Whether you decide on a Sunday-night tango with stranger in a renaissance cloister or order a
bowl of onion soup at dawn should you explore France's best art collection outside Paris or
head for the discount designer stores of the legendary flea-markets if you share a sandwich
with artists in an old post office building or discover the Michelin starred chefs of tomorrow
a decade since Lille was first chosen as European Capital of Culture the city has not stopped
partying since. Just as the city continues to re-invent itself with ever more exciting places
to eat to explore to relax and to stay so the latest edition of the award-winning Bradt Guide
keeps up with the changes and continues to share the secrets of the past present and future of
a capital of Culture of Flanders and of Life.