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The old stock exchange is one of the city’s major landmarks. You can browse books stalls and card vendors. The centre shows an art installation at the moment, a mirror sphere. The Flemish baroque architecture is bery charming. A place surely not to miss when visiting Lille. Enjoy!

This place mainly has old books and printed posters. There’s nothing particularly special at first glance, but it’s still worth stopping by if you’re in the area. The space is a bit dark, and you do need to take your time to look around. If you genuinely like books and enjoy digging through shelves, you might find some interesting hidden gems.

Beautiful historic building with a unique courtyard full of book and antique stalls. A peaceful spot to wander and soak in the atmosphere.

Beautiful huge building that dominates the large town square- fun to walk into and browse the book stalls, we purchased some small French poster reproductions.

Excellent place for book lovers, the decor of the square itself is so alazing , taking the book buying experience to a different level level. Several book stores in row selling books, posters , plates very amazing collection. The square also is very nice with metal structure in the middle making the place look cooler . Loved the idea of open air book shop . Have seen many antique shop but not exclusively book sale like this . Very unique experience not just for book lovers but for all .

A lovely old building on the edge of the central square in Lille old town. Walk through a door into the central open court yard and you'll find a small market of old post cards, books and posters. If you play chess looks like there are regular informal games played there too.

I enjoyed my experience in la vieille bourse. It’s free for everyone to go in and it’s like a market for people to sell their old stuff like books and other gadgets and you can find so many old treasures there and prints to collect as souvenirs. It can get a little crowded there, but you can still tour the place without waiting outside as per my visit. It’s located right in the central Square of Lynn.

Stunning views of Lille. Very well organised, the bell tower only has capacity for 18 people at any one time so a wait is inevitable. The staff frequently address the queue updating with an approximate timeline. We were told one hour but it was closer to 30mins. On entrance at ground level you store your bags in a locker and climb a few flights of stairs where after paying in the small gift shop (just over 7€ with some concessions for under 18) you can climb the remaining flights or use the elevator (holds 4 people max) This was the worst experience for me - you can really appreciate how high this tower is when in a narrow lift shaft in a cage that keeps climbing upwards! Well worth it for the views and the information about the landmarks. We took the stairs down! We were in the tower all told about 90 minutes.