Discover our locals' 185 hidden gems in Milan

The panzerotto is a sort of little fried rolled pizza, so the shape is like that of a sandwich completely closed that has a filling inside. Tasty!

Sometimes there's the jazz evening, where you'll listen to jazz bands performing live, sometimes a poetry open mic where you can hear lovely poetry.

At the American bookstore they sell every kind of book in English you might need, and even have the possibility of ordering from all over the world.

This is one of the most interesting masterpieces of the art of the Italian Renaissance, and it was made in this way because there was no space...

The most important type of pastry they have here is the beloved "panettone". It's a great cake that is the symbol of the Italian Christmas...

What you will find when you get there is a great columned cloister, some gardens, a church, so many statues, Roman ruins... It's a place full of history.

Milan is also well known for its experimental and more avant-garde forms of theatre, and the "spot" where all of this takes place is the Piccolo theatre.

It's a magical place, a mix of art, politics, history, philosophy and really loud music. Every week there's a musical event and the entrance is cheap.

Colibri is not a touristy place, but a spot where you can feel the vibe of Milan with its best and most vital inhabitants, the young intellectual students.

Massimianus built not only a great house but even a great circus in front of it, where he and other citizens of Milan could watch chariot racing.

"Frizzi & Lazzi" is one of my old-time favorite beer gardens in Milan. It's an unassuming, easy-going place that has become a point of reference since '82.

"Ofelé" in Milan is a bistrot bakery that makes some of the best (Sunday) brunches around. It's simply one of my favorite pancake spots in town...