Rho

Province: Milan · Region: Lombardy · Population: 50,052 · Postal code: 20017

The world passed through Rho in 2015: the Expo Milano site, built beside the Fiera Milano complex — among Europe's largest exhibition districts — turned this belt city into an international address, now relaunched by the MIND innovation district and the Human Technopole.

Historic Rho holds on around the sanctuary of the Addolorata, a pilgrimage site since the sixteenth century with its Oblate college. The Furniture Fair and the big trade shows fill it in waves: business travellers know it well; Milan-bound visitors use it as a shrewd base on the metro line.