Basel

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Basel "City of museums" Country: Switzerland Links: Group Wikipedia Wikitravel Ambassadors: Markus

Basel lies in the north western part of Switzerland and builds the corner of three different countries (Switzerland, France and Germany)).

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Contents 1 Couchsurfing in Basel 2 Events 3 Tipps 3.1 Couchsurfing alternatives 3.2 Internet 3.3 Cheap food 3.4 Freebies 4 Locations 4.1 Party 4.2 Bars 4.3 Museums 4.4 Other places

Couchsurfing in Basel

Visit the Basel Couchsurfing Group.

Events

Next events

• Euro 2008! The first game and all Swiss group qualifying matches take place in Basel.

Reccuring events

• Basler Fasnacht (Basel carneval): The Basel carneval is very famous. Carneval time in whole Switzerland as well. To find out when the next carneval takes place, click here.

• Museumsnacht (Museum night): Once a year all museums are open all night. Lots of Basel people use the offer and during this night every museum in Basel is highly frequented. Don't miss the extra shows and exhibitions if you're around. To find out when the next Museumsnacht takes place, click here.

• JKF (Youth culture festival): The Jugendkulturfestival takes place every second year. You can't miss it if you're around. It takes place on the streets of Basel. Lots of local bands are playing.

• Das Floos: This is a floating device on the Rhine and there are bands playing every evening during summer. Becuase of angry habitants they are only allowed to play until 22.00 pm.

Tipps

Couchsurfing alternatives

If you don't find yourself a host you may want to find a cheap room for one or two nights. The price range of hotel rooms is very widespread in Basel but you will hardly find a single room for a cheap price. Best alternative is to go the Youth Hostel or the Backpackers Hostel. There you will get a room in the dormitory (6 or 8 Beds) for around 30 Swiss Francs. You will not find any cheaper room in Basel itself (When not of Couchsurfing of course).

Internet

The following places provide internet access. If you stay in a youth hostel you will have internet acces there.

• The local libraries (Bibliotheken der GGG) have the following stores with internet access:
  • Hauptstelle Schmiedenhof, Im Schmiedenhof 10, 4051 Basel. (Find on map)
  • Bibliothek Bläsi, Bläsiring 85, 4057 Basel. (Find on map)
  • Bibliothek Breite, Weidengasse 53, 4052 Basel. (Find on map)
  • Bibliothek Gundeldingen, Dornacherstrasse 192, 4053 Basel. (Find on map)
  • Bibliothek Hirzbrunnen, Bäumlihofstrasse 152, 4058 Basel. (Find on map)
  • Bibliothek Kleinhüningen, Kleinhüningerstrasse 205, 4057 Basel. (Find on map)
  • Bibliothek Neubad, Neuweilerstrasse 67, 4054 Basel. (Find on map)
  • Bibliothek Am Wasgenring, Wasgenring 57, 4055 Basel. (Find on map)
• The bookshop Thalia. (Find store 1 or Find store 2) on map
• Lan X GmbH Internetcafé & Netplay (Find on map)
• Manor (at the customer service desk) (Find on map)

Cheap food

See the main article: Get fed in Switzerland

Freebies

• Free map: Go to the tourist office at the station or at Marktplatz. They offer you free maps of the town and all schedules for trains and busses/trams.

• Free internet: Several cafes provide free internet access. You may go to the coffeehouse Unternehmen Mitte and get free internet with your own laptop.

Locations

The Couchsurfing wiki is no tourist or travel guide so we will not provide such information but you may have a look at the following sites:

• The wikitravel site of Basel.
• The wikipedia site of Basel
• The Tourist information of Basel

Party

• Das Schiff: is a ship on the Rhine and one of the best party locations in Basel. If you don't know where it is it can be tricky to find it. Let your host lead you there.

• Club Kaserne: A good club to party in the city center. Often quite expensive concerts (entrance 25 CHF or more).

• Kuppel: The Kuppel is a small yet very nice place for partying. It is quite in the city centre. The Kuppel is famous for their oldies music parties.

• Sommercasino: is a party location frequented mostly by a younger audience. Fine location, though.

• Nordstern: The 'Nordstern' (northern star) is a nice party club, famous for their balkan beats party.

• A2: Biggest party place in Basel and (is i personally think) quite uncool.

• Fame: for the famous.

• Atlantis:

Bars

Basel is not Berlin. You'll find a lot of nice bars and cafes but don't expect a list of dozens of bars here. Go to the city centre and walk around. Basel is a small town and you can easily walk around its epicentre...

• Mitte
• Barometer
• Roter Engel
• Bar Rouge
• EoIpso
• Brauner Mutz
• Paddy Reyllies
• Pickwick Pub

Museums

Basel has a whole load of museums. You may purchase a 'Museumspass', a museum access card which is cheaper when going to several museums. Even if you don't believe it, Basel has all of the following museums: Anatomisches Museum, Naturhistorisches Museum, Cartoonmuseum, Designmuseum, Puppenhausmuseum, Museum der Kulturen, Kunstmuseum, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Papiermuseum, ...

For more information check the following sites:

• MUSEMUSSEITE
• MUSEMUSSEITE

Other places

• Basel zoo: Basel has a big zoo. I personally think the zoo is a very nice place especially during summer. There are areas with different kind of animals living toghether (i.e. hippos and zebras and other african animals), a monkeyhouse, a big vivarium, penguins, elephants and so on. Visit the Basel Zoo Homepage for more information.

• Rural places: Basel is (at least in Swiss measures) quite an urban area. If you're looking for beautiful mountains and such, check out the Rural places section in the Switzerland article.

• [Basel theatre]: The theater is very nice, playing every night. Quite expensive, though.