Lille (59 Nord, Hauts de France) is a big and vibrant northern French city which is well worth a visit – but it’s not somewhere I associate with peace and…
Compiegne (61 Oise, Picardie) – just off the A1 autoroute north of Paris – Hotel Restaurant Au Relais Napoleon – see map (more…)
Calais has a new space for the arts at the old Abattoir, now known as "le Channel". This is an interesting complex of buildings which lends itself to a wide…
The town of Licques (62 Pas de Calais) about 16 miles south of Calais holds its annual Turkey Festival (Fête de la Dinde) in the run up to Christmas (15-17…
Until 20 January 2008 there is a splendid exhibition of Marc Chagall's ceramics at the art-deco gallery at La Piscine de Roubaix, the coverted 1930s municipal swimming pool at Roubaix…
Boulogne-sur-Mer (62 Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais) celebrates Christmas well with a particular focus on Christmas foods. On Saturday 1 December 2007 the St Niicholas parade through the town announces the arrival of…
Lille takes Christmas seriously with the city brightly decorated and a big ferris wheel in the main square, With Christmas fast approaching, Lille is decked out in lights and colour.…
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