La Braderie de Lille: an all-over-town 48h street market is held on the first weekend of September. Think bargains on clothes, antiques, knick- knacks, night time shopping, local beer sampling and the restaurant competing for the highest mounds of mussel shells when tons of moules -frites are traditionally wolfed down over 48hrs. An absolute must-see.
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