Practical information
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Dates
2026 dates to be confirmed
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Opening hours
Not published for 2026. The tourist office only announces late November to late December.
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Where
Place Rihour (wooden chalets)
Grand-Place (big wheel, traditional carousel)
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Admission
Not stated by the official source
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Getting there
Lille Flandres and Lille Europe stations are both about five minutes' walk from Place Rihour; metro station Rihour is on the square itself.
Worth knowing
- Two stations within walking distance make Lille the easiest big market to reach from Paris, Brussels or London.
- A 50 m big wheel on the Grand-Place, next to the traditional carousel.
- Chalets on Place Rihour, right beside the tourist office in the Palais Rihour.
What else to see in and around Lille
Places from our guide within 40 km of the market.
Cathedral Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille de LilleCathedral · 0 kmThe Hospice Comtesse MuseumMuseum · 1 kmPalace of Fine Arts of LilleMuseum · 1 kmLe Palais RameauMuseum · 1 kmMaison natale Charles de Gaulle MuseumMuseum · 1 kmCita-ParcTheme park · 1 kmZoo de LilleZoo · 1 kmLille Natural History MuseumMuseum · 1 km
Sources and updates
Official source: www.lilletourism.com
Last checked: 17 October 2026. Dates come from official city or tourist-office sources. Where a date has only been published by the specialist press, it is flagged as such with its link. Markets with no published date are marked as unconfirmed.