Basel
One of Switzerland's underrated tourist destinations, Basel has a beautiful medieval old town centre, a fascinating carnival, and several world class art museums built by architects like Renzo Piano, Mario Botta and Herzog & De Meuron.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Jakob-Park and Kunstmuseum Basel.
St. Jakob-Park
Stadium
Photo: Chrisixx, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Jakob-Park is a Swiss sports stadium in Basel. It is the largest football venue in Switzerland and home to FC Basel. "Joggeli", as the venue is nicknamed by the locals, was originally built with a capacity of 33,433 seats.
Kunstmuseum Basel
Museum
The Kunstmuseum Basel houses the oldest public art collection in the world and is generally considered to be the most important museum of art in Switzerland.
Basel SBB Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Chiccodoro, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Basel SBB railway station 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 SNCF.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Louis and Weil am Rhein.
Saint-Louis
Photo: Comstagiaire SL, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint-Louis is a city of 23,000 people in Alsace in the Grand-Est at the German and Swiss borders, just north of Basel. Saint-Louis is rich in cultural resources and fun activities.
Weil am Rhein
Photo: Joergens.mi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Weil am Rhein is a German town and commune. It is on the east bank of the River Rhine, and extends to the tripoint of Switzerland, France, and Germany.
Basel
- Type: Locality with 173,000 residents
- Also known as: “CH2701”
- Location: Basel-Stadt, Canton of Basel-City, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.5577° or 47° 33′ 28″ northLongitude
7.5936° or 7° 35′ 37″ eastPopulation
173,000Elevation
247 metres (810 feet)Open location code
8FV9HH5V+3CGeoNames ID
7285161
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Satellite Map
Discover Basel from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Basel” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بازل”
- Armenian: “Բազել”
- Arpitan: “Bâla”
- Asturian: “Basilea”
- Basque: “Basilea”
- Belarusian: “Горад Базель”
- Bengali: “বাজেল”
- Bulgarian: “Базел”
- Catalan: “Basilea”
- Chinese: “巴塞尔”
- Chuvash: “Базель”
- Czech: “Basilej”
- Dutch: “Bazel”
- Esperanto: “Bazelo”
- French: “Bâle”
- Galician: “Basilea”
- Georgian: “ბაზელი”
- German: “Basel”
- Greek: “Βασιλεία”
- Hebrew: “בזל”
- Hungarian: “Bázel”
- Italian: “Basilea”
- Japanese: “バーゼル”
- Korean: “바젤”
- Latin: “Basilia”
- Latvian: “Bāzele”
- Lithuanian: “Bazelis”
- Lombard: “Basilea”
- Macedonian: “Базел”
- Marathi: “बासेल”
- Northern Frisian: “Bāsel”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Basilèa”
- Ossetian: “Базель”
- Persian: “بازل”
- Polish: “Bazylea”
- Portuguese: “Basileia”
- Romansh: “Basilea”
- Russian: “Базель”
- Serbian: “Базел”
- Sicilian: “Basilea”
- Slovak: “Bazilej”
- Spanish: “Basilea”
- Tamil: “பேசெல்”
- Thai: “บาเซิล”
- Tibetan: “པ་སེལ།”
- Ukrainian: “Базель”
- Urdu: “بازیل”
- Venetian: “Baxiłea”
- Wu Chinese: “白才尔”
- Yiddish: “באזעל”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kleinbasel Altstadt and Basel-Vorstaedte.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel, Diagnostisch-therapeutische Tagesklinik für Klein- und Kindergartenkinder and Basel Minster.
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