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.
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Places of Interest

Highlights: St. Jakob-Park and Kunstmuseum Basel.

Stadium
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is a Swiss sports stadium in .

Museum
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The houses the oldest public art…

Railway station
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is the central railway station in the city of Basel, Switzerland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint-Louis and Weil am Rhein.

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is a city of 23,000 people in …

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is a German town and commune.

Basel

Latitude
47.5577° or 47° 33′ 28″ north
Longitude
7.5936° or 7° 35′ 37″ east
Population
173,000
Elevation
247 metres (810 feet)
Open location code
8FV9HH5V+3C
Geo­Names ID
7285161
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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

Places to explore: Kleinbasel Altstadt and Basel-Vorstaedte.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Universitäre Psychiatrische Kliniken Basel, Diagnostisch-therapeutische Tagesklinik für Klein- und Kindergartenkinder and Basel Minster.

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