The place is widely known in Italy for:

• Having 7 neighbouring lakes
• Being the birthplace of Umberto Bossi, the founder of Lega Nord
• Having a specimen of monster called MdLdV in its own lake - a cousin of Nessie's?
• Being a jumpstation for strong alien activity, a little bit like Hessdalen. The exact place grays are suspected of using as an earth base is called Monte Orsa.
• A special cake, called Dolce Varese
• A fancy public park that is the exact twelve times reduced copy of the one found in Schoembrun, Wien
• Being one of the first places in Italy to offer a free dial-up civic network called Pangea - Rete Civica di Varese.
• Having a public park located on a close mountain called Parco dei Fiori with an interesting botanic garden and a telescope used for research.