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Lille, part 2

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Part 1

The second part of our trip in the fourth largest city of France.
Her we will see more working class part of Lille area : Wazemmes, Roubaix


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#3 ·
Roubaix is a city of about 100,000 inhabitants located 8 kms north-easterner from Lille. With Tourcoing and other smaller towns, these cities form a conurbation of 1,107,000 inhabitants on 611 square km.

Here are the densest 161 sq/km of the conurbation:

 
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I just got back from Paris and Lille. The first thing that you notice upon arriving into Lille from Paris is how much more color Lille has and of course the use of red and brown brick which is quite rare in Paris. In fact, Lille is more colorful than the average French city. I can only think of Nice, Strasbourg and other cities of the French Riviera and Alsace that has as much color.

I wonder if Belgians feel like they have not left home when they visit Lille. It's so Belgian/Flemish looking.
 
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I can only think of Nice, Strasbourg and other cities of the French Riviera and Alsace that has as much color.
You just forgot Toulouse! And all the region around Toulouse. :|

Also most cities in overseas France are very colorfull. Bayonne and the other French Basque cities are also quite colorful. Perpignan and the cities in Roussillon (the French part of Catalonia) are also quite colorful.
 
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I went to Lille once, in 1996. It's probably the most "British" looking large city outside of the UK and Ireland, especially the suburbs. I felt right at home there...like I was in an extension of south east England, but with French flair and some Flemish architecture thrown in, for good measure.

I really, really liked Lille. It is kind of gritty, but that's part of the charm.
 
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