Visit the metropole
There’s always something to do in Lille and its Metropole. The Metropole offers a huge range of tourist activities, with enjoyable outings and great strolls around with family and friends or just by yourself. Whether you want to go out, explore museums, visit breweries, walk in the park or dive into a swimming pool, the Lille Metropole area has it all. It’s up to you to choose the outing that will please everyone!
Lille Metropole has all the advantages of a major tourist destination: located at a strategic European intersection with a wealth of train and plane access possibilities, a very diverse offering, beautiful natural landscapes, a culture capital with an extraordinary historical and architectural heritage... It's no surprise more and more French and foreign tourists opt for Lille Metropole every year.
What is particular about tourism is that it brings together both public and private players with a common goal, enhance the appeal of the city, boost the economy and create jobs. For this reason, the Metropole works in a spirit of partnership through its Hello Lille tourism agency and a network of 9 tourism offices.
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Héritage Bière: The first French tourism label for breweries
In collaboration with thirty-five breweries, the Lille Metropole created the “Héritage bière” label, a tour quality label, awarded to regional craft breweries who offer tours to tourists. A first in France.
This brewery tourism label has a graphic identity based on beer codes (hops, water and barley) and the purpose of which is specified through the concepts of “meeting, discovering and sharing”. The aim is to heighten the visibility of breweries open to visitors and to share our brewing culture.
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An innovative and sustainable destination
Lille Metropole is a destination of choice for tourists and event organisers who are sensitive to sustainable development and looking for inspiring experiences. Lille Metropole now benefits from the Innovative and Sustainable Destination label and is reaffirming its desire to create an environment where tourism strikes a healthy balance by getting all tourism actors involved in virtuous practices.
Lille Metropole’s exemplary status is reinforced by its excellent train services and remarkable sustainable-transport accessibility to the professional match sites.
What is the Innovative and Sustainable Destination label?
Launched by the France Congrès et Événements network in 2019, the Innovative and Sustainable Destination label aims to make France a responsible destination in light of the Olympic Games 2024.
This label is awarded to tourist destinations that promote the sustainable development of tourism, while associating tourism professionals with this initiative. Currently, around fifteen French, mainly urban, destinations have been awarded this label.
This label is a guarantee of the credibility of the territory’s sustainable approach and is based on a repository of 26 required actions, the implementation of which is controlled by acertifying firm (Bureau Veritas).
The City Pass, the "open sesame" for sightseers
Are you about to visit Lille Metropole? Make sure the City Pass is your touring companion, based on contact-free technology and valid for 24, 48 or 72 consecutive hours depending on the formula you choose! It gives you free access to the destination’s must-see sites and tours (LaM, La Piscine, L'Institut du Monde Arab, Le Fresnoy, etc.).
The City Pass is reserved for individual customers. Some services are seasonal, please check the information with the Office de Tourisme et des Congrès de Lille, tel: 08 91 56 20 04.
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Lille Metropole's Natural Spaces in Olympic shape
Between competition and cooperation, achievement and perseverance, strategy and adaptation, nature as well as sport has the power to amaze, to inspire dreams, to awaken hope and the power to achieve victory. Also, during this Olympic year, the Lille Metropole's Natural Spaces play their part in the adventure with a new season informed by sport. They will be offering numerous events under the banner of the Cultural Olympics. These are all opportunities to discover that animals can outperform our greatest champions and that plants develop strategies worthy of the most famous coaches.
