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Lille

Lille is the core of one of the largest metropolitan agglomerations in France. It has a large and handsome historic centre with beautiful, Flemish-influenced architecture. Wikivoyage

Population 238,246 (Wikidata)

Live guide From your hotel

Before you go

Emergency numbers in France

Visas and entry What your passport needs for France
Tourist office · 210 m L'Office de Tourisme de Lille

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Christmas Market

    November – December

    A must for visitors. You can access this market from the main square, where you can also enjoy the Ferris wheel and Christmas lights strung up all throughout the old city.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Lille); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Les Halles

    Covered hall
    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: 08:00–20:00
    3. Wednesday: 08:00–20:00
    4. Thursday: 08:00–20:00
    5. Friday: 08:00–20:00
    6. Saturday: 08:00–20:00
    7. Sunday: 08:00–15:00
    Times vary by day
    Tuesday
    08:00–20:00
    Wednesday
    08:00–20:00
    Thursday
    08:00–20:00
    Friday
    08:00–20:00
    Saturday
    08:00–20:00
    Sunday
    08:00–15:00
    1.5 km from the centre

  • Marché de Wazemmes

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: 07:00–15:00
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: 07:00–15:00
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: closed
    7. Sunday: 07:00–15:00

    07:00–15:00

    1.6 km from the centre

  • Marché Caulier

    Dimanche matin

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: closed
    7. Sunday: 07:00–13:00

    07:00–13:00

    1.7 km from the centre

  • Marché de Fives

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: 07:00–14:00
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: 07:00–14:00
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: closed
    7. Sunday: 07:00–14:00

    07:00–14:00

    1.7 km from the centre

  • Marché de Fives

    mardi après-midi

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: 14:00–19:00
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: closed
    7. Sunday: closed

    14:00–19:00

    2.0 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 96 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Lille-Europe station 900 m, Saint-André 2.2 km, La Madeleine 2.7 km, Lille – Porte de Douai 2.9 km, Lezennes 3.1 km, Mont-de-Terre 3.2 km, Lille Centre Hospitalier Régional 3.2 km, Ronchin 3.8 km, Hellemmes 4.0 km, Loos-lez-Lille 4.3 km

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