Editing Arras (section)

===Seasonal events===
Arras holds the biggest [[Christmas market]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arraspaysdartois.com/en/major-events/arras-christmas-market-once-upon-a-time-there-was-christmas/|title=Arras Christmas Market|website=Arras Pays d'Artois Tourisme|date=17 October 2019 |language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref> north of Paris every year from the end of November to the end of December. Around 80 exhibitors offer a wide selection of arts and crafts, as well as local delicacies like chocolate rats, Atrébate beer and Cœurs d'Arras – heart-shaped biscuits which come in two flavours, ginger, and cheese. Entertainment includes cooking lessons with chefs, craft demonstrations, a merry-go-round, a Ferris wheel, an ice-skating rink, and heated shelters. It also offers native products from International locations such as Canada, Vietnam, Morocco, Indonesia, Africa, and gourmet regional specialities from different parts of France: Auvergne, Savoie, South-Western France, and Nord-Pas-de-Calais.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080927084237/http://www.frenchconnections.co.uk/en/guide/miniguidepage/148156-arras-christmas-market-pas-de-calais-27-nov-to-24-dec-2008 Arras Christmas Market (Pas-de-Calais) - Visiting, Travel, Hotels<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

The [[Main Square Festival]] is held for several days in early July within the Vauban Citadel, attracting tens of thousands of attendees and playing host to major acts such as [[The Chemical Brothers]], [[Coldplay]], [[Imagine Dragons]], [[David Guetta]], and [[The Black Eyed Peas]].

The [[Arras Film Festival]]<!-- previously known as [[Festival international du film d'Arras]], see https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arras_Film_Festival --> is a film festival held for ten&nbsp;days in November.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=319633 |title=''Glory'' tastes victory at Arras |author=Fabien Lemercier |date=14 November 2016 |access-date=15 November 2016 |website=Cineuropa}}</ref>

''Le [[Jardin botanique Floralpina]]'' is a private [[botanical garden]], specializing in [[alpine plant]]s. It opens every year on the last Sunday of May and can be visited by appointment.