Driving from London to Lille in an electric car sounds like the sort of journey that requires spreadsheets, three charging apps and a mild obsession with battery percentages. It doesn’t. I made the journey in a Peugeot e-208, a small EV with a real motorway...
What can you actually buy at the Braderie in Lille? It is a fair question. You hear about Europe’s enormous flea market, millions of visitors and streets filled with stalls – but what will you really find when you get there? Having spent hours walking through...
Lille doesn’t do its shopping in supermarkets, not really. From the Sunday roar of Wazemmes to the quiet cobbles of Vieux-Lille and the yearly chaos of the Braderie, its markets carry the city’s actual rhythm, fresh food, old books, secondhand finds, and...
