Meet a Greeter in le Nord

Meet a Greeter!

Greeters are volunteers that love their city so much they volunteer to show their city to visitors. Not as a guide, but more like a newly met friend! Greeters will show special places that mean something in their lives. They would also show things visitors specifically ask for such as parks, shopping, architecture or a less wellknown neighborhood.
Greeters are not professional guides. Contact them for a friendly visit !

	Claudine MEUNIER, La Madeleine		Angèle DAZIN, Felleries
	*« Queen of Variations on a Theme »*		*« In love with the Avesnois »*
Claudine, originally from the Aisne, has a feeling for sharing and welcoming! She always makes it a point of honour to pass on to people the historical and architectural heritage to be found in Lille and the surrounding area. [...] read more		Angèle grew up in Sains du Nord before moving to Felleries. That tells you how well she knows the Avesnois! She and her partner, both very attached to the heritage of the commune they live in, love welcoming visitors and sharing with them their love for the village, and are always ready to put their knowledge of the area and its history at the disposal of visitors. [...] Read more

Achille PREVOT,
Hem

Marie-Anne VANHEE,
Tressin

" A Passion for Hem! "

" Ladies and gentlemen, follow the guide! "

Forager for mushrooms, collector, carriage-driving enthusiast – all that, yes, but there’s even more to Achille Prévot!

Born and bred in Hem, Achille will set all your senses aflutter when he shows you “his” Nord, because as he himself says, “the Nord is the loveliest region in the world, so long as it is explained in order to be understood, presented in order to be adopted and opened up in order to be welcoming.” [...] Lire la suite

Originally from the Pévèle, Marie-Anne now lives in Tressin after spending 15 years in Flanders. That tells you that she is as much at ease in Metropolitan Lille as in the Flemish countryside, where she has been working as a guide for the Museum of Country Life since 2005! She offers visitors the chance to soak up the culture and traditions of Flanders with a game of bourle or by sampling local gourmet food in an estaminet. [...] Read more

	Nathalie CAVELIER, Lille		François MAHIEUX, Mouvaux
	*" Art, culture and architecture: the great adventure! "*		*" Views of the Nord: good tips from an expert eye! "*
Nathalie Cavelier knows all about guided tours, because as an architect and lecturer in applied arts and architecture she already practises them with her students! But loving as she does Lille, where she has lived for 13 years and which she describes as “alive with a host of different influences: Flemish, French, Spanish... ”, [...] Read more		According to this photographer, whose family have been “Nordistes” for many generations, “an awareness of our origins is the basis of our identity, understanding them enables us to shape our future with dignity.” Trained as an artist, with a diploma from the School of Fine-Arts in Tourcoing, François starts from the principle that to teach others about our identity will be without any doubt a highly enriching personal experience. [...] Lire la suite

	Pierre OSSON, Leers
	*"Exchanges and sharing: it’s all about friendship!"*
Affable and sociable by nature and passionate about traditions and meeting people, M. Osson likes people, likes to share his way of life with them and understand their own. That’s why in his commune of Leers he organises twinnings between artists’ clubs in the Nord and in Germany… What interests him most in this is the creation of bonds of friendship, and he has himself “adopted” a German family. [...] Read more