Only three working days after being at Devoxx UK (in London) last week, my vacation (in London) was scheduled to begin. Therefore, flying home was out of the question. Instead, I spent these three working days in Lille – because a cozy apartment in the city center there is cheaper than a small single room on the outskirts of zone 2 of the Tube in London (even when including the train journey from and to London).
This blog entry is an abridged version of the original entry in German.
![Grand Place in Lille [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230516_140114-150x150.jpg)
![Chamber of Commerce and Opera Lille [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230516_135849-150x150.jpg)
![Église du Sacré-Cœur de Lille [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230516_142312-150x150.jpg)
![Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230516_144928-150x150.jpg)
![Hôtel de ville de Lille [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230517_144256-150x150.jpg)
![Porte de Paris and Belfry of the Lille City Hall [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230516_150801-150x150.jpg)
![View from Belfry of Lille City Hall [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230517_151129-150x150.jpg)
![Rue de Gand [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230517_182811-150x150.jpg)
![Parc de la Citadelle de Lille [Picture]](https://bernies-journeys.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230517_190535-150x150.jpg)