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TOP 10 REASONS
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Why travel to Lille: Find out the top 10 reasons to visit
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A SNEAK PEAK
A SNEAK PEAK
A SNEAK PEAK
A Sneak Peek into Lille
- Lille, the historic capital of Flanders, is a worthwhile diversion between Paris and Brussels (a mediaeval principality that encompassed part of northern France and Belgian and Dutch provinces).
- The city's remarkable Baroque architecture and hearty cuisine reflect the Flemish influence.
- Lilloise cuisine combines traditional Belgian meals with regional delicacies such as "waterzo" (cream sauce with vegetables) and "potjevleesch" (potted meat terrine).
- Wandering the cobblestone pedestrian lanes of Vieux Lille (the old town), stopping at charming cafés, and finding the cultural sites are among the most fun things to do when visiting Lille.
- A world-class fine arts museum, an avant-garde cathedral, and Charles de Gaulle's birthplace are among the attractions.
- Lille is a bustling urban holiday destination with no pretences, exciting sights, a pleasant city centre, and a welcoming attitude.
- Capital: Lille
- International Airport: Lille Airport (LIL)
- Population: 1,073,000
- Currency: Euro
- Time: GMT+2
- Driving side: Right
- Main Electricity: 230 V
- Official Language: French
- Religion: Christians
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HIGHLIGHTS
HIGHLIGHTS
HIGHLIGHTS
Top Tourist Attractions in Lille
- The elegant edifice la Vieille Bourse serves as a link between Grande Place and the Place du Théâtre.
- You may get a good sense of the city's ambience by walking through Lille.
- It's also the ideal method to see the beautiful stores and beautiful structures.
- The Palais des Beaux-Arts is the French museum with the largest art collection.
- In just a few hours' journeys, you can visit a city that is still relatively unknown.
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SEASONS TO TRAVEL
SEASONS TO TRAVEL
SEASONS TO TRAVEL
Best Months to Visit Lille
- The ideal month to visit is April.
- Lille can reach a maximum temperature of 26°C (80°F) during the summer.
- Lille's lowest temperature in the winter is rough -2°C (28°F).
- The days in Lille are the longest in June, so if you want to explore the sights during the day when the sun is up for the longest, go during that month.
- If you're willing to risk being soaked, December is the best month to visit; however, September is the best month to come if you want to stay dry.
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WORTH A VISIT
WORTH A VISIT
WORTH A VISIT
The Best Places to Visit in Lille
Place du Général de Gaulle (Grand Place)
- The Place du Général de Gaulle is Lille's lively central plaza, flanked by magnificent Renaissance and Baroque Flemish buildings with a Neoclassical façade.
- The square, often known as the Grand Place, is a popular meeting spot for Lillois.
- Cafés and brasseries abound in this hub of social life.
- The bronze Goddess monument in the square recalls Lille's resistance to the Austrian siege in September 1792.
- The Goddess is holding a linstock used to light cannon fuses.
- "The valiant response of the Mayor of Lille, André, who refused to surrender the besieged city," reads an engraved inscription on the base.
- Théophile Bra, who also made bas-reliefs on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, sculpted the Goddess in 1845.
- The Vieille Bourse (Old Stock Exchange), founded in 1652, is located on the south side of the plaza and is one of Lille's most magnificent buildings.
- The Vieille Bourse is a collection of 24 homes arranged around an arcaded courtyard (a market for used books is held here).
- The courtyard has a monument to Napoleon I in the centre, exemplifying opulent Flemish Baroque architecture.
- The Grand Garde, which used to house sentry guard soldiers, is located on the Place du Général de Gaulle.
- The Théâtre du Nord has been transformed from the Grand Garde.
Palais des Beaux-Arts (Fine Arts Museum)
- The Palais des Beaux-Arts, France's second most important museum after the Musée du Louvre in Paris, is one of the must-see attractions in Lille.
- This prominent art collection is an outstanding building with an extensive light atrium and is known for its size and quality.
- The museum houses an excellent collection of Old Master paintings by Rubens, Van Dyck, Goya, Delacroix, and David.
- There are also fantastic examples of 19th and 20th-century French paintings, Impressionist art and antique collection, and a sculpture museum featuring works by Rodin and other artists.
- Military history buffs may like the relief maps of fortified cities in Northern France and Belgium from the 18th century.
