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David Chipperfield's culture museum in a former Ansaldo factory

Rem Koolhaas-designed contemporary-art campus (skip Bar Luce)

Milan's 4th-century Romanesque heart, founded by St Ambrose

Cesare Battisti's modern-classic Milanese osteria

Giorgio Armani's own fashion museum in a 1950s grain silo

Milan's great art gallery in the Palazzo di Brera

Italy's largest science museum in a 16th-century monastery

An 1880 Milanese trattoria and Historic Place of Italy

Milan's pioneering third-wave specialty coffee bar

Artisan bakery and pasticceria, the Porta Venezia breakfast standard

Family gelateria since 1930, classic craft and Milanese flavours

All-female micro-roastery for serious specialty coffee

Milan's cult gourmet panino counter since 1964

An 1896 enoteca on Via Paolo Sarpi opening hundreds of labels by the glass

Isola's 1866 trattoria with a leafy courtyard and an 800-label cellar

Sommelier Jacopo Ercolani's natural-wine bar in the heart of Isola

Italy's smallest gin micro-distillery with a craft cocktail bar and kitchen

Luca Catalfamo's izakaya-style ramen counter in Isola