With the help of osm2po, I have successfully inserted the contents of the italian files (italy.osm.pbf) in a pgrouting-enabled database (postgresql 8.4)
It displays fine in Qgis, using rule based labeling (thanks to underdark for the .qml file).
Now I wonder: how can I find out what attributes are included in the .pbf and how to control what tags / flags are imported in the database? Any help very much appreciated.