Marché de Wazemmes — Local services in Lille

Lovely, typical French Sunday market within walking distance of hotel. We entered around 9am near the Metro station where several bric-a-brac stalls/vendors were set up and it was already very busy and it is easy to follow the crowd towards the main area with stalls along the way selling a variety of socks, food and shoes.The main market is in the main square and is very large and mainly consists of clothes/shoes and fruit and veg stalls. There are a few antique/bric-a-brac stalls around the side and rear of the church in the main square however and the Indoor market appears to be mainly food retailers. The square is ringed with cafes and brasseries and plenty of options to take a break for refreshments and people watch, with good humoured staff. Well worth a Sunday morning visit for a few hours for a slow preamble on a sunny,...

Surprisingly, the market was open on Sunday when almost everything was closed, even including the big Westfield shopping mall in Lille is closed on Sundays.

The market is very clean for a market standard. You can find anything you need there with very good prices.

There's also fish and seafood stall with small restaurants where you can buy the seafood and ask them to cook for you, so you can eat them there accompanied by amazing beers from the local small beer stalls in the market.

Outside this market, there's another outdoor market that looks much messier than this. But it's interesting enough to look around and see the real local people do they Sunday shopping in the...

Incredible market, with a roofed and enclosed section with fantastic fish, meat and bread. Not so much in the way of leather goods as there used to be 20 years ago (my second visit was then). Also there seems to only be one ATM / cash point on a sunday which means queuing for ages if you want fast food as not all the vendors will accept card around the outer bit. But then it is supposed to be a market 🙂 the inside stalls do tend to take card (carte) but do not assume you can flash the plastic. It can get VERY busy on a sunday and do watch your wallet/purse. It is very easy to find from the Metro stop just head towards the church across the play area .. you will...