Amazing. I spent two days in Lille en route from Brussels to Paris. Not only is Lille a cool town,…read morebut, the Fantastic festival is remarkable. Artwork by Nick Cave (visual/performance artist not musician) and Theo Mercier, and so much more. Art around every corner. A great experience and well worth the trip to Lille! Lille was never on my radar until this. I'd love to come back for the next Fantastic!

It has been closed for two years! There is no point listing an institution which is comprehensively…read moreshut.

A really interesting natural history museum, quite small. They have an absolutely jaw dropping…read moreamount of taxidermied birds. Bird x, female, in the winter. Bird x, male, in the winter. Bird x, male, in the fall. they also have a live ant farm, a specific species which picks leaves from trees and brings them into their habitat to cultivate mushrooms, which they eat as food. I'd love to post the but i can't (wrong format somehow!) Not exactly the NYC natural history museum but super worth it for the low cost of admission and very unique.