Genoa DOOH · Via XX Settembre · Porto Antico · Centro Storico · June 2026

Billboards for the city beneath the Lanterna

Genoa has 83 screens on Blindspot, all urban panels, at about $0.13 a play, from Via XX Settembre to the Porto Antico to the Centro Storico caruggi. Priced per play, booked by the hour.

Updated July 27, 2026By Blindspot · location intelligence

820K

Metropolitan City of Genoa residents (2024)

1.3M

Genoa Cristoforo Colombo airport passengers (2024)

77M

metre height of the Lanterna lighthouse

$0.32

puts you on a Genoa screen via Blindspot

Genoa, large-format DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
The tall stone Lanterna lighthouse above the Port of Genoa · JCDecauxBooked by the hour
The short answer● Quotable

Genoa billboard and DOOH (digital out-of-home) costs span from a few cents per play on urban panels to premium Via XX Settembre, Brignole and landmark networks. On Blindspot, Genoa screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays start around $0.32, with no contracts or minimums.

The smart Genoa play isn't one screen for a month. It's the right screens at the right hours: the arteries at commute peak, the malls through the afternoon, the nightlife and tourist cores after dark.

BookingBy the hour
PricingPer play · upfront
MinimumsNone
Go liveWithin hours
DeliveryVerified play logs

Billboard ranking points

Genoa's billboard spots, ranked

Directional 1–10 scores based on zone type and footfall, not audited measurements. Every zone is bookable by the hour on the platform.

01

Via XX Settembre & De Ferrari

Best for: Retail · Pedestrian · Shoppers

The grand Via XX Settembre arcade and Piazza De Ferrari form the retail and civic heart of the city.

Visibility9
Dwell time8
Footfall9
02

Porto Antico

Best for: Tourists · Leisure · Dwell

The old harbour around the Aquarium and the Bigo crane carries dense cruise, family and visitor footfall.

Visibility8
Dwell time9
Footfall8
03

Centro Storico (caruggi)

Best for: Nightlife · Dining · 21-39

The medieval caruggi alleys around Piazza delle Erbe and Via Garibaldi pack bars, palaces and a going-out crowd.

Visibility7
Dwell time9
Footfall8
04

Brignole & the stations

Best for: Transit · Commute · Daytime

Genova Brignole and Principe stations and the AMT metro carry the heaviest commuter and arrival flow.

Visibility9
Dwell time6
Footfall8
05

Foce & the seafront

Best for: Residents · Seafront · Dining

The Foce district and the Corso Italia seafront promenade draw residents, runners and a steady dining crowd.

Visibility7
Dwell time7
Footfall7
06

Sopraelevata & the port road

Best for: Commute · Drive-time · Reach

The Sopraelevata flyover and the shoreline port road carry the metropolitan commute along the waterfront.

Visibility8
Dwell time4
Footfall7

The media estate · operator partners

Genoa screens, in the wild

Blindspot puts digital out-of-home (DOOH) and classic out-of-home from Genoa's media owners, IGPDecaux, Clear Channel Italia, Grandi Stazioni Media among them, onto one map, bookable by the hour. Below: real partner screens across the city's prime zones.

Genoa, Via XX Settembre · arcade digital, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Via XX Settembre · arcade digitalJCDecaux
Genoa, Porto Antico · waterfront digital, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Porto Antico · waterfront digitalJCDecaux
Genoa, Centro Storico · caruggi place-based screen, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Centro Storico · caruggi place-based screenJCDecaux
Genoa, Brignole · station-district digital, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Brignole · station-district digitalJCDecaux
Genoa, Foce · seafront digital, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
Foce · seafront digitalJCDecaux
Genoa, AMT metro · platform screen, real DOOH screens bookable by the hour on Blindspot
AMT metro · platform screenJCDecaux

Imagery from media-owner/operator partners. Locations indicative; live availability and per-screen pricing show in the platform.

Formats

Every Genoa format, one map

From a highway bulletin to a single mall screen, Blindspot puts Genoa's digital out-of-home and classic OOH formats on one map, each priced per play and bookable by the hour. The formats that matter here:

Digital billboards & LED

Large-format LED on highways, bridges and boulevards, motion, dayparting and dynamic triggers.

Street-level & urban panels

Pedestrian-scale panels and citylights in high-footfall retail and downtown corridors.

Bulletins & roadside

Highway and arterial bulletins built for commuter frequency on the busiest routes.

Mall & retail screens

High-intent shoppers from midday to evening across the city's retail destinations.

Transit & place-based

AMT metro, bus and the Genova Brignole station screens plus stations and place-based screens with captive dwell.

Iconic & landmark

Landmark and spectacular placements for brand statements in the city's signature locations.

