Visit Lille, the fourth largest city in France, and enjoy its sense of community and its varied cultural scene.
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Lille is one of the northern-most cities in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, lying close to the border with Belgium. Lille is conveniently located in the centre of the triangle connecting London, Paris, and Brussels. The city is one-and-a-half hours by car from Brussels, two hours from Paris, and three-and-a-half hours from London. Use the A22 motorway for the Belgian border, Ghent, and Brussels.
Follow the A25 to Dunkerque and Calais to catch a ferry to England. The A1 runs south from Lille straight to Paris. French is spoken in Lille, but English is widely understood. All payments are made in euros only, and most cards are accepted.
Lille is proud of its dynamic business environment and the large number of headquarters of leading companies located here. The presence of renowned commercial giants creates a flourishing entrepreneurial atmosphere that small and mid-sized companies can benefit from. The Lille region attracts a lot of foreign investment and has the third-largest financial market in France, with the insurance sector being the most prominent.
Historically, Lille has a well-developed textile industry, and therefore it has been a logical starting point for French mass retailing. CETI, the European Centre for Innovative Textiles, is located here. Another important source of export revenue for Lille is the automotive industry. The FEAL, Forum on European Automotive Industry in Lille, is a regular meeting point for all the international heavyweights in the automotive industry for conferences, networking, and workshops, where the present and future challenges of the industry are addressed.
Foreign enterprise and investment forms nearly half of Lille’s wealth. Since Brexit, Lille has offered a balanced solution for UK entrepreneurs who look for a convenient place to set up their import-export business and trade with the EU. Thanks to available warehouse and office space at affordable prices and a convenient location, Lille is now home to over 97,000 small and medium enterprises, and more international companies continue to move in.
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Lille is a welcoming and dynamic place to live, thanks to the growing international community and relatively low cost of living. The city is not yet overcrowded with tourists and has welcomed a population of creative youth, making it a colourful and exciting place to be.
Recently, Lille ranked as one of the cheapest places to live in Europe, taking into account real estate prices and general costs. Add to this the city’s stunning architecture, fresh food markets, luxury shopping, hipster cafés, and restaurants that serve excellent French food at reasonable prices, and you get a lovely place to live and enjoy the best of the traditional French lifestyle combined with a trendy, youthful vibe. No wonder Lille has become increasingly popular with foreign entrepreneurs who relocate here with families and businesses.
For those who are looking for an active lifestyle and nature in their lives, there are ample parks with inexhaustible hiking trails, seven lakes, and the Atlantic coast of France. Culture-loving visitors can choose from twenty museums, numerous cinemas, and fifteen superb theatre and concert venues.
Not surprisingly, Lille was elected European Capital of Culture in 2004 and has been promoting the city's cultural heritage and contemporary artists since. The Palais des Beaux-Arts museum hosts France’s second-largest art collection after the Louvre, which includes works by Goya, Rembrandt, and Rubens.
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The nearest airport to Lille is Lille-Lesquin airport which operates regular flights to several European destinations and serves almost a million passengers each year. The airport is only seven kilometres away from the city centre. Take the bus from the airport to the M1 metro line of Lille, which you can then use to travel to your destination in the city.
Despite the distance, Paris’ airport Charles de Gaulle is very convenient for Lille. A fast TGV train will take you to Lille in one hour, and the fares are flexible.
Early bookings can offer considerable savings. Another easy way to get to Lille is flying to Charleroi in Belgium and taking a fast train with a change in Brussels. The trip will take just over two hours.
One of the easiest ways to get to Lille is using Eurostar trains. Almost all of them stop at Lille, for some Lille is the first stop after London. It takes one hour and twenty minutes to Lille Europe train station which offers convenient connections to other European cities.
Train fares are flexible and early booking is advisable. For getting around Flanders, use regional RER trains. They start from Lille Flanders train station, 400 metres away from Lille Europe station, and offer cheap regional travel.
The underground in Lille is well-connected with the bus and tram network. Two automatic metro lines cover 45 kilometres and over 60 stops. All public transport is covered by the same ticket system, so you can use your tickets for buses and the underground alike.
The entire city of Lille is covered by an efficient network of 60 bus and tram routes. All routes operate from 5.30 am to midnight. Consider a day travel pass for unlimited travel for twenty-four hours.
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