Musée du Louvre-Lens
- The Musée du Louvre-Lens is a sleek contemporary museum set in a park that used to be a coal mine.
- The Louvre-Lens Museum has become a prominent cultural attraction in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, with a rotating exhibit of artworks (exhibitions are changed regularly) loaned from the Musée du Louvre in Paris.
- The Galerie du Temps features a chronological exhibition of Paris than 200 Louvre masterpieces in a spectacular wide-open gallery space of 3,000 square metres.
- The artworks are shown uniquely, with multidisciplinary exhibits illustrating the evolution of art across time, from antiquity to the current era.
- The Musée du Louvre-Lens is an excellent journey for art lovers from Lille, taking about 30 minutes by car or one hour by rail (plus a 25-minute walk from the train station to the museum).
- A regular shuttle bus service serves the Louvre-Lens Museum from the Lens train station.
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DISCOVER MORE
DISCOVER MORE
DISCOVER MORE
Lille Off the Beaten Track
Lille Métropole Musée d'Art Moderne, d'Art Contemporain et d'Art Brut
- Villeneuve d'Ascq, about 12 kilometres northeast of Lille (a 20-minute drive), is known for its outstanding museum of modern art.
- The Lille Métropole Musée d'Art Moderne, d'Art Contemporain, et d'Art Brut houses one of France's most extensive collections of modern (20th) and contemporary (21st) art.
- In its 4,000 square metres of exhibition space, the museum has almost 7,000 works of art. Famous artists such as Braque, Kandinsky, Klee, Miró, Modigliani, and Picasso have works on display.
- The museum is surrounded by lush parkland, which includes a pathway that overlooks a variety of art pieces.
- Visitors will enjoy strolling through the gardens while seeing massive sculptures by artists such as Alexander Calder and Pablo Picasso.
- A café with a lovely shaded outside deck is also available at the museum.
Musée de l’Hospice Comtesse
- The Musée de l'Hospice Comtesse is housed in a mediaeval hospital constructed in 1237 by Countess Jeanne de Flandre in the centre of the old town.
- The hospital was erected in a wing of the countess's palace and later utilised by Augustine nuns.
- The hospital remained in operation until 1939 when it was decommissioned and turned into a museum in 1962.
- The former hospital ward, convent buildings, and a nuns' chapel are among the structures on the museum grounds, dating from the 15th to the 18th century.
- The structures are organised around two courtyards and a garden with therapeutic plants.
- Travellers can enjoy a collection of tapestries, sculptures, and china from a 17th-century Flemish monastery by visiting this museum.
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CULTURE & TRADITIONS
CULTURE & TRADITIONS
CULTURE & TRADITIONS
Lille Culture and Traditions
- Lille is a city in northern France, in the province of Flanders. It is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord department, and the central city of the Métropole Européenne de Lille, located on the Deûle River near France's border with Belgium.
- Lille had a population of 232,787 people inside its administrative boundaries as of 2017.
- Lille is the first city of the Métropole Européenne de Lille, which has 1,146,320 people, making it France's fourth-largest urban region after Paris, Lyon, and Marseille.
- More broadly, it is part of a large conurbation that includes the Belgian cities of Mouscron, Kortrijk, Tournai, and Menin, which gave birth to the Eurometropole Lille-Kortrijk-Tournai, the first European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation, in January 2008. It has a population of over 2.1 million people.
- Lille and its environs are part of the historical region of Romance Flanders, which is not part of the linguistic province of West Flanders and is known in France as the "Capital of Flanders."
- Lille, a military town, has had a turbulent history dating back to the Middle Ages and the French Revolution.
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FOOD FUN FASHION
FOOD FUN FASHION
FOOD FUN FASHION
Lille: Food, Fun & Fashion Guide
Maroilles
#Food
- Maroilles is a soft cow's milk cheese with a reddish-orange rind that comes in four sizes. It's been created in France's Nord-Pas-de-Calais region since the 10th century, and it takes at least 35 days to mature.
- It comes in the shape of a square, unlike most other cheeses, and when fully matured, it acquires a powerful, spicy aroma with a flavour similar to smoked bacon.
- It has a nutty, mushroomy flavour and a velvety, greasy texture.
