Basel
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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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Basel
- Location: Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- Population: 176,000
- Latitude: 47° 33' 27.8" (47.5577°) north
- Longitude: 7° 35' 37" (7.5936°) east
- Elevation: 247 meters (810 feet)
- Neighbors: Saint-Louis and Weil am Rhein
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Other Names for Basel
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
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: 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