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Published: December 16th 2011
The first thing that took our attention when arriving at Lille was the big wheel at the city center. It was even hard to miss :-) Besides the big wheel there was a huge Christmas tree. There were a lot people in the city centre. We heard a lot of dutch-speaking people, sounds logical with the Belgian border so close-by.
The Christmas Market was bigger than expected. It was nice, with the usual things that you can typically find at those markets. We bought some presents, and I took a few pictures of nice decorated market stalls (or is it rather kitsch...).
We visited the city on foot, but it is also possible to rent bikes.
The style of the houses looked very Flemish to me. There are a lot of nice shops, we especially remember lots of interior shops.The "Vieille Bourse" was also worth visiting. In the center of it, there were books for sale.
The "patissiers" immediately took our attention. In one particularly you could see how they made the "merveilleux de Lille". Looked very appetizing. We couldn't resist it, so we bought some of them, which we ate while walking around. In the bakery
there was a splendid luster.
At night the city looked beautiful. Very different shapes of colour. We really liked it!
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Nicole
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I'd like to visit again around Christmas
Hi, I really enjoyed your nice pictures and artcle about the Christmas market in Lille. unfortunately I was been in Lille only im summer. but still an amazing city it is. If you're interested, you can check my article about Lille here http://www.escargotholiday.com/france/destinations/Lille.html