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| getting around |
| tramway and bus timetable (click) |
| Swiss Federal Railways timetable (click) |
| citymap of Basel (click) |
| weather forecast (click) |
| eat and go out |
| restaurant guide Basel (click) |
| myBasel (click) |
| cinemas Basel (click) |
| tourism in Switzerland |
| Switzerland Tourism (click) |
| Basel Tourism (click) |
| newspapers, magazines |
| Basler Zeitung (click) |
| Neue Zürcher Zeitung (click) |
| Bilanz (click) |
| Cash (click) |
| Beobachter (click) |
| serach |
| Swiss phone numbers (click) |
| museums |
| Basel museums (click) |
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Basel is an exciting city of contrasts. Forever evolving it can be explored in a countless variety of historical and modern attractions.
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In Basel you can live and breathe art and culture.
The city is rightly referred to as the cultural capital of Switzerland. Not only is this evident as you stroll downtown, but also in the variety of museums containing an inspiring and outstanding array of artefacts.
From the Doll’s House Museum on Barfüsserplatz, to Steinenberg and the Swiss Architecture Museum, or to Riehen and the Fondation Beyeler with its unique collection from the era of classical modernity and spectacular selection of special exhibits.
Basel is a city full of history and traditional hospitality is widespread.
There are plenty of old inns and guild houses, beer halls and wine pubs. Discover them! Sushi, Bejing Duck, Kebab, Falafel, Tandoori, Fajitas? In Basel you find all kind of exotic cuisines. Whether anatolian, portuguese, cantonese, thai, mexican, indian, greek, american or Kosher: There are over 60 restaurants with specialities from all over the world.