Creative Tourcoing, the third largest city in the Nord with a population of 95,000, makes its presence felt all over the region, with its Théâtre du Nord, its Atelier Lyrique directed by Jean-Claude Malgoire, its Jazz Festival and its popular “Franche Foire”...The city’s creativity also finds expression in three main areas of industrial activity: textiles and mail-order, graphic arts and printing, and transport and logistics. Drawing its strength from its young population and its dynamic economic and social life, Tourcoing is also a benchmark in the world of the arts and culture. For strolls through pedestrianised streets or along the banks of the canal, visit Saint-Christophe...For a fine-arts museum that is unlike any other in the region ,offering an audacious blend of art of the past and of today; or for Le Fresnoy, the National Studio of Contemporary Arts, awarded the United States Grand Prix for Architecture and home to major international exhibitions.