- Pair it with red wine, light beer, or a French cider because it is a robust cheese (its aroma has earned it the nickname "old stinker").
Abbaye du Mont des Cats
#Food
- Abbaye du Mont des Cats is a French cheese made by monks in Godewaersvelde's eponymous monastery.
- Pasteurised cow's milk is used to make the cheese.
- After maturing for at least one month, it is washed with brine and dyed with roucou, a natural dye derived from the annatto bush.
- Mont des Cats has a floral perfume and a supple, silky texture with some holes, salty, hay-like, and milky notes.
- It's traditionally served with coffee as a breakfast cheese.
Lille is Euralille Mall
#Fashion
- Euralille Mall, Lille's main shopping centre, is one of the city's most popular holiday destinations.
- Fashion boutiques of well-known European brands, shoe stores, jewellery stores, and cosmetics stores are among the dozens of stores housed within its walls.
- The Carrefour supermarket, which is highly popular among independent travellers, is located on the mall's ground floor.
- Cheap cafes and fast-food eateries are also available for visitors to the retail complex.
Wazemmes Market
#Fashion
- Wazemmes Market is a city attraction with its outstanding assortment of goods.
- Travellers are particularly interested in local-speciality counters and kiosks with fresh pastries found throughout the market.
- In addition to veggies and fruits, visitors can purchase low-cost clothing and shoes, popular souvenirs, and fresh flowers at reasonable prices in the summer.
- The rows of antiquities and works of art are particularly noteworthy.
Eram
#Fashion
- Eram, one of the largest in its category among the various local shoe businesses, is worth mentioning.
- Shoes for any taste are available here, ranging from exquisite classics to astonishing designer models.
- The store's popularity is boosted by its reasonable prices.
- Both men and women would be interested in this store.
Cita Parc
#Fun
- "Cita Parc" (formerly "Parc des Poussins") is a park near Lille's Citadel.
- The "Zoo de Lille," Lille's animal park, is still worth a visit and is located immediately adjacent to "Cita Parc."
- A small number of attractions are appropriate for highly young children.
- Large parking lot adjacent to Cita Parc and the Lille Zoo.
- TIP FOR A FUN-FILLED DAY: Check the Lille website because enormous circuses in the parking lot several times a year.
- An excellent circus act can be enjoyed after visiting the animal park and "Cita Parc."
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NATURE & SAFARI
NATURE & SAFARI
NATURE & SAFARI
Lille: Natural Beauty & Safari Adventures
- Parc de Loisirs de la Citadelle is Lille's largest park and green area, covering over 70 hectares.
- Because of its size, the park includes various enjoyable activities for the whole family to enjoy.
- A vast playground with a carousel and safe, state-of-the-art constructions is available for children.
- Although there is a small workout area with training equipment, many people prefer to jog or walk around the track.
- The city zoo, which is free to attend and features almost 500 species, is housed in the Parc de Loisirs de la Citadelle.
- Parc Jean-Baptiste Lebas is 3 hectares in size, substantially less than Lille's Parc de Loisirs de la Citadelle.
- It has a children's playground with activities, bowling greens, bike pathways, and walking trails, among other things.
- On the other hand, the park is noted for its exquisite flora, which includes enormous chestnut trees, rose gardens, and several attractive flowerbeds.
- Expect to see photographers, painters, and sketchers attempting to capture the beauty that Parc Jean-Baptiste Lebas has to offer.
- While visitors are welcome to enjoy the park in several ways, pets and motor vehicles are prohibited.
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EVENTS & FIESTAS
EVENTS & FIESTAS
EVENTS & FIESTAS
Lille Must-Attend Festivals and Events
- This event is in stark contrast to themed festivals focused on modern music. Lille hosted the electronic music festival Nord.Art. Musique.Electronique a few years ago.
- Hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over the world came to see it.
- Every year, a new city is chosen for the N.A.M.E. In Lille, massive open-air stages were built in the city's immediate area.
- Because participation in the event is regarded as highly prestigious, it is regularly attended by artists from all across Europe.
- Lille 3000 Fantastic Art Festival is one of the city's brightest and most ambitious events.
- Hundreds of exhibitions, music and theatre events and film screenings are scheduled over many weeks.
- The city transforms into a massive open-air art venue during the festival, with original art pieces devoted to today's most pressing issues erected throughout.
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