WHAT TO DO IN LILLE

FOR DELEGATES WHEN IN LILLE

January/February 2011

CONTENTS

Shopping……..……………….……..…………………………………………..…………………4

Restaurants………..………………………………….……………………..………………….6

Nightlife…………………………….……………………..;….…….…………………...…………8

Focus on of the Month……..………….……….…………..............………………1:

Events……………………………….…………….…….. .….………………….…….………..12

Transportation………..………..………………………………………..….……………..14

City Pass………..…………………...………………………………………..………………..16

Museums……………………………………………………………………..………………..18

Map…………..……………………..…………………………………………………………….20

S hopping

Printemps Lille 39-45, rue Nationale 59000 Lille - France Phone: 03 20 63 62 00

Opening hours

Monday to Saturday From 9.30 am to 8.00 pm

Galleries Lafayette 31, rue de Béthune 59000 Lille-France Phone : 03 20 14 76 50

Opening hours

Monday to Saturday From 10 am to 8.00 pm

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Euralille 100, Centre Commercial, 59777 Euralille Phone: 03 20 14 52 20

120 shops

Opening hours

Monday to Saturday From 8.30 am to 10.00 pm

Marc Arthur Glen 44 Mail de Lannoy 59100 Roubaix Tél. 03 28 33 36 00

130 name brands

Opening hours

Monday to Saturday From 10.00 am to 7.00 pm

R estaurants

The Greater Lille Metropolitan area counts 1,285 restaurants, ranging

from classic or inventive French cuisine and Flemish fare to ethnic foods of all sorts. And the region’s 1,000 cafés are

lively and perfect spots to soak in the local color over a locally brewed beer. From refined Michelin-starred restaurants to cozy local estaminets, the gastronomic options are countless

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La Laiterie

Gastronomic Restaurant 138, avenue de l'Hippodrome 59130 LAMBERSART Phone: 03 20 92 79 73

L’Huitrière 3, Rue des Chats Bossus, 59000 Lille Phone: 03 20 55 43 41

Le Lion Bossu

1 Rue Saint-Jacques,

59800 Lille

Phone: 03 20 06 06 88

Vauban - 1 500 seats

Zénith Arena - 4 500 seats

Pasteur - 500 seats

Vauban - 1 500 seats

Zénith Arena - 4 500 seats

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N ightlife

CABARET

PETROUCHKA

Cabaret founded in 1974 situated in a vaulted cellar. Entertainment: comic show in "ch'ti" (local dialect). Open from Tuesday to Saturday evening + on Sunday lunchtime Total capacity: 56 people. Groups of 30 to 50 people

accepted. Rates: mini 36 euros - maxi 46 euros. Local food. Access: bus 3 or 6 - stop "Conservatoire".

Phone : 03 20 31 41 98

Fax : 03 28 36 81 51

67 rue Royale

Quartier Vieux Lille

59000 LILLE

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LE PRESTIGE PALACE

Entertainment: music hall show. Open from Thursday to Sunday on booking.

Total capacity: 214 people. Groups of 20 to 214 people accepted. Rates from 53 euros to 90 euros, drinks included, children’s menu 3: euros. Traditional food. Access: bus 3 or 6 - stop "Palais de justice".

Phone : 03 20 30 32 40 Fax : 03 20 30 88 62

52 Avenue du Peuple Belge Quartier Vieux Lille 59000 LILLE

PUBS

TUDOR INN

Cocktail bar, cool ambience, lounge. Total capacity : 150 people (4 rooms), groups of up to 30 people accepted.

Types of music: varied. Types of client: 30 to 40 years. Open every day from 2 pm to 3 am.

Phone : 03 20 54 53 35 12 rue de la Vieille Comédie 59000 LILLE

PUBS

BAR PARALLELE

Relaxed atmosphere. Age of clients : 30 years and heterogeneous. Total capacity: 120 people (groups of 30 to

70, reservation necessary). Type of music: funk, jazz, rock. Access by public transport: all types of transport to stop "Gare Lille Flandres".

