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#1 Tourist information about Lille (you can also ask for accomodation)
it's open until 6 pm every day (Palais Rihour) here Subway Rihour
you can join them by phone +33 359 579 400 (normal/local fare) dial * then 1 for or 2 for spoken
or at https://en.lilletourism.com/ you can download EN guides NL Guides wiki


#2 cheap accomodation (for example) :
Hotel BB Lille Centre they still have free rooms at 42 € for sat and 78 € for fri+sat
youth-hostel

#3 coming to Lille
your best friend will be https://www.rome2rio.com/
a) by plane :
airport LIL CDG BRU CRL
then from airport :
LIL = airport shuttle
CDG = flixbus or train
BRU = flixbus or train
CRL = flibco direct shuttle from CRL airport to LILLE

b) by train
from northern europe you will have to change at brussels-midi station

#4 how to get
ATM in won't give you so I prepare a plan to Kbc/Cbc ATM

By train weekdays
Mon-Fri Lille -> Mouscron/Moeskroen return ticket by train 13,80 € https://www.sncf-connect.com/
Mon-Fri Lille -> Tournai return ticket by train 14.1 € https://www.sncf-connect.com/

By bus 7/7 info from Ilevia by phone +33 320 40 40 40 (normal/local fare no extra charge)
Mon-sun Lille -> 50 minutes by bus L91 direction Halluin-Gounod stop at Halluin-Douane return ticket cost 3,30 €
you can get this bus at stop 'Lycee Louis Pasteur' corner of street 'rue militaire' and boulevard carnot Here
-> then walk 10 mn to Menin/Menen KBC Bank Menen, Rijselstraat 38
Mon-sun Lille -> 55 minutes by bus L86 direction and stop at Comines Gare (FR) return ticket cost 3,30 €
you can get this bus at stop 'Lycee Louis Pasteur' corner of street 'rue militaire' and boulevard carnot Here
-> then walk 10 mn to Comines-Warneton/Komen (BE) CBC+Bank Rue de la Gare 8, 7780 Comines-Warneton, Belgique

I found a new route to join Mouscron by Subway M2 / bus from Lille 7/7
fisrt you take Subway M2 direction Chr DRON from Lille Flandres to Roubaix euroteleport (every 15 mn) (20 mn)
then take TEC bus line MVR every hour from Roubaix euroteleport to Mouscron station (30 mn)

you can ask us by MP for more informations

#5 For those who arrive earlier or leave later

here are additionnal tips

marché de wazemmes Subway Wazemmes or Gambetta
palais des beaux arts with Collection of Planreliefs Subway Republique
Museum of modern art villeneuve d'ascq see Ilevia for trip plan Subway M2 stop Fort de Mons then bus L6
La Piscine museum Roubaix Subway Roubaix Gare Jean Lebas
Main hall of Old chamber of commerce (only open week days until 5h30 pm closed Fri 4h30 pm) Subway Rihour

Phil & Jack

Are ATMs in the same dot of Lille or not

mico wrote: ↑Sat Jun 15, 2019 5:21 pm Are ATMs in the same dot of Lille or not

Mouscron or Tournai are in the same dot but different Dot from lille

Kleman wrote: ↑Sat Jun 15, 2019 5:29 pm

mico wrote: ↑Sat Jun 15, 2019 5:21 pm Are ATMs in the same dot of Lille or not

Mouscron or Tournai are in a different Dot (the same one)

Mouscron and Tournai are in another dot with Roubaix/Tourcoing
Comines and Menin are in dot with Lille and Lesquin airport
Jack

5) For those who arrive earlier or leave later

here are additionnal tips

marché de wazemmes Subway Wazemmes or Gambetta
palais des beaux arts with Collection of Planreliefs Subway Republique
Museum of modern art villeneuve d'ascq see Ilevia for trip plan Subway M2 stop Fort de Mons then bus L6
La Piscine museum Roubaix Subway Roubaix Gare Jean Lebas
Main hall of Old chamber of commerce (open week days until 5h30 pm closed Fri 4h30 pm and week-ends) Subway Rihour

Phil & Jack

+33 is the international "calling code" for France. dial +33 3.... for Lille (never dial zero before second digit number to call EX: 03...)
for example if you call tourist office in Lille you have to dial +33 359 579 400 if you have to call transport company named Ilevia dial +33 320 40 40 40 both number are local/landline number no extra charge
If a number begins with 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, then it is a landline number (see here to know where the call comes from), if there is a 06 or 07 it's a mobile phone number, if it begins with 0800 and 0805 it's a "numero verde" (toll-free number). There are other kinds of numbers, such as those beginning with 082 to 089, or short numbers that are special numbers ( mainly by phone companies),
1 is used for emergencies: 112 (general emergency number: if you need help, call it), 17 (police), 18 (firefighters),
eg. (0)320 - means that the call is coming from Lille

