Le Parc de la Citadelle

Poumont real green city is the largest green area of ​​Lille (50 hectares), and also the busiest. Surrounded by the channel of the Deûle, it includes the Bois de Boulogne (around the ramparts of the Citadel of Vauban) and the zoo.
The Bois de Boulogne has remarkable trees, such as a maple Montpellier, a Corsican pine and even a giant sequoia.
Lille Zoo is free and has about 400 animals of 80 different species of monkeys, zebras, leopards, rare birds, etc..