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Explore Lille in 1h 20
From St Pancras International, the high-speed Eurostar will whisk you direct to Lille Europe in a mere 1h 20.
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Discover art & culture at Lille 3000
Lille in spring is a brilliant city – because although the...
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Admire fine sculptures at Espace Point Barre in Lille
For the culture lovers of you visiting Lille, you’re sure...
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Charles de Gaulle Birthplace Museum
Last Friday Eurostar celebrated the 70th Anniversary of Charles...
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Nuit des Musées in Lille
Museums in Lille open for free for one spring night, offering...
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Meet a Legend in Lille
If you ask any person in the UK who is the biggest British politician...
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About Lille
Lille (Dutch: Rijsel) is a medium-sized city in the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France with a very large student population. This city has a strong industrial background, but, after some difficult years, it is now known throughout France for its handsome city centre and... [Read more]
Discover art & culture at Lille 3000
Lille in spring is a brilliant city – because although the weather is warm enough to happily walk around in shirt sleeves, but it’s not hot enough that you feel guilty about spending part of the day indoors.
Which is just as well, as this year’s Lille 3000 includes an incredible... [Read more]
Admire fine sculptures at Espace Point Barre in Lille
For the culture lovers of you visiting Lille, you’re sure to be impressed by one of their finest galleries, Espace Point Barre. Located on Rue de la Barre, in Lille’s city centre, the gallery boasts 100m² of sculpture-filled space on the ground floor of a beautiful 16th... [Read more]
Charles de Gaulle Birthplace Museum
Last Friday Eurostar celebrated the 70th Anniversary of Charles de Gaulle’s historic broadcast from LNO on the 18th June 1940 which launched the FR resistance. A specially chartered Eurostar carrying a delegation of dignitaries and 720 French WWII veterans arrived in St Pancras... [Read more]
Nuit des Musées in Lille
Museums in Lille open for free for one spring night, offering a chance to see the city’s finest collections from dusk until 1am. The Nuits des Musées initiative opens up museums across France to a background of debate and workshops.
Over 2,500 museums of art, ethnography,... [Read more]
Meet a Legend in Lille
If you ask any person in the UK who is the biggest British politician of the 20th century, people are likely to mention Winston Churchill first. Ask the same question about France and the name of Charles de Gaulle will inevitably come up. British people might be quite defiant about... [Read more]
Bloomsbury Group Exhibition
The Bloomsbury Group is still incredibly relevant today. Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister, is constantly talking about the need to use Keynesian economics in order to fight back against the recession and John Maynard Keynes is just one of many brilliant people who emerged from the... [Read more]
