Less than 90 minutes from the Channel ferry port of Calais and just half an hour from Lille, Roubaix combines designer shopping with a fascinating industrial heritage based on its prominent role in French woollen textile manufacture in the 19th century, making it one of the most unique places to visit in France.
Roubaix, "très à la mode"
Tradition and Heritage in Roubaix
Among other industrial relics of Roubaix that have been rpurposed for the 21st century is the Musée la Piscine, a converted Art Deco swimming pool and public washrooms used by the textile workers, now displaying historical fabric samples, fashion, ceramics, ethnography and fine arts. Similarly, La Manufacture, a former textile factory, has displays on textiles both historic and contemporary, plus workshops offering visitors the chance to try out their hand for themselves.
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