Lille, France

Lille was one of the most surprising cities for me. I went there without more expectations but when I was there I really like the city and atmosphere there. I went to Lille from Bruge by Bus. It took almost 2 hours to arrive there and when I arrived I found a hostel and rested a bit there. The first place I recognized there was a big shopping center Westfield Eurolille.

After resting a bit I walked to the center and I was so close to the train station. The station was looking like a nice building and there was a road in front of that and each side of the road have so big cartoon sculptures. They were looking so nice through the road. When I walked more on that road I went to the Lille opera building and there was looking well-designed building as well.

Then just next to the opera building I saw Beffroi de la Chambre de Commerce de Lille building and which has a big clock tower with the building. I visited that building on the second day and the inside of the building was also amazing. I like that building and the view from there. They are used for a commercial centers. Then I walked to the La Vieille Bourse area. First looking at the city was so nice for me and I walked through some streets and eat dinner in a restaurant then I wanted to rest a bit in the hostel and came back for resting.

On the second day first I went to a bakery place and I bought something quickly for breakfast.  The bakery place name is Boulangerie Mathieu. They had some nice sandwiches and bakeries. Then I walked through the Equestrian Statue of Louis Faidh and sit there to eat something. Then I wanted to visit the Palais des Beaux-Arts museum from the outside and they were doing some filming inside.

After that, I walked to the Beffroi de Lille but there was closed that day. I saw firefighters training from the tower and took some pictures of them. Porte de Paris monument was there as well and I visited there too. Close to there, I sit a bit in the café and then Parc Jean-Baptiste Lebas Park

I visited the Porte de Gand and that area was nice with many well-designed buildings and cafés. Ilot Comtesse was a nice area with some sculptures and I took some photos there. Then I walked to the Notre dame de la Treille Cathedral and went inside it was really cool area also the weather was so hot that day and I rested a bit there. Next to the Cathedral, there was Le Campanile Saint Nicholas building too.

After that, I walked to the Parc de la Citadelle and that park was huge I walked a lot and I saw some military points as well and there was no allowance to go inside they put some online guides to show what that area look like.

After I came back to the center and visited again the areas there was a Colonne de la Deesse statue in the center. Then I walked more to the train station and I wanted to see inside the station too. There was a nice place inside as well. Then I walked to the Shopping center which is Westfield Eurolille. That shopping center was so big and I ate something there and took a bus to the Brussel.

The places for visiting with a list;

1. Parc  de la Citadelle
2. Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church
3. Musee de l’Hospice Comtesse
4. Notre Dame de la Treille Cathedral
5. Le Campanile Saint Nicolas
6. Ilot Comtesse
7. Le Vieux Lille
8. Palais Rihour
9. Porte de Gand
10. Colonne de la Deesse
11. La Vieille Bourse
12. Beffroi de la Chambre de Commerce de Lille
13. Lille Opera
14. Equestrian statue of Louis Faidherbe
15. Musee des Canonniers de Lille
16. Palais des Beaux Arts
17. Saint Maurice Catholic Church
18. Jardin des Geants
19. Henri Matisse Park
20. Beffroi de LillePorte de Paris
21. Lille Grand Palais
22. Parc Barbieux