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very good public transportation, theatres, museums, ...
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expensive, mountains too far away
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I liked it a lot! especially as a base to fly into and travel off to elsewhere.
Nemorino Says: Photos:1. Museum Tinguely2. Park by the Tinguely Museum3. Museum Tinguely from across the Rhine RiverJean Tinguely (1925-1991) was an artist who grew up in Basel and later belonged to the Parisian avant-garde in the 1950s and 60s. He is well known in Basel for his machine...
Nemorino Says: Photos:1. St Alban2. Signpost for pedestrian routes in the St Alban ValleySt Alban is an attractive and evidently prosperous section of Basel on the left bank of the Rhine River. Traditionally this was where the old, established families of Basel used to live.There is a...
1 Review and 92 Opinions I didn't stay at Les Trois Rois (The Three Kings) hotel in Basel, but I passed by during my walks...
2 Reviews and 101 Opinions The hotel is very well located just opposite the main railway station, convenient to many city trams...
dutchboycalledjan Says: We've eaten twice in this typical restaurant. This old 'hof am Münsterplatz' has been transformed in a classical restaurant with a modern touch. The menu has mainly Italian dishes which have been prepared with excellent fish, meat and vegetable. The wine cart also features...
Neptun: Fine authentic Mediterranean cuisine
gurkpeter Says: The Npetun is an Italian Restaurant, located close to the river Rhein in Kleinbasel.It is a very good and fairly priced Restaurant. I like to go there with my family or when we have guests.The Restaurant has two parts, a bar and the restaurant itself. The bar in itself has...
Open Air Cinema: Open air cinema on the Münster place (in summer)
Myndo Says: As several other cities in Switzerland, also Basel features in late summer an Open Air Cinema. It is nicely located in the middle of the city on the Munsterplatz.In the evening they will errect the big screen so you can view the films here.The dates and films you can find on...
Nemorino Says: Photos:1. The St Alban Ferry2. European Union flag on the St Alban FerryThis is one of four passenger ferries that cross the Rhine between "Kleinbasel" (Small Basel) on the right bank and "Grossbasel" (Big Basel or just plain Basel) on the left.All four of these ferry boats...
850prc Says: There are a series of four ferries that make up the Faehri-Verein system of Basel. The ferry names are "Wilde Maa" @ St. Alban, "Leu" @ Münster, "Ueli" @ St. Johann and "Vogel Gryff" @ Klingental. These ferries have basically been plying the Rhein for over 150 years, and the...
Nemorino Says: Basel is the second Swiss city, after Zürich, to have a specialty shop devoted entirely to condoms. Well, not entirely, since they also sell other contraceptive devices such as diaphragms, the pill and spirals.Their website includes a lot of good advice (unfortunately only...
Bärentreff: For Jelly bear lovers
Myndo Says: Ok, I confess, I am a junky for jelly bears or "Gummibärchen" as they are called in german. This is the shop where I get my "fix". The shop has everything in jelly, not only bears. It has fruit shaped, animal shaped, phantasy shaped ones. It has variations with natural fruit...
several Restaurants: Local Beers: Ueli Bier and Unser Bier
Myndo Says: Basel has two good local beers.One is the "Ueli Bier", made by the Brewerie Fischerstube at the Rheingasse in the smaller BaselThe other is the "Unser Bier" (translated: our beer) made in the bigger Basel at the Laufenstrasse.Both are going more for quality than quantity....
GLOBUS, MANOR, MIGROS, EPA, ETC...: Shopping in Basel
nygaston Says: Located as it is at the heart of a geographically compact region - albeit divided by frontiers - Basel offers a wealth of shops of every kind. Daily needs are mainly catered for by two major distributors which cover the whole area. One is Migros, the other is Coop the latter...
Fasnacht - Basel's So Special Carnival
Kathrin_E Says: I am astonished to see that VT's opulent Basel travel guide does not, so far, contain much about Basel's so special carnival. The Fasnacht is the most famous event in the city. Basel locals, please forgive an outsider, who has never really been 'in' it, the description...
Myndo Says: the "Bird Griffin" - Vogel Gryff seems to be yet another of the dragons in Basel. It is one of the three Signs of the three "Ehrengesellschaften" of Basel. Guilds would be the english word (thank you JTF). They come from the old Zuenfte, where the Workers of Basel were put...
TRAMS and EMERGENCY NUMBERS = 112
nygaston Says: Watch the trams and the cars when you cross the streets.Telephone Numbers in Switzerland:112 - SOS, Distress Call117 - HELP, Police118 - FIRE143 - Need144 - Ambulance, DOCTOR, Medical Emergency147 - Child HelplineYou need a doctor 24/7 :061 261 1515Air Rescue = 1414IWB...
german_eagle Says: St. Johann Vorstadt is another district of Basel worth to see. It is sort of the pendant to St. Alban, albeit not as picturesque and of totally different ambience.St. Johann also has a city gate, one of the three remaining. This one was built 1370-80 and looks pretty similar...
german_eagle Says: The Botanical garden operated by the Basel University is a very nice green and peaceful oasis in the bustling city. It is located next to Petersplatz and Spalentor city gate. Access from each side. The garden is open daily.Founded in 1589 (at a different location, though) it...
german_eagle Says: Are you a tennis fan? If so, then Basel in Oct/Nov is a *must* for you. The Davidoff Swiss Indoors is one of the biggest (indoor) events on the ATP tour. You get to see many of the famous tennis players like Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, Novak Djokovic etc.I saw the opening...
german_eagle Says: FC Basel is Switzerland's leading football (soccer) team in our days. They also scored some points in the European leagues (like Champions League), so they are really pretty good. If they play during your visit you might want to see the match at the St. Jakob Park stadium....
german_eagle Says: When (if!) you have enough of bustling city life it is just a quick train ride to Riehen, a "suburb" of Basel in the north of the city. Riehen is located on the right bank of the Rhine river at the foot of the Black Forest mountains. Until the early 20th century it had been...
german_eagle Says: First mentioned in 1434 Mariastein is nowadays the second largest pilgrimage site in Switzerland. As the name "Mariastein" indicates, people go on pilgrimage to "Maria" in the "stone", meaning a grotto in the rock formations high above a valley where the actual chapel with a...
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Q: I have tried to find out about a train trip from Basel to Freiburg, but the fare structure on the website is ridiculous on the...
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Basel - Switzerland's Gate to the world
Basel, pop. about 170'000, is the second largest city in Switzerland. Together with Riehen and Bettingen it forms the half-canton Basel-Stadt (BS). Bordering to Germany and France and located right on...
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I am born in Basel itself, but living outside of it. I am working in Basel and Basel is the place I go, when I want to go out. Although I love travelling, Basel is a home for me, where I am always......
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Cycling and recycling in Basel
Before the old Basel Theater was torn down in 1975, parts of the old stage machinery were salvaged and given to the artist Jean Tinguely, who spent two years recycling this old machinery and making it...
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We used Bern as our central location and did most of our traveling from here. Basel was only a two hour train ride from Bern. Basel really left me with mixed impressions. In my honest opinion it had...
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I was in Lugano, then I moved to Basel... Lugano is so beautiful that I did not want to leave it. But now, I love Basel. The city is nearly located on the 3 countries : Switzerland, France and...
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