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Cité Europe in Coquelles

The shopping centre by the tunnel, the fallback for rainy days and last-minute shopping

The Eurotunnel terminal at Coquelles, and the Cité Europe shopping centre
Photo: DimiTalen, source, CC0

The essentials

Where
Coquelles
How long
Half a day
Price
Free entry
  • By the tunnel
  • Indoors
  • Dining
  • Cinema

A shopping, leisure and dining centre, Cité Europe in Coquelles offers a wide range of activities for visitors. Every day, crowds of locals and tourists flock there, from France and beyond.

Cité de l'Europe is the largest shopping centre in the Hauts-de-France.

Cité Europe: a multi-activity shopping centre

Several activities are brought together at the Cité de l'Europe in Coquelles, which has established itself as a fully-fledged tourist destination for a day of shopping and leisure:

  • A Carrefour hypermarket;
  • 138 shops in the shopping mall;
  • A cinema with 12 screens;

The shops

The shops in Cité Europe in Coquelles offer a range of goods and services across the following sectors:

Visitor services

For the comfort of its visitors, Cité Europe Coquelles offers a range of services.

  • People with reduced mobility who wish to can receive assistance;
  • Mobile phone charging stations;
  • Dedicated areas for children, with games to keep them entertained;

The restaurants

To take a break from shopping and grab a bite, Cité Europe offers a wide range of dining options. Whether you want a quick bite or a sit-down meal with table service with family or friends, everyone finds the right option at the Cité Gourmande.

Getting to Cité de l'Europe

Cité Europe is located in Coquelles, in the Pas-de-Calais département (62) and the Hauts-de-France region. Calais is the nearest town.

The exact address of Cité Europe in Coquelles is 1001 bd du Kent.

Very well connected, the Cité Europe shopping centre draws visitors from all over.

By road

4 km from the town of Calais, the Cité Europe shopping centre can be reached by road via the A16 motorway.

4,200 parking spaces are available for cars, along with 50 spaces for tour coaches.

Bicycle and motorbike parking spaces are also provided. As well as, in line with the law, reserved spaces for people with reduced mobility. Family parking spaces are also on offer.

Parking is free and some spaces are covered.

By train

By train, the stop is Calais-Fréthun station, served by the Eurostar, TGV and TER.

By city bus

From Calais, Imag'In bus line 1 serves Coquelles and Cité Europe.

From England

To get to Cité Europe from England, travellers can take a ferry to Calais or the Eurostar through the Channel Tunnel.

When to visit Cité Europe Coquelles?

Visitors can go to Cité Europe Coquelles from Monday to Sunday, depending on the purpose of their visit.

Opening hours

The hypermarket is open Monday to Saturday, from 8.30am to 9pm, as well as Sunday morning, from 8am to 12.30pm.

The shopping mall of the Cité Europe Coquelles centre is open Monday to Saturday from 10am to 8pm. The shops are closed on Sundays.

The bowling alley, restaurants and cinema are open all day, during the week and on Sundays.

Peak times

Throughout the day, the Cité Europe shopping centre can be more or less busy.

Peak times are around lunchtime and in the afternoon between 2pm and 5pm.

The quietest times are early morning, from the centre's opening until mid-morning, around 10am, and in the evening, from 8pm onwards.

The time slots between 10am and noon, 1pm and 2pm, and finally 6pm and 8pm see normal to moderate footfall.

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