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Banks
All the banks have big branches on rue Nationale, and you can guarantee to find one open until 4pm on Saturday. There's a branch of Barclays here too.
Books Le Furet du Nord, 11 place GA©nA©ral-de-Gaulle, is a huge bookstore with a wide selection of books in English. Cinema There are several cinemas in Lille with a concentration on rue de BA©thune. Le MA©tropole on rue des Ponts-de-Comines shows original-language versions with normally a couple in English. Gaumont at no. 25 rue des Alpes and UGC on rue de BA©thune will usually have one of their screens in English. Doctors SOS MA©decins (tel 03.20.29.91.91). Hitch-hiking Auto Pass, 21 rue Patou (tel 03.20.14.31.91), is an organization that puts hitch-hikers and drivers in touch with each other. Laundry There are several outlets of Lavotec, the most central being at 72 rue Pierre-LeGrand, 57 rue des Postes and 137 rue SolfA©rino. Markets The loud and colourful Wazemmes market is centred around place de la Nouvelle Aventure. Main day Sun but also open Tues and Thurs (7am-2pm). A smaller food market takes place in vieux Lille on place du Concert (Wed, Fri & Sun 7am-2pm). Post office place du ThA©A?tre, cnr bd Carnot, and 7 place de la RA©publique (both Mon-Fri 8am-6.30pm, Sat 8.30am-12.30pm).
Taxi
Gare (tel 03.20.06.64.00); Taxi Union (tel 03.20.06.06.06). Other useful information
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