Basel Zoo

Zoo Basel is a zoological garden in the city of , . Its official name is Zoologischer Garten Basel — or in English: Basel Zoological Garden.
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  • Opening hours:
    March, April, September, and October: 8:00 AM—6:00 PM
    May—August: 8:00 AM—6:30 PM
    January, February, November, and December: 8:00 AM—5:30 PM
  • Type: Zoo
  • Description: zoo in Basel, Switzerland
  • Also known as: “Basel Zoological Garden”, “Zolli”, “Zoo Basel”, “Zoo Basel, Zoli (BS, CH)”, and “Zoologischer Garten Basel”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Basel SBB Railway Station and Pruntrutermatte.

Railway station
Photo: Chiccodoro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the central railway station in the city of Basel, Switzerland. Opened in 1854 but rebuilt in 1907, it is Europe's busiest international border station: owned by Swiss Federal Railways and partly operated by France's . is situated 790 metres east of Basel Zoo.

Park
Photo: Johsin18, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a park, which is situated 260 metres south of Basel Zoo.

Church
Photo: Wladyslaw Sojka, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Paul's Church is a Reformed Church in , , part of the Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton Basel-Stadt. The church was constructed between May 1898 and November 1901 by Karl Moser and Robert Curjel, and features a Neo-Romanesque architectural style. is situated 550 metres north of Basel Zoo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Basel-Gundeldingen and Binningen.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Town
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is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Canton of Basel-Landschaft in . It is nestled in a valley, on a plateau, and on two hills overlooking the city of .

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Land in . is situated 2½ km south of Basel Zoo.

Basel Zoo

Latitude
47.54686° or 47° 32′ 49″ north
Longitude
7.57918° or 7° 34′ 45″ east
Elevation
268 metres (879 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8FV9GHWH+PM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25108339
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­zoo
Geo­Names ID
6698585
Wiki­data ID
Q220009
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Basel Zoo” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “zoo de Basilea”
  • Chinese: “巴塞爾動物園”
  • Dutch: “Zoo Basel”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جنينة حيوانات بازل”
  • Esperanto: “Bestoĝardeno de Bazelo”
  • Estonian: “Baseli loomaaed”
  • French: “zoo de Bâle”
  • French: “Zoo de Bâle”
  • German: “Zolli”
  • German: “Zoo Basel”
  • Italian: “zoo di Bâle”
  • Japanese: “バーゼル動物園”
  • Korean: “바젤 동물원”
  • Latvian: “Bāzeles zooloģiskais dārzs”
  • Polish: “Ogród Zoologiczny w Bazylei”
  • Portuguese: “Zoológico de Basileia”
  • Russian: “Базельский зоопарк”
  • Russian: “Зоосад Базеля”
  • Spanish: “Zoologico de Basilea”
  • Spanish: “Zoológico de Basilea”
  • Swiss German: “Zoo Basel”
  • Tamil: “பேசெல் விலங்குக் காட்சியகம்”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Zoo Basel”
  • Ukrainian: “Базельський зоопарк”

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