Phone : 03 28 07 73 97 41 - 43 rue Lepelletier Quartier Vieux Lille

59000 LILLE

N ightlife

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THEATRE

LILLE OPERA

A full programme of recitals and concerts, as well as top quality opera productions, is scheduled from December to June. The Lille Opera Company aims to attract as wide an

audience as possible. It works in conjunction with the Lille National Orchestra and the Atelier Lyrique de Tourcoing.

Place du Théâtre - Lille Tel. : +33 (0)3 28 38 40 50

LILLE NATIONAL ORCHESTRA

Since 1976, the Lille National Orchestra has developed a genuine artistic project: contemporary operas, providing opportunities for young talent and introducing the world of opera to a young audience. The Lille

National Orchestra, directed by Jean Claude Casadesus, is accommodated in the Nouveau Siècle, a Music Hall.

30, place Pierre Mendès France - Lille Tél. : +33 (0)3 20 12 82 40

CINEMAS

MAJESTIC

54 rue de Béthune - Lille Metro 1 - stop Rihour or République Tel: +33 (0)8 36 68 00 73

KINEPOLIS

Centre Commercial Carrefour

1 rue du château d'Isenghien - Lomme Metro 2 - stop Saint-Philibert Tel: +33 (0)8 92 68 75 70

F ocus on of the month

CASINO BARRIERE

The Lucien Barrière Group has opened a brand new complex situated 777 Pont de Flandres.

Designed by Jean-Paul Viguier, it includes a casino, a 5-star

hotel (opening before summer), a theatre, 3 restaurants and 4 theme bars.

Discover Les Hauts de Lille and its top choice menu, La Terrasse du Parc, the French Brasserie and Folie Douce,

the fast-food restaurant which offers fresh dishes and a take-away option.

Boréal is the new venue for parties in Lille. This is an

extraordinary bar offering a stage for music entertainment and shows. Le Carré opens at night and offers screens and projection surfaces to customise the venue with the colours

of your special event.

With the iBar, come and discover a revolutionary interactive concept! The screen-like surface of this bar will react to every move you make.

On more than 2500sq meters and two levels, the Casino offers slot machines and gaming tables such as black jack, English roulette and texas hold'em poker. A safe parking space is available.

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Exhibition Paul Signac: February 12 - May 22, 2011

La Piscine, in collaboration with the Museum Malraux in Le Havre, bring together for the first time in France the series of 100 watercolours of the harbours of France by Paul Signac, carried out between 1929 and 1931. The exhibition also demonstrates how Signac's work followed the rich historical tradition of Lorrain and Corrot, and even Vernet, Turner and Boudin.

Paul Signac was a French landscape artist who invented the pointillist painting technique along with Seurat.

When in April 1929 he undertook his tour of French ports, Paul Signac was undeniably following a long French painting tradition. After Claude Gellée, Joseph Vernet, Corot and Turner, who experimented with him, Signac is the one who viewed ports he visited in the most unrestricted manner, thanks to the technique used i.e. watercolour which enabled him "to avoid fixing sensations".

This exhibition, bringing together again one hundred watercolours featuring ports painted by Signac for the first time in France, is above all an important opportunity to pay tribute to the last painter of a long tradition.

This exhibition will be the first time that it will be possible to enjoy not only this series of watercolours showing views of ports before him by the main artists (such as Camille Corot, Joseph Turner, Eugène Boudin...) loaned to the museum especially for this exhibition by major museums in France and abroad

Practical information: La Piscine, Museum of art and industry 23 rue de l'Esperance – Roubaix Tel : +33 (0)3 20 69 23 60 www.roubaix-lapiscine.com

Open Tuesday - Thursday: 11 am - 6 pm, Friday: 11 am - 8 pm, Saturday and Sunday: 1 pm - 6 pm. Closed on Mondays and some bank holidays.