I will arrive in Lille around 10am on Friday
Is there a meeting point for Friday afternoon? Or directly for dinner?

how to get
ATM in won't give you so I prepare a plan to ATM : they are open 7am to 10pm 7/7 days
ATM's CBC (35x max.) -
BPost (40 ou 50x depends type of ATM if proposed by ATM
BNP Paribas Fortis ATM miraculous Wincor-Nixdorf, 99x max.)
Belfius (6x at a time for non customer

By train weekdays
Mon-Fri Lille -> Mouscron/Moeskroen return ticket by train 13,80 € https://en.oui.sncf/en/
Mon-Fri Lille -> Tournai return ticket by train 14.1 € https://en.oui.sncf/en/

By bus 7/7 info from Ilevia by phone +33 320 40 40 40 (normal/local fare no extra charge)
Mon-sun Lille -> 50 minutes by bus L91 direction Halluin-Gounod stop at Halluin-Douane return ticket cost 3,30 €
you can get this bus at stop 'Lycee Louis Pasteur' corner of street 'rue militaire' and boulevard carnot Here
-> then walk 10 mn to Menin/Menen KBC Bank Menen, Rijselstraat 38
Mon-sun Lille -> 55 minutes by bus L86 direction and stop Comines Gare (FR) return ticket cost 3,30 €
you can get this bus at stop 'Lycee Louis Pasteur' corner of street 'rue militaire' and boulevard carnot Here
-> then walk 10 mn to Comines-Warneton/Komen (BE) CBC+Bank Rue de la Gare 8, 7780 Comines-Warneton, Belgique

I found a new route to join Mouscron by Subway M2/bus from Lille 7/7
fisrt you take M2 direction Chr DRON from Lille Flandres to Roubaix euroteleport (every 15 mn) (20 mn)
then take TEC bus line MVR every hour from Roubaix euroteleport to Mouscron gare (30 mn)

you can ask us by MP for more informations

If you cross the border around Lille and visit Belgium, please remind that the linguistic borders are rather strange :
from southeast to northwest :
Tournai, Mouscron are in french speaking area.
then you have ; Kortrijk (Courtrai), Wevelgem, Menen (Menin), Geluve, Wervik ( not to be confused with Wervicq-Sud ) these towns are in flemish speaking area,
then you have Comines (Komen) (not to be confused with Comines ) , Warneton, Gher, Ploegsteert, le Bizet, these towns belong to the french speaking area
then, you arrive north-western of Le Bizet, Nieuwkerke (Neuve-Eglise) - Dranouter, Westhouter, Poperinge, Ieper (Ypres) belong to the flemish speaking area.
And when you drive back to , keep in mind that, in the flemish area, the names of french towns are written in flemish : Rijsel is Lille , Belle is Bailleul, Armentiers is Armentières, Haluijn is Halluin, Hazebroek is Hazebrouck...

For anyone needing information about the transportations in and around Lille , here are two interesting websites :

https://www.ilevia.fr/fr/

https://en.lilletourism.com/getting-around-lille.html

Jackgaillard wrote: ↑Thu Aug 15, 2019 7:33 pm ATM in won't give you

Oh, not even at the post offices? My reference is still a 2011 article by Guy Sohier on Bulletin Numismatique (n.º 87, p. 28), titled "Les billets de 5€ et les DAB…" No longer valid?

Sunday in louvre-Lens
For those who want to visit the Musée du Louvre in Lens on sunday you can go by train from Lille-Flandres station to Lens then when out of station turn left you'll see bus station and
a) bulle1 direction Lievin 2nd stop named Parc-Louvre-Lens twice an hour (only buy ticket at machines)
b) Line41 once an hour 6th stop named Louvre-lens (you can also buy ticket at driver)

tell us if interested ?
Jack

Hello
you can still find accomodation in Lille to come to SETM2019 next week
Here Hotel BB Lille Centre
they have rooms for 42 € on Saturday 24/08 and 78 € on Fri+Sat

Jack

I found a new route to join Mouscron by bus from Lille 7/7
fisrt you take M2 direction Chr DRON from Lille Flandres to Roubaix euroteleport (every 15 mn) (20 mn)
then take TEC bus line MVR every hour from Roubaix euroteleport to Mouscron gare (30 mn)

I found five postal codes for Lille in this web site https://www.laposte.fr/particulier/outi ... ode-postal
what is the exact one please