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Visitor describes limited protests while biking through Bologna at night

Original: I’m in Bologna Italy. Maybe you’ve seen on social media all of the insanity, but I just rode my bike around half the cit

A visitor in Bologna, Italy, says she cycled across roughly half the city between 8pm and past midnight and encountered only one area of protest, which police were blocking access to. Her account pushes back against viral social media clips portraying widespread unrest in the city, suggesting the reality on the ground is calmer than online narratives imply.

Why now: Social media is filled with dramatic footage of unrest in Italian cities, and firsthand on-the-ground accounts contradicting that narrative draw attention.

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• I’m in Bologna Italy. Maybe you’ve seen on social media all of the insanity, but I just rode my bike around half the city from 8pm to past midnight and I came across only one area of protest. I couldn’t get that close to it because the cops were blocking me, but I was able to · KimIversenShow · 1.1K

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