The adventure of industry of those who made this city of a thousand smokestacks. Former capital of textiles offers another look at the treasures of its architecture and the heady days of its history.
"Here, they used to say that to marry, you needed to have a smoking chimney… do you know why ? "




History great and small : diverse themes...

The colors of the city,
Good deals,
Founding the town, the Drapers' Charter,
The City Hall building,
The birth of the great social laws in Roubaix,
The Museum of Art and Industry, the swimming pool,
Industrial architecture,
The Paris-Roubaix cycling race,
The grand textile families,
Mail-order,
The effervescence of work in wool,
The transformation of the wool-packing plant into a Cultural Center




To help reveal her treasures and share her secrets : these interviews…

BRUNO GAUDICHON, Curator of the Museum of Art and Industry, reveals the secrets of the museum's collection
DANIEL MOTTE, grandson of Eugène Motte, President of the Friends of the Museum, shares his family memories
PATRICK BOUCHAIN, architect for the transformation of the wool-packing plant, recounts his experience with the old workers


… and these encounters

PIERRE DE ROUBAIX, founder of the city
GUSTAVE NADAUD, very popular singer
MADEMOISELLE MERI, historical guide, specialist in the friezes of the city hall
JEAN-BAPTISTE LEBAS, Mayor, Minister, Resistant, social law reformer
THE MOTTE BROTHERS, early industrialists
LEON BLUM, head of the Popular Front government
MONSIEUR X, swimmer in the Roubaix swimming pool
MONSIEUR Y, researcher at ENSAIT, the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Industries Textiles
PIERRE CATEAU, rich industrialist and philanthropist
RÉMI COOGHE, painter of daily life in Roubaix
EMILE ROUSSEL, Christian patron
VICTOR LALOUX, architect of City Hall

8 Stages to discover and hear history… and its stories.
Commentaries read by actors with re-enactments, interviews, music…
Each Stage is a complete audio production of about 4 minutes.
Allovisit audio directions guide you along the circuit on foot and from one stage to the next.