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Lille Battlefields Tour |  Place Rihour
4 Apr - 12 Dec 2009; Sat only (annual)
Some of the First World War's most important battles were fought around Ypres. Lille's tourist office (in the Place Rihour) runs a Saturday tour which takes visitors to the battlefields of Messines, visiting significant monuments, memorials and cemeteries en route. |
Christmas Market |  Place Rihour
18 Nov - 30 Dec 2009 (annual)
Get into the festive spirit with Lille's month-long Christmas Market. The Place Rihour is taken over by stalls selling arts and crafts. There's entertainment for children plus a Ferris wheel and traditional Christmas delicacies to try, or take away. |
Wine and Gastronomy Fair |  Lille Grand Palais
Feb 2010 (annual)
Discover regional products and local flavours at this friendly wine and food festival, held at Lille's Grand Palais. |
Tourissima |  Lille Grand Palais
Feb 2010 (annual)
The Tourissima show at the Lille Grand Palais is devoted to everything that's new in the holiday industry. Over 800 companies are on hand to discuss your every holiday desire at this giant exhibition. |
Golden Ladle Soup Festival |  Wazemmes
May 2010 (annual)
Lille's Golden Ladle Soup Festival (La Louche d'Or) brings soup connoisseurs together each year in the Wazemmes quarter of the city. The marketplace and bistros are the focus, with local bands performing and cooks rustling up delicious soups all day. |
Nuit des Musées |  Lille
May 2010 (annual)
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. |
Wazemmes Accordion Festival |  Maison Folie Wazemmes
May 2010 (annual)
Lille's Wazemmes district parties during May's Accordion Festival. You're likely to come across impromptu performances, dancing and revelry in bars across town but most major concerts take place at the Maison Folie de Wazemmes. |
Latitudes Contemporaines Festival |  Lille
Jun 2010 (annual)
The Latitudes Contemporaines Festival showcases cutting-edge dance at venues across Lille, including the Maison Folie Wazemmes and Théâtre de l'Oiseau Mouche. Alongside choreographed routines, there are installations, films and workshops. |
Europe XXL at the Tri Postal |  Tri Postal
Mar - Jul 2010 (annual)
The annual Lille 3000 arts festival returns to Lille's Tri Postal under the 2009 theme of frontières invisibles (Europe in movement). The main exhibition, Europe XXL, concentrates on the restructuring of the continent following the fall of the Berlin Wall. |
Transphotographiques Festival |  Maison de la Photographie
May - Jul 2010 (annual)
Lille's annual Transphotographiques Festival, held at the Maison de la Photographie, is a major exhibition dedicated to contemporary photography. Exhibiting artists in 2009 include Oiko Petersen, Andrzej Dragan and Dita Pepe. |
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