These associations I connect so far with the city of Bologna:

• The concept is to unify European study programs and degrees with Bachelor and Master. It started in 1999 in Bologna, when the European Ministers of Education signed a statement of intent. After 15 years of the conversion process of the university system unpleasant effects are clear: the tendency to make it more scholastic. Especially in Germany, it is characterized by extremely long course time and little room for personal study. The Bologna process restricts free learning enormously.

• Attack of Bologna
  In the bombing of the Bologna Central Station on the morning of August 2, 1980 85 people died, more than 200 were injured. After a tangled process, a still controversial sentence was spoken in 1995.
   
• Bolognese sauce is is a rich stew, which is preferably served in Italy with tagliatelle. It is also often part of Lasagne. The recipe was first published in 1891. To stop the various modifications a truly authentic recipe has been written by the Italian Chamber of Commerce.