| The city of Lille, which was built on the
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| | the end of the rue de la Monnaie, where
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| Deule River, and was first founded in
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| | the locals say the fruit is better
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| 1066, during the Medieval ages. In the
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| | quality.
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| 19th Century, the city Lille became a
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| | The city has over 100,000 students to
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| large industrial city, and the population
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| | keep the night life vibrant, although one
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| tripled in a short time.
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| | of the nice things about Lille night life
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| Lille was taken by the Germans in May
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| | is that different age groups mix. Beer is
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| 1940, after brief resistance by a
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| | the drink of choice, and almost every
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| Moroccan Infantry division. On September
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| | beer has a glass to match. The student
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| 3rd 1944 the German troops began to leave
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| | hang-outs lining the rues Massena and
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| Lille, fearing the British, who were on
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| | Solferino. If you want a quite night the
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| their way from Brussels. Following this,
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| | best night spots are in cosy bars in
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| the Lille resistance managed to retake
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| | Vieux Lille.
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| part of the city before the British tanks
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| | The Hospice Comtesse Museum is located in
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| arrived.
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| | the heart of Lille's old town. Founded in
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| Lille was once known as "the Manchester
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| | 1237 by Joan of Constantinople, Countess
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| of France" but the old textile mills and
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| | of Flanders for the ailing inhabitants of
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| dirty heavy industry have now gone,
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| | Lille, the rambling edifice is a maze of
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| driven out of business in the second half
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| | rooms where old wards follow on to a
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| of the 20th century by lower cost foreign
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| | chapel and a nunnery.
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| producers.
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| | On the out skirts the Museum of Modern
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| The city is a haven for shoppers.
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| | Art houses an extensive and varied
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| Euralille Avenue Le Courbusier was opened
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| | collection of 20th-century and modern art
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| with the channel tunnel in 1994, this
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| | originating from various donations,
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| impressive business and leisure
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| | including the Aracine and Masurel
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| development houses over 140 shops, hotel
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| | collections. The museum has also
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| and apartments on street level, a
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| | developed a strong collection of
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| Carrefour hypermarket, a roller blading
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| | contemporary art focusing on Lyrical
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| venue in the basement and in one of the
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| | Abstraction and Narrative Figuration,
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| tower blocks is Aeronef, music venue and
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| | with works by Daniel Buren, Martin Barre,
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| a nightclub.
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| | Jean-Pierre Bertrand, Gerard Gasiorowski
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| High-street brands line the pedestrians
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| | and Claude Rutault. In 1995 the museum
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| streets in Central Lille. Sunday is
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| | received a substantial donation of art
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| market day. The biggest is at Wazemmes
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| | brut from L'Aracine.
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| but there's another one in Old Lille, at
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