Must-see nightlife in Lille, Flanders & the Somme

  • La Capsule

    Lille

    Spread across three levels – a vaulted stone cellar, a beamed-ceilinged ground floor and an upper level reached by a spiral staircase – Lille's best craft…

  • L'Illustration Café

    Lille

    Adorned with art nouveau woodwork and changing exhibits by local painters, this laid-back bar attracts artists, musicians, budding intellectuals and…

  • Le Network

    Lille

    Central Lille's hottest club has two dance floors, three bars, plenty of flashing lights and space for 700 revellers. On most nights the music is three…

  • Tamper

    Lille

    Beans roasted by Berlin's The Barn are brewed using filter, Aeropress, siphon or piston methods at this hip cafe with bare-brick walls and vintage…

  • Marott' Street

    Amiens

    Designed by Amiens architect Émile Ricquier in 1892, this magnificent former insurance office, with wood, wrought iron and a geometric stained-glass…

  • Le Privilège

    Lille

    In a former bookshop, Lille's premier gay bar has a vaulted cellar, ground-floor bar/dance floor strung with mirrored disco balls, and an upper-level bar…

  • Maison Vayez

    Arras

    The aroma of roasting coffee leads you to Maison Vayez, which roasts on site and has a handful of tables for sipping an expertly brewed espresso. You can…

  • Le Rétroviseur

    Amiens

    Overlooking cobbled place du Don, cherry red–painted bar/restaurant Le Rétroviseur has an interior that brings to mind 1930s Paris, but in summer you can…

  • Café Oz – The Australian Bar

    Lille

    Part of a France-wide chain, this pub has football and rugby on a wide screen, Australiana on the walls and a busy warm-weather terrace. Happy hour is…

  • La Chicorée

    Lille

    Open almost 24 hours a day, this hugely popular cafe has a vast umbrella-shaded terrace (heated in winter) on epicentral place Rihour. Along with nine…