Grossbasel
Grossbasel is a borough in Basel, Canton of Basel-City. Grossbasel is situated nearby to the suburb Basel-Vorstaedte, as well as near the locality Pfefferplätzchen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Borough
- Description: city district of Basel, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Grossbasel Altstadt”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Basel SBB Railway Station and Kunsthalle Basel.
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.
Kunsthalle Basel
Library
Photo: Basmus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kunsthalle Basel is a contemporary art gallery in Basel, Switzerland. As Switzerland's oldest and still most active institution for contemporary art established in the year of 1872, Kunsthalle Basel forms a vital part of Basel's cultural centre and is located next to the city's theatre and opposite the concert house Stadtcasino.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Basel-Gundeldingen and Binningen.
Binningen
Town
Photo: Daendy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Binningen is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland. It is nestled in a valley, on a plateau, and on two hills overlooking the city of Basel.
Grossbasel
- Categories: quarter, city district, and locality
- Location: Basel, Basel-Stadt, Canton of Basel-City, Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.55097° or 47° 33′ 4″ northLongitude
7.58777° or 7° 35′ 16″ eastElevation
265 metres (869 feet)Open location code
8FV9HH2Q+94OpenStreetMap ID
node 7024434495OpenStreetMap feature
place=borough
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Tosk Albanian—“Grossbasel” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “大巴塞尔”
- Chinese: “大巴塞尔区”
- Chinese: “大巴塞爾”
- Chinese: “大巴塞爾區”
- Dutch: “Grossbasel”
- German: “Grossbasel”
- German: “Großbasel”
- Swiss German: “Grossbasel”
- Tosk Albanian: “Grossbasel”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Basel-Vorstaedte and Altstadt Grossbasel.
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