Culture of Lija

Lija also hosts the Maltese Citrus festival, held each year.

Lija has several old houses of character, large citrus gardens, a unique Belvedere tower andVilla Francia. The official University Residence of the University of Malta is also situated in this village.

Lija Athletic F.C. is the village's football club. This club has been promoted to Malta's Premier (highest) Division for three times in its history. Considering the small size of the village and the resource and financial limitations, this was deemed to be a huge success by local sport enthusiasts. Lija Athletic, with the collaboration of the Local Council inaugurated a new synthetic pitch on July 6 2007 (Jum Ħal Lija or "Lija