Attractions in Basel - Switzerland - A Switzerland Attraction

Featured attractions in Basel

Aesch-Pfeffingen Lido

Aesch lies some 11.5 km south of Basel and the Gartenbad Aesch-Pfeffingen...

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Anatomy Museum

The Anatomy Museum of Basel University has a large number of exhibits,...

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Ancient Art Museum

Founded in 1961, the Museum of Ancient Art is the only Swiss...

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Architectural Museum

The Architectural Museum relocated to the Kunsthalle (see separate entry) in 2004,...

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Arlesheim Lido

Arlesheim is located approximately 8.5 km south of Basel and the Arlesheim...

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Augusta Raurica Park

Located on the banks of the River Rhine at Augst, approximately 13...

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BIS Building

The building in Aeschenplatz, completed in 1994 for UBS and sold in...

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Bachgraben Lido

The Gartenbad Bachgraben is located on a large site with all the...

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Barfüsserkirche History Museum

One of the most important museums in Switzerland, the Basel History Museum...

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Basel Zoo

Known locally as Zolli and opened in 1874, the Basel Zoo is...

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Berri Letterboxes and Stamp

On the town side of the Spalentor gate is a blue letter...

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Bettingen Lido

The Gartenbad Bettingen is situated in pleasant surroundings about 8 km east...

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Beyeler Foundation Museum

The collection of art gallery owners Hildy and Ernst Beyeler, consisting of...

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Cartoon and Caricature Museum

Displayed in a series of temporary exhibitions, the Cartoon and Caricature Museum...

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Coach Museum

The Coach Museum is the fourth building of the Basel History Museum...

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Contemporary Art Museum

Drawing on the collections of the Basel Kunstmuseum and the Emanuel Hoffmann...

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Dolls House Museum

Occupying 1,000 square metres on four floors, with some 6,000 exhibits, this...

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Eglisee Lido

In a large garden setting the Eglisee Lido offers open-air swimming and...

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Elisabethen Church

Located adjacent to the Basel Theatre, the Elisabethenkirche, built between 1857 and...

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Emanuel Hoffman Foundation

The Emanuel Hoffman Foundation was established in 1933 by Maja Hoffmann-Stehlin, (later...

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Ethnology Museum

The Ethnology Museum, the most important of its type in Switzerland, has,...

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Fairground Tower

The Fairground Tower, Switzerland’s tallest residential building, is known locally as the...

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Fishmarket Fountain

This 1380 late-Gothic fountain is one of the best known in Basel...

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Hammering Man Sculpture

Created in 1989, and located in Aeshenplatz, is a monumental kinetic sculpture...

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Haus zum Kirschgarten

The Haus zum Kirschgarten (Cherry Orchard House) is another of the four...

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Haus zur Mücke

The Haus zur Mücke in Schlüsselberg is a magnificent building with a...

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Holbein Fountain

The polychrome Holbein Fountain used to stand in front of the Spalen...

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Jewish Museum

Tombstones from the 13th and 14th centuries in the courtyard of the...

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Kleines Klingental Museum

The Kleines Klingental Museum is housed in the historic rooms of the...

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Kunsthalle

Since 1872 the Kunsthalle has been supporting the avante-garde in art and...

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Lällekönig

The Lällekönig was, in 1640, mounted on the fortified gate, which was...

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Marktplatz

The Marktplatz, one of the best known squares in Basel, is dominated...

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Mechanical Music Museum

Located about 23 km southeast of Basel in the picturesque Jura region,...

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Merian Park Botanical Garden

The Merian Park Botanical Garden (Botanischer Garten Brüglingen) is located a short...

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Mittlere Bridge

The Mittlere Bridge (literally middle bridge) was the first to be built...

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Museum of Art

The Basel Kunstmuseum is not only the most significant public art collection...

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Musical Instrument Museum

The Musical Instrument Museum is one of the four which constitute the...

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Münster Towers

When the 1356 earthquake collapsed the towers of the late-Romanesque Münster, three...

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Münster-Gallus Portal

The magnificent Romanesque portal of the north transept dates from about 1180...

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Münster-History

The Münster (Cathedral) is a heritage site and, with its red sandstone...

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Münster-Sundry Features

Amongst the many features of interest in the Münster is the tomb...

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Natural History Museum

The Basel Natural History Museum was founded in the 1840s when the...

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Paper Mill Museum

The Paper Mill Museum is located in the beautifully restored medieval Stegreif...

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Pfalz, The

The Pfalz, a terrace high above the Rhine and located behind the...

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Pharmaceutical History Museum

The Pharmaceutical History Museum of the University of Basel has one of...

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Pisoni Fountain

The Pisoni Fountain is regarded as an outstanding example of the Zopfbrunnen...

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Rathaus

The brightly painted Rathaus (City Hall) is also the seat of government...

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Reinach Lido

Reinach is located approximately 8 km south of Basel and the Reinach...

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Riehen Museum

The Riehen Museum, about 6.5 km northeast of Basel, is located in...

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Saint Alban Gate

Restored in 1976, the Saint Alban Gate is one of the three...

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Sandgruben Lido

The Sandgruben Lido, part of a large sports complex, is located at...

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Schaulager

The Schaulager, opened in 2003, was designed by the distinguished Swiss architectural...

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Schloss Bottmingen Lido

Located about 4.5 km south of Basel, the Gartenbad beim Schloss Bottmingen...

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Sonnenbad Lido

Located at Binningen, about 3 km southwest of Basel, the Sonnenbad Lido...

