Lille - Info (Travel, Hotels, Bars, Directions etc)

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

There is of course http://www.lonelyplanet.com/france/northern-france/lille as well, I used these around the globe & always found them to be excellent, although it did put me off going to The Phillipines with an opening line of "Prepare yourself to be ripped off, from the customs man on arrival most people will be after what's in your pocket and try all manner of things to con you out of its contents."

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

"Coq Hardi 44 place Général-de-Gaulle. In a prime position on the main square, you can people-watch whilst eating one of the salads at €6–7 or specialities of the region from the €14 menu. Also open for drinks outside of meal times."

dont wanna be stuck with 1 of them all day

 

[Xylophène]

Gonna try and plant Everton mints in the window display.
http://www.letsgo-mag.com/city-guides/lille

Yes, Barbue d'Anvers is a nice place if you want to try local food and it's very close to the Grand' Place (Main Square) :
http://lebarbuedanvers.fr/index.php
And they have another restaurant in Lille which is not very far :
http://www.lepetitbarbue.fr/

And yes, Meert is very famous in Lille (like Fortnum & Mason in London) for their delicious pastries and waffles but it's expensive.
Another Lille's sweet specialty is "Les Merveilleux de Fred" :
http://auxmerveilleux.com/?lang=en
They even used to open 2 shops in London some months ago.


Another good spot if you want to eat something is to go to "Rue de Gand" (Ghent Street). It's a beautiful street not very far away from the Main Square and there are dozens of restaurants (regional food, gascon food, italian, greek, moroccan, etc).

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

Yes, Barbue d'Anvers is a nice place if you want to try local food and it's very close to the Grand' Place (Main Square) :
http://lebarbuedanvers.fr/index.php
And they have another restaurant in Lille which is not very far :
http://www.lepetitbarbue.fr/

And yes, Meert is very famous in Lille (like Fortnum & Mason in London) for their delicious pastries and waffles but it's expensive.
Another Lille's sweet specialty is "Les Merveilleux de Fred" :
http://auxmerveilleux.com/?lang=en
They even used to open 2 shops in London some months ago.


Another good spot if you want to eat something is to go to "Rue de Gand" (Ghent Street). It's a beautiful street not very far away from the Main Square and there are dozens of restaurants (regional food, gascon food, italian, greek, moroccan, etc).

Where are the cheap places to eat mate ? I notice that Thursday is Market day so I suppose there'll be Baguettes with huge sausages ? or is that just in Normandy ?

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

They have tons of onion in the Normandy saudsages btw and you dont half fart sausage smell after them.

 

[paulashcroftefc]

Where are the cheap places to eat mate ? I notice that Thursday is Market day so I suppose there'll be Baguettes with huge sausages ? or is that just in Normandy ?

je voudrais une baguette de
fromage de salami sil vous plait

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

je voudrais une baguette de
fromage de salami sil vous plait

saucisse

 

[evertony]

I think the biggest problem for Evertonians in the stadium will be with the french police and with Lille stewards who are sometimes really annoying (especially with drunk people).

I know that most of the Everton fans are friendly but I dont' know if the french police knows it.

But in the contrary, when Aston Villa or Liverpool FC came in Lille some years ago, I've never heard about some troubles so I think maybe I'm a kind of a scandalmonger.

IMO, it will be a huge party for you in Lille.

Je suis en accord Xylophene....Je pense que ce sera un tres bon soirée a Lille. Nous sommes des supporters appropries pas les idiotes normales.....mais, c'est vrai que nous aimons bien notre bier, et Aussie les nannettes!
Jusq'ue le 23eme octobre.

 

[tmgc]

Je suis en accord Xylophene....Je pense que ce sera un tres bon soirée a Lille. Nous sommes des supporters appropries pas les idiotes normales.....mais, c'est vrai que nous aimons bien notre bier, et Aussie les nannettes!
Jusq'ue le 23eme octobre.

Bonnet de douche Rodney!

 

[evertony]

Bonnet de douche Rodney!

Mon dieu, cap de monte Rodders

 

[michaelgt5]

Will the police let us drink in the main square? or will they try and keep us all inside the bars/pubs?

thanks

 

[GoatJR]

http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/2014/09/02/europa-league-travel-packages

 

[michaelgt5]

http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/2014/09/02/europa-league-travel-packages

£269 for a day trip to Lille without a ticket

you can do it a lot cheaper than that

 

[Pabbers]

Lada on coaches will have to pace themselves, we will see some states day of the game. Take it easy everyone.

 

[Luke]

Lada on coaches will have to pace themselves, we will see some states day of the game. Take it easy everyone.

Yeah we are leaving at 10PM on the Wednesday and coming back straight after the game. Gonna be knackering but worth it if we win.