Location insights

Where Genoa moves

Genoa runs along a thin strip between the hills and the Ligurian Sea, on its port, its cruise crowds and its caruggi. Mornings load the AMT metro and the shoreline roads toward the De Ferrari and Via XX Settembre core; lunch fills the Porto Antico around the Aquarium and the Bigo; evenings pull crowds into the medieval caruggi alleys and the Piazza delle Erbe bars; cruise days flood the Stazione Marittima with day visitors. The Euroflora and the boat show lift seasonal footfall. Buy the De Ferrari morning peak and the Porto Antico and caruggi evening.

Genoa footfall heatmap · typical weekday● Stylized
Via XX Settembre
Porto Antico
Centro Storico
Brignole
Foce
Sopraelevata
Via XX Settembre
Porto Antico
Centro Storico
Brignole
Foce
Sopraelevata
De Ferrari
Via Garibaldi
Boccadasse
Sampierdarena
QuietPeak flow
Genoa · DOOH coverage map · stylized● per-play pricing
Stylized map of Blindspot DOOH screen locations across Genoa Per-play price pins across prime Genoa advertising zones over a footfall density wash. Stylized; live availability and per-screen pricing are shown in the Blindspot platform. La Lanterna ◊ Porto Antico 60+ $0.48$0.44$0.40$0.36$0.32 $0.52 Porto AnticoCentro StoricoBrignoleFoceSopraelevataVia XX Settembre
FootfallPeak

Footfall rhythm · by hour

Commuterspeaks 7:30–10 AM & 5–8 PM
Shoppers & mallspeaks 12–8 PM
Nightlife & diningpeaks 8 PM–1 AM
12AM6AM12PM6PM11PM
Commuter tide, twice a day

Porto Antico and the main arteries surge 7:30–10 AM and 5–8 PM. Book exactly those hours and your frequency climbs for the same budget.

Retail plateau, all afternoon

Brignole and the city's malls hold heavy footfall from noon to evening, long windows where dwell and shopping intent, not rush, do the work.

Evenings change the audience

Via XX Settembre shifts from daytime to social and tourism after dark. Different audience, same screens, swap the creative, not the location.

Location intelligence summary

One city, several audiences a day

Genoa doesn't have one rush hour; it has rotating audiences sharing the same streets. The only buying model that matches that is hourly: pay for the windows when your audience owns the city, skip the ones when it doesn't.

ObjectiveBook these zonesBest hours
Brand launchVia XX Settembre + Porto Antico6–11 PM
Commuter frequencyCentro Storico, Porto Antico7:30–10 AM · 5–8 PM
Retail foot trafficBrignole, Via XX Settembre12–8 PM
B2B / decision-makersFoce, Porto AnticoWeekdays 9 AM–6 PM
Tourism & eventsVia XX Settembre, Sopraelevata10 AM–8 PM
Match the tide, not the calendar

A month-long 24/7 rotation pays for 3 AM plays nobody sees. Hourly booking concentrates the same budget into Genoa’s proven peak windows, and typically saves 30%+ versus a flat four-week flight.

Creative by daypart

Morning commuters read in 2 seconds; evening crowds dwell for minutes. Run different creative by hour on the same screens, even trigger swaps on weather or live data.

Proof, not vibes

Every play is logged. Blindspot campaigns report verified plays and attribution, measured against control groups, not estimated reach.

The zones above already draw a specific buyer: the cruise and maritime industry, since Genoa is home to Costa Crociere's headquarters and to the Fincantieri shipyard that builds its ships, both a short reach from the Porto Antico waterfront, and energy and industrial engineering, since Ansaldo Energia's Genoa headquarters puts weekday decision-makers through the Foce district on their commute.

Book Genoa by the hour

Cite this

Key facts at a glance

Quotable, self-contained, sourced, Blindspot, June 2026

  • Genoa anchors a Metropolitan City near 820,000 people and is the capital of Liguria on the Ligurian Sea (2024).
  • Genoa Cristoforo Colombo airport handled about 1.3 million passengers in 2024, the gateway to the Italian Riviera.
  • The Lanterna, rebuilt in 1543, stands 77 metres tall, the world's fourth-oldest working lighthouse and the tallest in the Mediterranean.
  • Genoa's Via Garibaldi palaces (the Palazzi dei Rolli) and historic centre are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of Europe's largest medieval old towns.
  • Genoa was the birthplace of Christopher Columbus and a great maritime republic, and the Porto Antico Aquarium is among the largest in Europe.
  • On Blindspot, Genoa screens are booked by the hour and priced per play, entry plays from ~$0.32, no contracts or minimums.

Pricing · updated June 2026

Genoa billboards: priced honestly

Per-play prices, not CPM mysteries. Live per-screen pricing and real-time availability are on every card in the platform; the ranges below reflect typical Blindspot pricing as of June 2026.

