Lille - Info (Travel, Hotels, Bars, Directions etc)

allezlesbleus · August 30, 2014

michaelgt5 said:
Is there a main square where everybody will be able to meet up ? Rather than been spread about around the city.

Grand Place Lille

tmgc · August 30, 2014

How expensive is it in Lille compared to Paris? Just the essentials like food and ale, and what times do the trains stop running back to Brussels? @JimEFC

bluegirl · August 30, 2014

What are the best football bars and are they near the stadium?

Also, can you buy tickets on the gate for the home end?

Thirdly, if I wear my everton shirt in the home end will I get beaten up?

Thank you, great thread this!!

Walken · August 30, 2014

where are the most convenient pyro stores located

bluegirl · August 30, 2014

We've got a spare seat in the car. If there's any Evertonians in their shirt at Calais I'm sure you can jump in with us for a laugh!

Walken · August 30, 2014

bluegirl said:
We've got a spare seat in the car. If there's any Evertonians in their shirt at Calais I'm sure you can jump in with us for a laugh!

I'd put @Bungle on ignore immediately if I were you

deipnosophist · August 30, 2014

Kiwi said:
lol deipno how did you get Krasnodar past her?

...she has a soft spot for Cossacks; hence my furry hat collection lol

Member8 · August 30, 2014

KOP FANS GET LILLE BIT LOST

Confidential's favourite story of the week: the four dozy Liverpool fans who trekked into Europe to watch their team and ended up around 100 miles from the stadium in the wrong Lille.

The quartet mistook a quiet village near Antwerp, in Belgium, for the 250,000-population French city and pitched up on Thursday.

Local councillor Ann van Mechelen said: "The four men asked me to take a photo of them in front of the town hall crest. They asked if they still had far to go, and we had a good laugh about it."

lol

Bungle · August 30, 2014

bluegirl said:
We've got a spare seat in the car. If there's any Evertonians in their shirt at Calais I'm sure you can jump in with us for a laugh!

Is it alright if I am literally only in an Everton shirt? Will the lift still be available?

michaels · August 30, 2014

I've booked a few days in Lille in the hope of being able to get some tickets - I'm going by car, but the hotel is charging 18 euro a day to park - I've heard there's a free park and ride scheme - could I leave my car there for 3 days?
Thanks

Pabbers · August 30, 2014

Belter thread, well in op

AdamEFC · August 30, 2014

How far is Lille train station from the stadium? Looking to stay in Paris for a few days after it and was going fly to Paris and get the train up on the day.

EFC78 · August 30, 2014

@JimEFC Any idea what allocation we are likely to get for this?

Do you know what other clubs in the Europa League have got before at Lille?

Just wondering about how easy tickets will be as i'll be after 5. I noticed last season Eintracht Frankfurt took about 13,000 to Bordeuax. Would that have been loads of them in the home end next to the away fans or did Bordeaux let them have as many tickets as they want for the away end?

JimEFC · August 30, 2014

Bluerover said:
I never knew that - so do they speak Vlaams or some dialect that is closer to it than French?/

Just interested as a keen amateur linguist!!

They speak French but there's a language called Ch'ti. Like "Shhhhtee" (yeah I know) which is from that region. It sounds a bit like Popeye speaking French lol

The food is a mix of French and Flemish, Welsh Rarebit "Welsch" is a big favourite. Also the kebab shops are top notch

There's lots of Flemish architecture too. It only became French about 500 years ago I think.