Marché aux Livres is a food market in Lille Centre, Lille.
Editorially verified August 3, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: The city publishes days but not clock times for this one. Afternoons are the safe bet.
Address: Cour intérieure de la Vieille Bourse, Place du Général de Gaulle, 59000 Lille
The Saturday market on Place Saint-Charles serves the Bois-Blancs island quarter of Lille, a small produce and flower market away from the centre.
Tip: Saturday only, and it is over by 14:00. Combine it with a walk along the Deûle.
The Sunday market on Place Madeleine Caulier in Fives runs around forty stalls of food, flowers and household goods with Asian and Maghrebi counters.
Tip: It is the east-side alternative to Wazemmes on a Sunday, and it is considerably less crowded than Wazemmes.
The Tuesday afternoon market on Place Degeyter in Fives is a small regional and artisanal one, produce, meat and confectionery from 15:00 to 19:00.
Tip: An afternoon market rather than a morning one, which makes it useful if you cannot do 07:00.
The Friday market on Place Edith Cavell in Lille-Sud is a neighbourhood affair of food, flowers and household goods rather than a visitor destination.
Tip: Friday morning only. This is a shopping market, not a tourist one.
The Tuesday morning market on Place Martin Luther King in Lille-Sud is a straightforward neighbourhood food market for the surrounding streets.
Tip: Tuesday morning only, and it clears by early afternoon.
The Saturday market on Place Déliot in Moulins is the student quarter's own food market, running from dawn until the middle of the afternoon.
Tip: Saturday morning only. Moulins is a short walk from the Saint-Sauveur boulevards.
