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🕹️ Pinball & arcades
Italy: the land of «flipper»
In Italy, pinball is so woven into daily life it is simply « flipper », and the country honours it with serious museums. Bologna, once home to more pinball makers than Chicago, hosts a vast museum of 400-plus machines from the 1930s to the 2000s, many still playable. A second museum near the Marmore Falls pairs silverball with vintage curiosities and hosts a major sport-pinball tournament. Bars and « sale giochi » across the country keep tables spinning.
In Italy, pinball is an institution — simply called «flipper» — at the heart of bars and the «sale giochi» arcades.
The word «flipper» is the everyday Italian (and French) name for the pinball machine.
See Italy's historic bars and game halls. With a data eSIM, find the addresses, translate and pay contactless.
Bologna's museum keeps regular evening hours; the Marmore one is weekends by booking, pairing well with the waterfall. With a data eSIM, reserve, find the halls, translate Italian labels and pay contactless.
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