athens.taipei The Atlas of City Experiences
The Anti-Awards

24 rankings. Every one is the true extreme of a real measurement — there is no worst city, only cities magnificently bad at one specific thing.

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The weather6
The Sauna You Can’t LeaveThe Bedroom That Never CoolsThe Umbrella EconomyRain, By The MetreSixteen Thousand DaysThe Year Without a Window
The hours it keeps6
The Cinderella ClauseThe Early Bedtime AwardThe Sunday Ghost TownThe Breakfast DesertThe Great Lunch VanishingThe Part-Time City
Getting out5
The Great Escape IndexHardest City to Leave (In a Hurry)The Domestic BubbleThe Hibernating AirportThe Perth Meridian
The ground and the sky4
The Wobbliest GroundThe Volcano PartyThe Volcano Next DoorThe 3 p.m. Sunset Club
Everything else3
The Monoculture MenuThe Calendar of ExcusesA Gigabyte of Cats
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The index

126 cities across the atlas, by region — or browse the full A–Z.

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North America & Caribbean18
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CEE & Balkans16
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TokyoOsakaFukuokaSeoulBusanTaipei
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🇫🇷 France · metro 907k · 3,199 venues mapped

Lille

Where Lille places among 1,878 cities measured on the one thing that needs no editing — the hours the city keeps. Its strongest showing is vanish at lunch, where it ranks 78 of 1,878.

Nearest city 🇧🇪 Tournai 24 km Nearest written profile 🇧🇪 Brussels 📖 94 km

Typical weather

1981–present
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coldcool warmhot ▢ outlined = best time to visit
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Best time to visit Jul, Aug — mild (15–26 °C mean) and not wet months.

City Rhythm

measured

Opening hours, by kind of place

median across mapped venues
Food & drink3,199 places mapped
11:30–22:30
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16%
open past midnight
60%
open on Sundays
49h
open per week
36%
take a midday break
Shops & errands1,360 places mapped
08:00–20:00
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0%
open past midnight
77%
open on Sundays
73h
open per week
14%
take a midday break
Services893 places mapped
09:00–19:00
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0%
open past midnight
2%
open on Sundays
48h
open per week
61%
take a midday break
Culture616 places mapped
10:00–18:30
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0%
open past midnight
44%
open on Sundays
30h
open per week
31%
take a midday break

Vital absurdities

measured
0
muggy days a year
0
nights/yr the bedroom never cools
144
umbrella days a year
33.4 m
of rain since 1981
81
days over 30 °C, of 16,630
0
volcanoes within 100 km
273.6 km
to West Eifel Volcanic Field
0.2
quakes felt per decade (M4.5+, 100 km)
16:45
winter sunset (solar approx.)
16.5 h
longest day of the year
11
public holidays, 2024
14,250
km adrift · the Remote Index

The ranks

floor: 200 mapped venues
MeasureLille RankNearest company
Kitchens open past midnight% of food & drink 15.9% 141 of 1,878 🇦🇺 Toowoomba 16%🇮🇹 Trapani 16%🇺🇸 Bakersfield 15.9%🇰🇷 Busan 15.9%Lille🇺🇸 Brandon 15.8%🇮🇹 Cervia 15.8%🇳🇱 Leeuwarden 15.8%🇮🇹 Siena 15.8%
Hours open per weekmedian, food & drink 49 h 229 of 1,878 🇯🇵 Hamamatsu 49 h🇳🇱 Helmond 49 h🇩🇪 Hildesheim 49 h🇧🇷 Joinville 49 hLille🇫🇷 Metz 49 h🇮🇹 Savona 49 h🇨🇴 Sogamoso 49 h🇧🇷 São Carlos 49 h
Open before 8 a.m.% of food & drink 5.1% 421 of 1,878 🇧🇷 Curitiba 5.1%🇳🇴 Drammen 5.1%🇩🇪 Heidelberg 5.1%🇩🇪 Kiel 5.1%Lille🇧🇪 Namur 5.1%🇩🇪 Neuwied 5.1%🇩🇪 Wiesbaden 5.1%🇩🇪 Bad Kreuznach 5%
Vanish at lunch% taking a midday break 35.9% 78 of 1,878 🇮🇹 Udine 36.2%🇫🇷 Paris 36.1%🇫🇷 Belfort 36%🇫🇷 Carcassonne 36%Lille🇫🇷 Montauban 35.9%🇫🇷 Royan 35.9%🇫🇷 Montpellier 35.8%🇫🇷 Saint-Étienne 35.8%
Never close at all% open 24/7 0.4% 227 of 1,878 🇩🇪 Flensburg 0.4%🇵🇱 Gdynia 0.4%🇩🇪 Kiel 0.4%🇩🇪 Krefeld 0.4%Lille🇦🇹 Linz 0.4%🇩🇪 Munich 0.4%🇨🇭 Neuchâtel 0.4%🇵🇹 Póvoa de Varzim 0.4%
Shops open on Sunday% of retail 77.1% 201 of 1,704 🇧🇷 Jaraguá do Sul 77.3%🇮🇹 Florence 77.1%🇫🇷 Les Sables-d'Olonne 77.1%🇬🇦 Libreville 77.1%Lille🇨🇿 Pilsen 77.1%🇷🇴 Arad 76.9%🇸🇻 San Salvador 76.8%🇨🇴 Barranquilla 76.7%

The same questions are asked of the 126 cities with a written profile, where each one gets its method and its full standings: kitchens open past midnight, hours open per week, open before 8 a.m., vanish at lunch, shops open on sunday.

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