I like to do astrophotography in my freetime and I can recommend tools like light pollution maps and the Bortle scale to check out your surrounding area.
It gives a good idea where better skies might be not too far away. For where I live in Germany, there are bortle 4 skies (scale goes up to 9, the lower the less pollution).
I can see the Milkyway in the southern sky during summer from the driveway, but as soon as you get to a “bigger” city that starts to become harder/impossible.
I visited LaPalma (Canary Islands) a few years ago and that was one of the best experiences I ever had:
Up at the highest peak (> 2400 m) watching the sun set and having the night take over. Milkyway as clear as you can imagine! LaPalma is doing a lot to keep it that way, and I hope more cities would care for our beautiful nightsky the way they do.
Italy also has great skies, especially the more rural areas, here is one example from 2023:
Well hello there, fellow Fritz-Box user :D