FormatPrice per playTypical presenceWhy it works
Via XX Settembre retail digitalfrom ~$0.52 per play$100 buys hourly bursts on the arcadepedestrian shopper dwell
Porto Antico waterfront digitalfrom ~$0.48 per playthe Aquarium and old harbourtourist and family audiences
Centro Storico place-based digitalfrom ~$0.44 per playthe caruggi and Via Garibaldiyounger going-out crowds
Brignole station digitalfrom ~$0.40 per playthe main rail and metro hubscommuter and arrival audiences
AMT metro screensfrom ~$0.33 per playplatforms across the networkwalk-up urban commuters

No minimums · no contracts · pay per verified play · hourly scheduling per screen

Four things move the price on any Genoa screen: the format (pricing runs higher on AMT metro screens than on via XX Settembre retail digital), the zone (Via XX Settembre & De Ferrari carries the highest footfall premium), the daypart (peak commute and evening hours price above the overnight lull), and how far in advance you book, since the busiest zones and formats sell out first.

What a campaign costs

Genoa budgets, three ways

Because you pay per play and schedule by the hour, your budget buys the exposure you actually need, not filler plays, so it works as hard on a big campaign as on a small one, with no minimum. Here's what budgets realistically buy. Live numbers per screen are in the platform.

Centre and harbour test

$500-$1,500

A week of daytime and evening bursts on Via XX Settembre and the Porto Antico.

Multi-zone Genoa push

$6,000-$18,000

Via XX Settembre, the Porto Antico and the Centro Storico running together across peak dayparts.

Genoa flagship

$30,000+

Full centre and harbour saturation timed to the boat show and the cruise season.

FAQ

Genoa billboard FAQs

Do I need a permit to advertise on a Genoa billboard?

No. Blindspot books time on screens that are already installed and permitted by their media-owner operators, IGPDecaux, Clear Channel Italia, Grandi Stazioni Media among them, so you're leasing airtime on an existing structure, not erecting a new one.

What creative specs do I need for a Genoa screen?

Specs vary by screen: orientation, resolution and file format differ from one panel to the next. Every screen shows its exact requirements in the platform before you upload, so there's no separate spec sheet to track down before you book.

Can I book a Genoa billboard for just a few hours?

Yes. Every Genoa screen on Blindspot is bookable by the hour, with no minimum contract and no retainer. You pick the exact windows, so you can buy the morning commute on Porto Antico, the afternoon retail stretch around Brignole & the stations, or the evening social hours in Via XX Settembre & De Ferrari, and skip everything between. Because you pay per play instead of for a fixed four-week flight, the same budget concentrated into proven peak windows buys more useful frequency than the same money spread across every hour including the overnight ones nobody sees. Availability and the per-play price are visible before you commit, and you can start with one screen and one daypart.

Which DOOH networks can I reach in Genoa?

Blindspot puts the bookable digital out-of-home screens across Genoa on a single map: roadside and boulevard LED, street-level panels and citylights, transit and station screens, mall and place-based displays, and landmark placements, all priced per play and bookable by the hour. That spans zones from Via XX Settembre & De Ferrari through to Sopraelevata & the port road. The underlying screens are owned and run by media operators such as IGPDecaux, Clear Channel Italia and Grandi Stazioni Media, and Blindspot books time on their existing, already-permitted structures rather than reselling a fixed package. You see each screen, its zone, its per-play price and its live availability before committing, so you are choosing specific screens and hours rather than buying an unspecified network bundle.

How fast can my ad go live in Genoa?

Often within hours: upload, pass creative pre-check, and digital screens need no printing or installation. Content approval typically averages around two business days across networks.

What can I get in Genoa for $500?

More than most people expect, because you are buying plays rather than weeks. A $500 budget in Genoa typically funds a multi-day hourly presence on a high-traffic corridor such as Porto Antico, a concentrated burst across the busiest retail and transit screens at peak hours only, or thousands of plays on central urban panels where the per-play price is lowest. At entry prices around $0.32 per play, the arithmetic is straightforward and visible before you commit. What it will not stretch to is 24/7 coverage of a landmark spectacular, and that is the point of hourly buying: concentrate a small budget where and when it is seen instead of thinning it across hours with no audience.

Is there a minimum spend for Genoa billboards?

No. Blindspot has no minimums, retainers or platform fees; you can run a focused hourly burst on a single screen or a full multi-zone Genoa campaign.

How to book

Live on a Genoa screen in three steps

No sales calls, no contracts, self-serve from the map to live creative.

01

Pick screens & hours

Open the map, filter Genoa by zone and format, and select the exact screens and the exact hours your audience is out.

02

See the per-play price

Every screen shows its price per play and real-time availability before you commit. Build the plan; the running total is always visible.

03

Upload & go live

Upload creative, pass pre-check, and go live, often within hours. Track verified plays and attribution as the campaign runs.

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