissance era.
‘Extra Ordinary’ surprises at the National Museum of Science and Technology, which until Sunday 28 April and Wednesday 1 May will be open from 9.30 to 18.30 offering a wide range of activities for adults and children: children aged 3 to 6 will be able to discover the secrets of soap bubbles or set off on an adventure aboard an ancient caravel.
For children aged 7 to 10, there is the possibility of building labyrinths or small racing robots in the Tinkering Zone, or having fun with Leonardo’s machines and creating bridges, arches, frescoes and Renaissance drawings in the iLab Leonardo. In the Alimentazione iLab they will be able to experiment with sweet ingredients and find the perfect recipe for ice cream; but also create impressive reactions and illuminate the darkness in the Chimica iLab; while in the iLab Genetica they will be able to experiment with the cultivation of salad in space and extract the DNA of fruit and vegetables.
For children aged 11 and over it will be possible to go on a mission to Mars Base. There will be no shortage of guided tours for adults and children of the Leonardo Galleries, rail transport and air-sea transport. On Wednesday 1 May the Museum will offer other activities, in which children from 8 years old will be able to build acrobatic marble runs in the Tinkering Zone and observe organisms under the microscope in the iLab Biotecnologie, while from 9 years old young visitors will be able to immerse themselves in digital installations among images interactive and sound art, in the Future Inventors interactive laboratory. Adults and children aged 12 and over will be able to take part in a team challenge, testing themselves with the M4RT3 online escape game! in the room of the transatlantic Biancamano.
Special events also for sports lovers, with the Italian roller skating team involved in a futuristic project called ‘Van Gogh skate experience’. The initiative will take place starting from 3pm on Tuesday 30 April in Milan, within the immersive exhibition entitled ‘Van Gogh: the Immersive experience’, on stage at the former Milanese railway yard, Lampo Scalo Farini (in via Valtellina) . Among the world champions of the Italian national team, who will perform immersed in the art of the Dutch painter known for his ‘Starry Night’, also Chiara Censori, who graduated in 2019 as Italian, European and world champion and is particularly loved on social media, so much so that she has over 56 thousand followers on Instagram and more than 900 thousand on TikTok.
And finally, there will be several opportunities to choose from for those who love shopping, with opportunities also dedicated to the vintage and second hand world. At the Fabbrica del Vapore, from 10am to 7pm, spring solidarity is on stage: a market with major brands of clothing, accessories, perfumery and footwear where shopping will help Don Mazzi’s Exodus Foundation. In the Navigli, tomorrow, the Antiques Market, with period furniture, objects and prints. While at the Giardino delle Culture in via Morosini from 10.30-21 there will be Remira Market and in via Mosso, on the corner with via Padova, from 11.00-19 ‘Flug Market’ dedicated to crafts.