You want to visit Lille while spending as little as possible?
Then follow this Top 11 of free visits, museums and activities to do in Lille that we have created for you to enjoy without breaking the bank.
Before we get started, here are our top 3 favorite visits in Lille
💸 To discover Lille’s most remarkable monuments, use public transport for free and save money, we highly recommend taking the Lille City Pass.
📸 Then, we really recommend you to take this guided tour in the old Lille. The guide is fascinating and the tour super interesting! Book it here.
Finally, our 😍 activity: a guided tour of the cobblestone streets of Lille in an iconic Citroen 2CV. This is our readers’ favorite activity so go for it! Book here. (be careful, places are going fast)
Table des matières
The Old Stock Exchange
This is without a doubt one of the most beautiful buildings in Lille! We strongly invite you to enter the Vieille Bourse, which is located directly in front of the Opera
Its purpose is to offer a moment of peace and relaxation in the heart of the city’s bustle. You can go there to look for old books, records, to decorate posters or even play a game of chess…
Every afternoon, except on Monday every afternoon, except on Monday, a second-hand book market is held in the courtyard of the Old Bourse. In summer, you can even attend free tango evenings on sunday. As a bonus, the monument alone is worth the detour!
Address : Place Charles de Gaulle, 59000 Lille
Website : https://www.lille.fr/Nos-equipements/La-Vieille-Bourse
The Saint-Sauveur train station
The St. Sauveur train station, the place where the trendy people of Lille pass by, is a place that we advise you to put on your list of things to do during your stay there!
The inhabitants of Lille go there for many things, but also to enjoy the free concerts they offer every week. And what about the variety of shows and concerts offered, except that there is something for all ages and tastes?
At the Gare Saint-Sauveur, there is now free access to a children’s cinema, exhibitions, concerts and even a city farm!
We recommend you to go there because it’s one of the best cultural places in Lille where you don’t have to pay for to pay for the fun, so take advantage of it!
Address : 17 Boulevard Jean-Baptiste Lebas, 59800 Lille
Website: https: //www.lille.fr/Nos-equipements/Gare-Saint-Sauveur
Visit the museums for free in Lille on the first Sunday of each month
With the richness and diversity of the Lille metropolis, there’s no excuse to take a little trip alone, as a couple or as a family to discover the cultural heritage that around you!
All the museums of Lille metropolis are free on the first Sunday of each month, so we invite you to note this date in your visit plan!
Website : https://www.lille.fr/Que-faire-a-Lille/Envie-de-culture/Musees-et-expositions2
The city hall and its belfry
Have you already enjoyed Lille from the sky? We invite you we invite you here to take a little height every 1st Wednesday of the month free of charge by climbing the steps of the belfry of Lille, classified as a uNESCO World Heritage Site, and enjoy a breathtaking view of the city.
Double advantage: the view will enchant you and you will be physically active all day long by climbing the 104 meters and the 400 steps of the of the monument! For the less athletic, there is an elevator at the end of the first 100 first 100 steps.
The interior of the town hall is not lacking in charm either.
Address : Place Augustin Laurent, 59033 Lille
Website : http://www.lille.fr/
The entrance hall of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry
All the locals know this building in the city center, as majestic as it is impressive. But few of them are those who dare to climb the stairs and cross the open access doors of this of this historical place of Lille.
We guarantee you a surprise effect with its numerous marble columns, its frescoes and its chandeliers to take your breath away..
Address : Pl. du Théâtre, 59000 Lille
Website : https://hautsdefrance.cci.fr/cci-grand-lille/
The Wazemmes market
It is a real institution in Lille! We don’t count anymore the number of people in Lille who like enjoy the atmosphere of the Wazemmes market on Tuesdays, Thursdays and especially on sunday mornings.
It’s a bit like a flea market where you can find all sorts of things at really low prices. But you don’t have to go shopping to go to the Wazemmes market: we also invite you to go there to soak up the soul of Wazemmes!
Address : Place Nouvelle Aventure, 59000 Lille
Website : https://www.lille.fr/Nos-equipements/Marche-de-Wazemmes
An open air mapping show
The mapping is THE big trend of the moment of the moment, which allows you to attend sound and light shows where the projection screen where the projection screen is nothing less than the emblematic buildings of the city!
Video Mapping Festival starts its first edition in the region with two evenings in Lille and Villeneuve d’Ascq. We recommend you to take part in the opening ceremony of this event, as free tours of the city are often organized in parallel often organized in parallel.
Address: various places in Lille during the Video Mapping Festival
Website: https: //www.videomappingfestival.com/ (Video Mapping Festival)
Visit the Lille Zoo for free
The inhabitants of Lille have the to have a free zoo all year long! That’s why we encourage you to take advantage of your stay to discover the 350 animals that live there live there. Travel through Asia, from the African savannah to the tropics, following the many animations proposed to accompany your visit.
Address : Avenue Mathias Delobel, 59000 Lille
Website : https://www.lille.fr/Zoo-de-Lille
The Braderie of Lille
If you are in Lille on the first Sunday of of September, you are lucky!
Indeed, it is at this time that the Braderie de Lille, the biggest flea market in Europe, takes place! The access is free and there are good offers. If you don’t have the chance to be to be present in Lille for this occasion, we invite you to visit the the rest of the year to visit the second hand stores and flea markets, in the same spirit of giving a second life to objects!
Address : 2 bis Rue Frédéric Mottez, 59800 Lille
Website : https://www.braderie-de-lille.fr/
The musical blind test evenings
The musical blind test evenings have become popular in Lille, and that’s why we invite you to take part in one of to take part in one of them!
Many bars are surfing on this wave this wave to satisfy the amateurs of guessing games around the music music. We recommend Wednesday night at l’Escalier or La Chapelle 2, both located in the old Lille.
Address : 18 Rue de la Halle, 59800 Lille (Stairway) ; 61 Rue Saint-André, 59000 Lille (La Chapelle 2)
Website: https: //fr-fr.facebook.com/lestairway (Stairway); http://www.lachapelle2-lille.com/ (La Chapelle 2)
A stroll on the waterfront at one hour from Lille
Of course, the weather is not often for a little trip to the seaside when you are in Lille… but why not in Lille… but why not try the experience? It’s true, after all after all: we still recommend you to go there, because it is only an hour is only one hour away from the city!
Indeed, there is nothing more invigorating than a walk along the waterfront in the cool of the late the cool of the off-season… even in the rain! The activity, in itself, is free, but you’ll just have to find a free, but you’ll just have to find a way to get there.
Address : Malo-les-Bains, Petit-Fort-Philippe, Bray-Dune (among others)
Website : https://www.plages.tv/proche/lille-25978
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