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Spalen Gate

A Basel landmark and the most impressive of the three remaining city...

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Sports Museum

The Swiss Sports Museum conserves the cultural heritage of Swiss sports and,...

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St Alban Church

The St Alban Church belonged to the former Cluny monastery and was...

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St Jakob’s Lido

The Gartenbad St Jakob, located in the southeast of the city, is...

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St Leonhard’s Church

St Leonhard’s Church has been a protestant church since 1529, but the...

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St Martin’s Church

St Martin’s Church is the oldest parish church in Basel and the...

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St Peter’s Church

St Peter’s Church was first referred to as a parish church in...

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Tinguely Fountain

Located on the site of the former city theatre adjacent to the...

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Tinguely Museum

The Tinguely Museum, in Solitude Park on the banks of the river...

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Trident Fountain

The trident Fountain, also known as Neptune Fountain (Neptunbrunnen) and Cathedral Mountain...

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University Botanical Garden

Situated close to the city centre and adjacent to the Spalen Gate...

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Featured attractions

Allschwil Indoor Baths

Located in Allschwil, about 4 km east of Basel, the Hallenbad Neuallschwil...

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Allschwil-General

Allschwil is located approximately 4 km west of Basel and, with a...

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Baden Railway Station

There are two large railway stations in Base, the Basel SBB (see...

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Basel SBB Railway Station

Located behind the Elisabethenschanze, with its massive ‘Switzerland Succoring Strasbourg’ monument by...

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Basel Theatre

The Stadttheater in Basel occupies a site with the Kunsthalle, the Architectural...

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Binningen Local Museum

Binningen is located some 2.5 km south of Basel and the local...

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Birsköpfli Rhine River Bathing

Birsköpfli, near the Schwarzwaldbrücke, is one of a number of attractive swimming...

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Bottmingen Indoor Baths

Bottmingen has an attractive indoor pool in addition to the open-air Schloss...

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Dominican Church

The Dominican Church (Predigerkirche) is located at the junction of Petersgraben and...

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Electricity Museum

The Electricity Museum is located on the property of the electric utility...

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Flüh-General

Flüh is located at an altitude of 381 metres and is almost...

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Freie Strasse

Freie Strasse runs from Basle‘s Marktplatz southeast to Sankt Alban-Graben; it is...

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Frog Museum

Munchenstein is located approximately 6.5 km southeast of Basel and the Frog...

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Goetheaneum

Located at Dornach, approximately 11 km south of Basel, the Goetheaneum is...

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Grun 80 Park and Lake

The Grun 80 Park is named after the 1980 garden show in...

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Herzog Foundation

Located in a converted building in the Dreispitz industrial area on the...

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Klingental Exhibition Gallery

The Klingental Exhibition Gallery is located in the former Dominican convent, the...

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Mariastein Abbey

The Mariastein Abbey is a Benedictine monastery and a place of pilgrimage,...

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Monteverdi Car Collection

Located at Binningen, about 2.5 km south of Basel, the 70 models...

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Munchenstein-General

The town of Munchenstein has the River Birs running through it and...

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Munsterplatz /St Martin’s Church

It is suggested that visitors to the Basel Münster take a pleasant...

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Muttenz Indoor Bathing Complex

The Hallenbad Muttenz, located 7 km southeast of Basel, is an indoor...

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Muttenz-General

The historic town of Muttenz, with a population of some 17,000, is...

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Muttenz-St Arbogast Church

St Arbogast Church is centrally located in Muttenz, approximately 7 km southeast...

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Münster-Crypt

The tombs of bishops from the 9th to 13th century can be...

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Münster-Interior

Even though most of the interior furnishings of the Munster were destroyed...

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Oberwil Indoor Baths

The attractive Hallenbad Oberwil indoor bathing complex is located approximately 6.5 km...

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Reinach Local Museum

The Rheinach Local Museum is located next to the St Nikolaus Church,...

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Rhine Boat Trips

Basler Personen-Schiffahrts-Gesellschaft Kurs offer regular boat services and a range of trips...

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Rhine Shipping Exhibition

Located at Rheinhafen in the northwest of Basel, the Rhine Shipping Exhibition...

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Rialto Indoor Bathing Complex

For winter swimming the Hallenbad Rialto is a centrally located indoor bathing...

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Spiegelfeld Indoor Baths

Located at Binningen, about 3 km southwest of Basel, the Hallenbad Spiegelfeld...

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St Anthony’s Church

Located in the northwest of Basel is the interesting modern church of...

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St Clara’s Church

St Clara’s Church can be reached by crossing the Rhine at Mittlere...

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St John’s Rhine River Bathing

Centrally located by the Johanniterbrücke, the historic Rheinbad St. Johann was originally...

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St Paul’s Church

The impressive St Paul’s Church (Pauluskirche) was designed by the Swiss architect...

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St Theodore’s Church

The historic St Theodore’s Church is located in the pleasant Theodorskirchplatz, which...

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Swiss Exhibition Centre

The Exhibition Centre housing the buildings of the Swiss Trade Fair and...

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University Library

Adjacent to the Basel University Botanical Garden and the Spalen Gate (see...

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University of Basel

The new Basel University building, located on the south side of Petersplatz,...

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Waisenhaus

The late-Gothic Carthusian Monastery, built in the early 1400s, has been used...

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Wartenberg and its Citadels

The Wartenberg, overlooking Muttenz and some 7 km southwest of Basel, is...

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Weiden Lido

The Gartenbad Weiden is a pleasant public open-air swimming pool, located at...

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