From the 19th century until the textile crisis of the 1970s, Roubaix was the wool capital of France, with hundreds of mills processing yarn and weaving cloth. About 99,000 people live in this Nord department city on the Belgian border, directly northeast of Lille.
La Piscine, a museum of art and industry housed in a converted Art Deco swimming pool from the 1930s, displays paintings, sculptures, and textiles around the original tiled pool basin. The Paris-Roubaix cycling classic, one of the hardest one-day races in professional cycling, finishes at the Velodrome Andre Petrieux each April.
The Eurostar line passes through Roubaix, and the Lille Metro connects to central Lille and onward to Tourcoing. Hotels in Roubaix, Lille, and the cross-border area are used for companion meetings. Providers serving the Nord department are listed in our directory. Escortservice.com does not provide or arrange services. Visitors must be at least 18.
From the 19th century until the textile crisis of the 1970s, Roubaix was the wool capital of France, with hundreds of mills processing yarn and weaving cloth. About 99,000 people live in this Nord department city on the Belgian border, directly northeast of Lille.
La Piscine, a museum of art and industry housed in a converted Art Deco swimming pool from the 1930s, displays paintings, sculptures, and textiles around the original tiled pool basin. The Paris-Roubaix cycling classic, one of the hardest one-day races in professional cycling, finishes at the Velodrome Andre Petrieux each April.
The Eurostar line passes through Roubaix, and the Lille Metro connects to central Lille and onward to Tourcoing. Hotels in Roubaix, Lille, and the cross-border area are used for companion meetings. Providers serving the Nord department are listed in our directory. Escortservice.com does not provide or arrange services. Visitors must be at least 18.
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