Banks All the banks have big branches on rue Nationale, and you can guarantee to find one open until 4pm on Saturday.Books Le Furet du Nord, 11 place Général-de-Gaulle, is a huge bookstore (it claims to be Europe's biggest) with a wide selection of books in English. Cinema Lille's two main cinemas, Le Majestic and UGC, are along the rue de Béthune; UGC at no. 40 usually shows at least one film in English. Le Métropole at 26 rue des Ponts-de-Comines normally shows original-language versions. Doctors SOS Médecins tel 03.20.29.91.91. Internet Le Smiley, 2 rue Royale (Mon–Sat 11am–2am). Laundry There are several outlets of Lavotec, the most central being at 72 rue Pierre-LeGrand, 57 rue des Postes and 137 rue Solférino. Markets The loud and colourful Wazemmes market, selling food and clothes, spills around place de la Nouvelle Aventure, to the west of central Lille. 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 Théâtre, cnr bd Carnot, and 7 place de la République (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.
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