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Whether you decide on a Sunday-night tango with stranger in a renaissance cloister, or order a bowl of onion soup at dawn, should you explore France´s best art collection outside Paris or head for the discount designer stores of the legendary flea-markets, if you share a sandwich with artists in an old post office building or discover the Michelin starred chefs of tomorrow, a decade since Lille was first chosen as European Capital of Culture the city has not stopped partying since. Just as the city continues to re-invent itself with ever more exciting places to eat, to explore to relax and to stay, so the latest edition of the award-winning Bradt Guide keeps up with the changes and continues to share the secrets of the past, present and future of a capital of Culture, of Flanders and of Life.

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Lille City Guide - Holiday tips and travel advice on accommodation, local cuisine, wine, shopping, ferries, battlefields, history and architecture, walking tours. Also highlighting arts and culture, museums, Palais des Beaux Arts, Vieille Bourse, Renaissance architecture, entertainment and nightlife, hiking and cycling, Roubaix, Seclin, Tourcoing.

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