Guided tour · 2.5 hours
Lille: Scavenger hunt and beer tasting in Old Lille
Join a beer-themed scavenger hunt in Old Lille. Your game includes discovering the city, the history of Lille beer, and tastings!
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CuisineBakery
Price€€€€
NeighborhoodVieux Lille
HoursMon-Fri 07:15-19:00; closed Saturday and Sunday
Phone+33 3 20 57 05 41
Last verified
Tip: Weekdays only. This is a workers' bakery, not a weekend destination.
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Location
Address: 55 Rue Colbert, 59800 Lille
Also in Vieux-Lille
Oxalis et Bergamote ★ 4.2
Oxalis et Bergamote on Rue d'Angleterre in Lille bakes cinnamon rolls, financiers, brioches and flan, and pours a chicory latte to go with them.
Worth the queueCinnamon roll
TipSunday is a two-hour window only, 10:30 to 12:30. Everything else is afternoons.
Maison Scarlett ★ 4.0
Maison Scarlett on Place des Patiniers in Lille runs a pastry counter of tartelettes, pavlova, madeleines and cannelés, with savoury plates at lunch.
Worth the queueCannelés
TipThe savoury side, quiches and sandwiches, makes this a workable lunch as well as a cake stop.
Méert ★ 4.7
Méert has traded on Rue Esquermoise in Lille since 1761, and its flat waffle filled with Madagascar vanilla sugar is still the counter's signature.
Worth the queueThe Méert waffle
TipThe waffle is meant to be eaten at room temperature, not hot. The tea room at the same address opens at 12:00 Tuesday to Friday and at 10:00 on Saturday and Sunday.
Aux Merveilleux de Fred (Rue de la Monnaie) ★ 4.5
Aux Merveilleux de Fred started on Rue de la Monnaie in Lille, and this counter still sells the meringue and cream pastry that gave the brand its name.
Worth the queueThe merveilleux
TipBuy the small size and eat it standing. The cream collapses within the hour.
More bakeries in Lille
Oxalis et Bergamote ★ 4.2
Oxalis et Bergamote on Rue d'Angleterre in Lille bakes cinnamon rolls, financiers, brioches and flan, and pours a chicory latte to go with them.
Worth the queueCinnamon roll
TipSunday is a two-hour window only, 10:30 to 12:30. Everything else is afternoons.
Maison Scarlett ★ 4.0
Maison Scarlett on Place des Patiniers in Lille runs a pastry counter of tartelettes, pavlova, madeleines and cannelés, with savoury plates at lunch.
Worth the queueCannelés
TipThe savoury side, quiches and sandwiches, makes this a workable lunch as well as a cake stop.
Méert ★ 4.7
Méert has traded on Rue Esquermoise in Lille since 1761, and its flat waffle filled with Madagascar vanilla sugar is still the counter's signature.
Worth the queueThe Méert waffle
TipThe waffle is meant to be eaten at room temperature, not hot. The tea room at the same address opens at 12:00 Tuesday to Friday and at 10:00 on Saturday and Sunday.
Aux Merveilleux de Fred (Rue de la Monnaie) ★ 4.5
Aux Merveilleux de Fred started on Rue de la Monnaie in Lille, and this counter still sells the meringue and cream pastry that gave the brand its name.
Worth the queueThe merveilleux
TipBuy the small size and eat it standing. The cream collapses within the hour.
Aux Merveilleux de Fred (Wazemmes) ★ 4.3
The Wazemmes branch of Aux Merveilleux de Fred on Rue Léon Gambetta in Lille opens at 06:30, earlier than the Vieux-Lille shop, and sells the same range.
Worth the queueThe merveilleux
TipThis branch closes for a summer break from 27 July to 16 August 2026.
Aux Merveilleux de Fred (Gare Lille Flandres) ★ 4.2
The Place des Buisses branch of Aux Merveilleux de Fred sits beside Lille Flandres station, open from 06:00 and stocked with merveilleux and cramique.
Worth the queueCramique
TipOpen from 06:00 on weekdays, which makes it the only serious pastry option before a first train.