The best walks and hikes around Cormano

Parco Nord Milano is a large regional protected area that extends for about 790 hectares in the northern suburbs of the metropolitan city, representing one of the main green lungs of Europe in an urban setting. Born in the 70s as an environmental redevelopment project of old industrial areas, formerly Breda, and degraded agricultural lands, today the park touches as many as seven municipalities in the Milanese suburbs. It is a very rich ecosystem made up of large meadows, artificial wooded areas, canals, and bodies of water, ideal for sports, walks, and outdoor relaxation.

Parco Nord Milano is a vast green lung of about 790 hectares located in the northern suburbs of Milan. Established in 1975, it is one of the largest metropolitan parks in Europe and extends across the municipalities of Milan, Bresso, Cusano Milanino, Cormano, Cinisello Balsamo, and Sesto San Giovanni.

The Bosco di Bruzzano has a cycle path and is an ideal destination for picnics, with its green clearings alternating with groves of oaks, ash trees, poplars, and birches. In the park, which formed the first nucleus of Parco Nord, you can also admire two Himalayan cedars, and from there you can reach the nearby Cascina Anna, an imposing noble residence from the early twentieth century, now home to the library of the same name, which has a section dedicated to environmental sustainability and ecology.

The creation of an articulated and complex water system, with ponds, lakes, fountains and canals, began in 1992 with the construction of the Laghetti Suzzani and continues today thanks to the construction of the two large lakes in the eastern sector of the Park, in Niguarda and Bruzzano. Excavations for the construction of the artificial Suzzani lake inside the Parco Nord Water is a fundamental element for biodiversity and the landscape, and its presence significantly increases the species present: aquatic plants, insects, amphibians, fish, reptiles. The greatest impact is noted on the increase in birdlife: not only have water hens, mallards and coots spontaneously settled and nest permanently, but sometimes you can come across rarer species that prefer humid environments such as the grey heron and the kingfisher.

Maybe it's Women's Day, maybe it's the first day of Almost Spring, but today even on bikes we're going at a walking pace.

The park where Lake Niguarda is located is the Parco Nord of Milan, in the Niguarda area.

An artificial lake built in 2015 in the Niguarda district (located north of Milan, bordering the municipality of Bresso).

During periods when there is no weather emergency, the reservoir is a small lake surrounded by greenery, a tree-lined park open to all and visible from Via Aldo Moro (entrance from Piazzale Martiri della Deportazione) and on the border with Bresso (Via Papa Giovanni, 23). It covers 12,000 square meters with a bike path and a children's area within the Parco Nord park, planted with approximately 200 new trees and 2,400 shrubs, and with rafts in the center of the reservoir for bird nesting. When the reservoir is active, the entrances are closed and part of the affected area is flooded.