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T ransportation

Public Transport

Thanks to Transpole, Lille has a comprehensive public transport

network:

2 automatic metro lines (the VAL: automatic light vehicule) the world's first automatic subway (1983), 60 stops covering 45 km. Line 1: Villeneuve d'Ascq 4 Cantons <> Lille CHR B Calmette (Regional

Hospital) Line 2: Lomme Saint Philibert (Hospital) <> Tourcoing CH Dron (Hospital)

2 tram lines with more than 35 stops connecting Lille to Roubaix and Tourcoing.

Tramway R: Roubaix Eurotéléport <> Gare Lille Flandres Tramway T: Tourcoing centre <> Gare Lille Flandres

About 60 bus routes

The buses, trams and metros run every day (except May 1st) from

5.30 am to around midnight. Standard (single) fare for the entire network: €1.4: for a full-price single ticket. Set of 1: tickets: €11 ZAP ticket (3 tram or subway stations, transfert available): €:.7: Day Pass (available during 24h): €4 Evening Pass (after 7.:: pm): €2

The buses, trams and metros are free with City Pass!

Taxis

More than 150 taxis are available at the airport and at the Lille Flandres and Lille Europe train stations.

Booking: Lille train station taxis: +33 (0)3 20 06 64 00 Rihour taxis: +33 (0)3 20 55 20 56

Union taxis: +33 (0)3 20 06 06 06

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C ity pass 2011

A practical must-have, the Metropolitan Lille City Pass is the answer to all your visiting needs, whether you're staying one day or longer!

The Fine Arts Museum of Lille, the City Tour, the LaM (Museum of Modern art, Contemporary art and Outsider art) in Villeneuve d'Ascq, the Fine Arts Museum of Dunkerque, the Matisse Museum in Le Cateau-Cambrésis . . .

24h (€20) and 48h (€30) Pass:

Free entry to 27 tourist sites and attractions as well as Metropolitan Lille's public transportation network (subway, bus, tramway);

72h (€45):

In addition to receiving the same advantages as for the 1 and 2-day Pass, you'll receive free entry to 12 tourist sites and attractions in the Nord-Pas de Calais region as well as free, unlimited use of regional TER trains (SNCF).

Some museums are closed on Monday and/or Tuesday as well as during the first weekend in September (Lille's big Flea Market weekend)!

All the tourist sites are closed on January 1, May 1 and December 25.

For enquiries, call :891 56 2::4 (:.225€/mn) in France or +33 (0)3 59 57 94 00 from abroad.

How can you get the City Pass? :

At the Lille Tourist Office

- on-site, 7 days a week, Monday - Saturday: 9.30 am - 6.30 pm, Sunday and bank

holidays: 10 am - 12 pm / 2 pm - 5 pm (Closed January 1, May 1, and December 25)

- by telephone in France at :891 56 2::4 (:,225€ TTC / min)

- by telephone from abroad at +33 (0)3 59 57 94 00

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M useums

The Fine Art Museum (Palais

des Beaux-Arts)

Place de la République Metro line 1 – stop: République Beaux-Arts Tel: +33 (0)3 20 06 78 00 Open Monday: 2 pm - 6 pm, Wednesday - Sunday: 10 am - 6 pm.

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The museum of Natural

History

19 rue de Bruxelles Bus 13 or 14 – Stop: Jeanne d’Arc Tel: +33 (0)3 28 55 30 80

Open Monday - Friday: 9 am - 12 pm / 2 pm - 5 pm,

Sunday: 10 am - 1 pm / 2 pm - 6 pm.

Regional centre of architecture and urbanism

Place François Mitterrand

Metro line 1 or 2 - Stop: Gare Lille Flandres Tel.: +33 (0)3 20 14 61 15 Open Tuesday - Friday: 10 am - 12.30 pm / 2 pm - 5 pm, Saturday (during temporary

exhibitions): 11 am - 6 pm.

Charles de Gaulle’s birthplace

and museum

9 RUE PRINCESSE

BUS 3 OR 6 – STOP: MAGASIN TEL: +33 (0)3 28 38 12 05 OPEN WEDNESDAY - SATURDAY: 10 AM - 1 PM / 2 PM - 6 PM,

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