Forest Science

Padova has the charm of a small city but everything you need from a big city. The thing I appreciate the most is just walking around the city centre and admiring the architecture of the historical buildings and squares, with an occasional stop for a coffee or spritz!

The positive cultural aspects of being in an Italian city, such as language, food, art, people, plus its peculiarities, such as the Sant’Antonio church, Scrovegni chapel, Caffè Pedrocchi, Prato della Valle, and of course the 800 years of history of UNIPD all add up to the charm of this place. The fact that it is bike friendly was another big plus! Speaking of bikes, Padova is also logistically interesting, since you can easily reach many beautiful cities by train or bus, such as Venice (in just 30 minutes!), Verona, Vicenza, Treviso, or if you feel like going a little bit further (2 hours) you can get to Milano, or to the Alps (Belluno, Asiago), where you can find natural areas to hike or ski or just escape the hot summer days.
One particularly nice experience I had was a day trip when I went to the Colli Euganei by bike and had a picnic in a historical villa (there is a bike path all the way from Padova to the hills), or when I went to Austria (Vienna) by bus and spent the weekend there.

Coming to Padova not only changed my professional career, but deeply changed my personal life: Here I found friends that I know I can count on for the rest of my life, and I also found love! I met my boyfriend over a year ago in the University.