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Along the Boulevard du General-Leclerc, you can see the building of an old factory. In fact it was the Cotton Spinning Mill Motte -Bossut.
In the past, Roubaix was one of the most important industrial cities of textile in the North. And this textile industry resulted in hundreds of factories.
Like this cotton spinning mill which is build as it was a castle with two towers and a lift bridge.
Around 1960 a lot of these factories closed, and luckily, they restored some of the old factory buildings.
Like this building which is now used by Euroteleport, an important international telecommunication centre and as Centre des Archives du Monde de travail (centre for Labour Archives). Leave a Comment Address: Boulevard du Generale-Leclerc 78
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At the Grande Place in Roubaix you can see the very beautiful City Hall (or town hall), which is designed by Victor Laloux in 1911.
Just stop here for a moment and admire the beautiful decorations. This building is decorated with great relief’s which symbolise different occupations which a heave a link to the textile industry.
Like this you can see the complete wool handling from the sheep till the shipping. Leave a Comment Address: Grande Place
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Eglise St Martin or the Church of St Martin is also located on the Grande Place of Roubaix, just opposite of the City Hall.
The first church dates from the 10th century, but as the city did grow, so did this church. The only old part that remained is the bell tower which dated from 1511.
So this eglise St Martin got its final Neo-Gothic look in the middle of the 19th century. Leave a Comment Address: Grande Place
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If you have time (and if you are interested), you should enter the beautiful church of St Martin at the Grande Place of Roubaix.
By the way, there is no entrance fee.
Inside on the right side you can se a beautiful tomb stone. It belongs to the petit fils of Pierre de Roubaix (the grandson of Pierre de Roubaix) Leave a Comment Address: Grande Place
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At the end of the trip Monts et Moulins 2004 (hills and mills) organised by the Velo Club de Roubaix Cyclotourisme, we had the occasion to make a tour at the Velodrome de Roubaix.
That was kind of a unique experience.
But after all that was not so easy, especially because these bends are much steeper then I thought, also you need a high speed to stay at your same level, if not you are back on the lower blue strip in no time. Leave a Comment Address: Velodrome, Parc des Sports
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At the main square (Grande Place), you can not miss the City Hall.
It was designed by Victor Laloux in 1911, (Victor Laloux, the architect of the railway station Gare d'Orsay in Paris).
This building symbolises the wealth that the textile industry brought to Roubaix.
The decorations of the front are just magnificent. Leave a Comment Address: Grande Place
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Due to the occasion of the 100th edition of the bicycle race the Espace Charles Crupelandt (see previous tip) will be adapted to a sort of Hall of Fame.
In between the cobbles were placed pieces of Marble with the names of all the winners of the famous bicycle race Paris - Roubaix.
At the picture you can see the stone of Johan Museeuw winner in 1996 - 2000 and 2002. Leave a Comment Address: Espace Charles Crupelandt
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Just outside Le Parc de Sports, you will find Espace Charles Crupelandt.
Espace Charles Crupelandt is the last cobbled section of the bicycle race Paris - Roubaix.
Also it is special cobbled section, it is specially applied to honour Charles Crupelandt (1886 - 1955), and he was the only Roubaisien (inhabitant of Roubaix) who won this bicycle race (in 1912 and in 1914)
Espace Charles Crupelandt is 300m long. Leave a Comment Address: along Avenue Roger Salengro
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Le Velodrome dans le parc des Sports in Roubaix.
Here is the finish of the world famous bicycle race Paris - Roubaix.
History is written at this Velodrome, moments of glory and disillusionment.
Big names have passed this finish line here like Rik Van Steenbergen, Eddy Merckx, Roger De Vlaeminck, Francesco Moser, Gilbert Duclos-Lasalle, Johan Museeuw, Peter Van Petegem, . . . Leave a Comment
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Of course it sounds a bit strange to visit a museum of Art in a former swimming pool.
But this is (was) not just a swimming pool, och no it was a beauty of architecture. Completely build in the Art-deco style.
But due to the uprising chlorine smoke, the concrete of the ceiling was damaged, and it was not safe anymore to use this place as a public swimming pool.
So many years after its closing it is completely restored and used as a museum. If you ask me a magnificent initiative. Leave a Comment Address: Rue de la l'espérance 23Phone: +33 (0)3 20 69 23 60Directions: from the Grande Place in the direction of the railway stationWebsite: http://museeroubaix.free.fr/index1.htm Other Contact: fax +33 (0)3 20 69 23 61
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on November 2, 2004
