Best things to EAT and VISIT in BOLOGNA, Italy

I've been living in Italy for more than 10 years and I still haven't been able to find the famous Bolognese spaghetti that we used to eat at home in England. Very famous Bolognese spaghetti. We're here in Bologna for a couple of days and so I want to solve this mystery once and for all. Since we're in Bologna, let's do something else. What do we have to do in Bologna? We arrived in Bologna by train from Milan. The trip is very short, it only takes an hour by train. What are we going to do in Bologna? With this tiny microphone. I'm going to find out about Bolognese spaghetti. Brody is also coming to eat. What about you? I'm going to the University of Europe. And you? What are you going to do in Bologna? I'm going to see the Tower of Asinelli. No! That's what I wanted to do. I want to eat a piadina, as it should be. That's true. I think we can ask Zé and Pelin what they want. It's your turn. I'd like to eat lasagna. I'd like to eat mortadella. After leaving everything at the hotel, we obviously looked for a place to eat and someone immediately fulfilled their wish. We stopped and I'll probably be the first to fulfill my wish because we're going to eat a piadina. I'm hungry. I'm Mario, he's Davide. We have this beautiful place called La Tua Piadina. And we make the best piadina in Bologna. This is not much, but it's safe. Piadina is a traditional Romanian dish. In the original recipe, it's made with flour, water, salt, a little bit of chemical yeast and... You came from Masary. We came to try it. A great start. Matteo told me I have to talk about something that's not food. So here we are in Piazza del Nettuno. Nettuno is one of the most famous statues, maybe the most famous statue in Bologna. It was finished in 1566 to honour Pope Pius IV. But it's also famous for another reason. Basically, that's his hand, but from here it looks like... We have to do some serious tourism. Ok, you do the rest of the tour. Let's go to Piazza Maggiore. This is Piazza Maggiore, or also Piazza Grande, to which one of Lucio Dalla's famous songs could have been dedicated. Maybe, it's not said. The cathedral of San Petronio, which is the one behind me, is like this, or incomplete. Maybe because at the time of its construction there weren't enough funds, so they stopped there. Right now we're more or less in the centre of the square, but on a raised part of the square, which is called Crescentone, which is the famous Bolognese focaccia. In the Bolognese word there's... It's a bit like a normal N, but the tongue goes like this, against the palate. We also have lasagne, Emilia-Romagna. When you come to Bologna, you can practice a lot with this Italian sound. Do you know that Bologna is called La Dotta, La Grassa and La Rossa? Excuse me! So, La Rossa, because it's always on the left. Also because of that, but also because it's more visible. There are many red buildings. It's true! And the grassa is for the pasta, for all the food. It's La Dotta Bolognese. Right now we're in Via Pescherie Vecchie, a very old street in Bologna, where there were shops selling fish. But now there are many nice little restaurants, but there are many people, so if you want to eat on this street, I recommend you to come earlier. So, Katy, enough talking about food! We're in Bologna, it's almost impossible! I did my best! Learning Italian shouldn't be boring, you don't have to learn by heart grammar books, of course. For example, you can learn to have a natural conversation spending fun time with our teachers, to know how to join our school, click on the link in the description. I haven't found the Bolognese spaghetti yet, so I wrote a message to a friend of mine, Marco, who comes from this area, and he just sent me a message, so let's see what he says. Bolognese spaghetti? You'll never find them, they don't exist! You have to look for ragù tagliatelle. Ok, mistery solved! So, I was looking for the wrong thing, I have to look for ragù tagliatelle. Let's go! So, we arrived at the Torre degli Asinelli, the very tall one you see, but unfortunately it was closed, so we went up to the Torre dell'Orologio in Piazza Maggiore. The two most important towers in Bologna are the Torre degli Asinelli, the tall one, and the Torre Garisenda, the lowest one. The tallest one has 498 steps, which fortunately we didn't have to do. An interesting thing is that there are many towers in Bologna, so it's also described as turrita, which means that it has many towers. Here you can see the red of the city very well. Also the Bolognese hills. Every now and then, when I get bored at work, I start looking at the houses on the Bolognese hills. It would be nice to live there, right? Cheers! This is a Campari Spritz. Instead, all the others drink... A Sangiovese. A red wine. What is it? You're very good at it. It's a typical wine from the Romagna area. Oh no, I'm embarrassed in front of everyone, all the people on YouTube. I have to do... Luckily I don't have a white shirt. They're good. So, I would say that the main difference is actually the pasta, because the consistency is more... How can I say? Different. It's different, the consistency is different. My mom's Bolognese spaghetti are good, for charity. But these are really, really good. These are called tigelle. They are a type of bread, round-shaped. It was a poor food, the peasants ate it at the end of the day, when they were too tired. Now, instead, everyone eats it with salumi. So, with salumi and tigella. With salumi. So, tigella and salumi. With cheese and salumi. This is the Bolognese cutlet, which is different from the Milanese one. It's always fried. And then, on top, you put ham and cheese. So, it's nice... Heavy. Exactly. Very good. Hi, Giorgia. What did you take? I took the biocitazine, because I haven't digested it. Well, in Bologna, it's essential. Yes. Let's go. It's raining right now, but there's no problem in Bologna, because it's full of porticoes. I mean, these... Maybe you can see them here. So, we can keep walking around the city without being under the rain. We're here at the university. What do you think? Pass the microphone. Yes, we finally arrived at the University of Bologna. It was my wish for this trip. A very interesting thing is that it's the oldest university in the western world and then it's divided into many buildings. Yes. Today, Bologna is a very important university city. In fact, as you can see, there are a lot of students around who relax, have fun and, in their free time, maybe they also study. Here are two students. Two grown-up students. Very beautiful. Do you feel good? Yes, I feel good. Hi! I don't know anything. What do you want to know? Tell us about the pasta fresca. The pasta fresca is very traditional from Emilia. In fact, it's true that one of the best-selling pastas in Barilla is called the Emiliane because in Italy, Emilia is the homeland of homemade pasta. Hi, tell me. These tortellini are very good. Thank you. What's in the filling? The filling of the tortellini is mainly mortadella, pork loin, there's parmesan, nutmeg, salt and pepper, that's it. The classic filling of tortellini is that. Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you, guys. All good, in the meantime? Yes, thank you very much. Thank you. See you later, if you want some water. Even if we have finished and fulfilled all our desires, we already have a long list for many other cities. But first, in a couple of weeks, there will be a video by Meri in which you will be able to learn many useful sentences for your next trip to Italy. So I recommend you subscribe to our channel to be updated when this video and all the others come out. After this. Bye. Those who want to come, come. And those who want to go to bed, go to bed. I don't know, actually. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe. You're the boss. The tenerine pie is the right conclusion of this trip. All right.