Sights

Places and monuments 

Historical monuments 

Aire-sur-la-Lys has a rich heritage registered in the inventory of historical monuments and several buildings present on the sites n ^o  94, 95 and 96 of the list of goods of the mining area of Nord-Pas-de -Calais registered on the World Heritage list of UNESCO .

• The city ​​of Electricians , where part of the film Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis was filmed , is one of the oldest settlements in the region. The facades and roofs of all of the city / old mining village of the pit n ^o  2, called Mont Blanc (all Ampere streets Branly, Coulomb, Edison, Faraday, Franklin, Gram, Laplace, Marconi, Volta) are the subject of registration as a historical monument since November 25 , 2009.
• The church of Saint-Eloi and St. Martin de La Buissière , built in the xvi ^th  century, was renovated after the war. It has been registered as a historic monument since July 21 , 2000. 
• The town hall, 47  m high , was built in a neo-regionalist style by the Bruaysian architect Hanote in 1927. In the stairwell, there is a set of stained glass windows on the subject of pit 3 des mines de Bruay, an ensemble produced by master glassmakers Labille and Bertrand , from Lille. The facades and roofs, the cage of the main staircase and its stained glass windows, the marriage hall – municipal council room and its vestibule with their decorations on the first floor have been registered as historical monuments since the October 9 , 2009. 
• The Roger-Salengro  swimming pool ; book Art Deco architect Paul Hanote inaugurated during the Popular Front , the 1 ^st August 1936 (the last open Deco Art pool to the public). The stadium-park: the entire stadium-park with its fences and gates including: Roger-Salengro park, located rue d’Hulluch, with the kiosk; the stadium with its monumental entrances, including the facades and roofs of the gymnastics hall as well as the stands; the swimming school (former name of the outdoor swimming pool), located on rue Auguste-Caron, including the entrance, the pools, the cabins and the stands have been registered as historical monuments since the May 12 , 1997.
• Le Colisée cinema, designed by architect Édouard Lardillier .
• The keep of the Château de La Buissière was built in 1310 by the Countess Mahaut d’Artois . The keep, the facades and roofs of the outbuildings have been listed as historical monuments since the April 12 , 1965.

Other monuments and places 

The miner’s stele.

• The Church of St. Martin of Bruay was first mentioned in the xii ^th  century, the tower was built in the xviii ^th  century, enlarged in the xix ^th  century Gothic architect Charles Leroy , also architect of the Notre-Dame-de- la-Treille de Lille, enlarged and enhanced around 1935, restored in 2006.
• The manor of Ballencourt in La Buissière was built in 1777. Partially renovated, it houses the music school.
• The buildings of the brewery-malt house known as “Brasserie-malterie la Bruaysienne” date from 1892. They are placed in the inventory of the cultural heritage of France like those of the brewery-malt house called “Brasserie-malterie Dourlens” , of same as the public garden called Lawe park .
• The Sainte-Barbe chapel , built in bricks and in neo-Romanesque style , with its glazed tile roof, is now abandoned for worship and hosts exhibitions and cultural events . It served the cities of pit n ^o  1.
• The Church of St. Joseph of Bruay was built between 1913 and 1922, its inaugural year followed by the blessing by M ^gr Julien.
• The La Buissière velodrome stadium was built in 1925 by the Compagnie des mines de Bruay .
• The Sainte-Barbe chapel in 2011.

Cultural heritage 

The mining eco-museum traces the history from 1855 to 1979 of an old reconstructed mine-school. Eight years were needed for five former miners, helped by a few young people, to reconstruct the universe from the bottom of the mine. The visitor can hear the noise of the rolling of the machines and the bursts of voices of the miners. He can also watch two films: one on coal mining; the other on the descent of General de Gaulle in wells n ^o  6 1959 .

The Museum of Calculation and Writing (JF Willecoq Museum) is a private museum, unique in France. It traces the history of writing and arithmetic through very rare and very old machines such as the Enigma cipher machine (a German coding machine that served during the Second World War). Nearly 600 ancient pieces acquired over the years are on display: typewriters and calculating the xiv ^th to the xx ^th  century, manual productions related to old books, letters, writing tablets, engraving, and written of famous men.

Events

• Since 1994, the city has organized every year in April, a series of pedestrian races called “Les Foulées du Bruaysis” . The Foulées du Bruaysis are divided into several races on foot and in hikes .
• Since May 1958, each year “Les Floralies” has been organized, a prestigious floral event.
• At the end of August, the “western festival” has been held since 2002.
• In September, since 2009, a “Venetian festival” has taken place in Lawe park .
• In December, the town organizes the “Sports Trophies” .