Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Basel, Switzerland
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6.9 km
167 m
Explore Basel in Switzerland with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in BaselIndividual Sights in BaselSight 1: Gemeindehaus Oekolampad
The Oekolampad parish hall is a Protestant Reformed church in the city of Basel, which has been converted since 2011.
Sight 2: Pauluskirche
St. Paul's Church is a Reformed Church in Basel, Switzerland, part of the Evangelical-Reformed Church of the Canton Basel-Stadt. The church was constructed between May 1898 and November 1901 by Karl Moser (1860–1936) and Robert Curjel, and features a Neo-Romanesque architectural style. The apse is fitted with a stone pulpit that is raised behind a stone communion table. The apse also features a gallery, with a central arch behind the pulpit, in which the organ and choir are placed. It features artwork in Art Nouveau style including relief work on the church exterior above the main entrance by sculptor Carl Burckhardt (1878–1923), mosaics on the inner front wall by Heinrich Altherr (1878–1947) and stained glass windows by Max Laeuger (1864–1952).
Sight 3: Basel Historical Museum – Haus zum Kirschgarten
The Haus zum Kirschgarten is a city palace on Elisabethenstrasse in Basel, Switzerland. The building is used by the Basel Historical Museum.
Sight 4: Elisabethenkirche
Book Ticket*The Elisabethenkirche, or Offene Kirche Elisabethen, is a 19th-century church building in the centre of Basel, next to the Theater Basel, in Switzerland. It is a well detailed example of Swiss Gothic Revival style churches. It has a 72 metres (236 ft) tall bell tower and spire. The tower has internal stairs.
Sight 5: Theater Basel
Book Ticket*Theater Basel is the municipal theatre of the city of Basel, Switzerland, which is home to the city's opera and ballet companies. The theatre also presents plays and musicals in addition to operas and operettas.
Sight 6: Tinguely Fountain
Book Ticket*The Fountain of Fasnachts is a fountain created by artist Jean Tinguely and is located in the Theaterplatz in the Swiss city of Basel. It was built between 1975 and 1977 on the stage of the old, aborted city theatre and was a gift from the 50-year-old trade cooperative Migros to the city of Basel. It is a new landmark for Basel, but it is not protected by monument.
Sight 7: Basel Historical Museum – Barfüsserkirche
The Basel Historical Museum is one of the largest and most important museums of its kind in Switzerland and a heritage site of national significance. It opened in 1892. The museum is divided into three buildings within the city of Basel: the Barfüsserkirche, Haus zum Kirschgarten and Musikmuseum.
Sight 8: Stadtcasino Basel
Book Ticket*Stadtcasino Basel is a concert hall in Basel, Switzerland.
Sight 9: Baseldytschi Bihni
The Baseldytschi Bihni isch e Chlaitheater in the Lohnhof in the Swiss city of Basel. It is organized by the association «Baseldytschi Bihni».
Sight 10: Leonhardskirche
St. Leonhard's Church is a Protestant Reformed church in the city of Basel, Germany. The Gothic town and collegiate church is dedicated to St. Leonhard and is located in the old town of Grossbasel on Leonhardskirchplatz.
Sight 11: Martinskirche
St. Martin's Church is a Protestant Reformed church in Basel, Switzerland.
Sight 12: Staatsarchiv des Kantons Basel-Stadt
The State Archives of Basel-Stadt in Basel have the legal task of taking over, indexing, securely storing and making available for use the archive-worthy documents of the canton's public bodies. It supports the research and publication of archival material. Organizationally, the State Archives belong to the Presidential Department.
Sight 13: Museum Kleines Klingental
The Museum Kleines Klingental in Basel is located in the founding building "Kleines Klingental" of the former nunnery Klingental from 1274 and was founded in 1938/39 as the "City and Minster Museum". The museum houses the collection of original sculptures from Basel Cathedral, which were replaced by copies during restorations at the cathedral. The museum also houses a model of the city of Basel as it looked in the 17th century and a model of the Klingental Monastery in the 16th century. The museum is managed by the Cantonal Monument Preservation Office of Basel-Stadt.
Sight 14: Clarakirche
The Church of St. Clara is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Swiss city of Basel. It is located in the Clara district of Kleinbasel and dominates Claraplatz.
Sight 15: Weisses Haus
The Blue and The White House are two town mansions in the city of Basel.
Sight 16: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel
Natural History Museum Basel is a natural history museum in Basel, Switzerland that houses wide-ranging collections focused on the fields of zoology, entomology, mineralogy, anthropology, osteology and paleontology. It has over 11 million objects.
Sight 17: Museum der Kulturen
The Museum of Cultures in Basel is a Swiss museum of ethnography with large and important collections of artifacts, especially from Europe, the South Pacific, Mesoamerica, Tibet, and Bali. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Sight 18: Basel Münster
Book Ticket*Basel Minster is a religious building in the Swiss city of Basel, originally a Catholic cathedral and today a Reformed Protestant church.
Sight 19: Kunstmuseum Basel | Neubau
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. It is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Sight 20: Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart
The Museum of Contemporary Art in Basel (Switzerland) opened in 1980 as the first public museum in Europe exclusively dedicated to the production and practice of contemporary art from the 1960s to the present. It is a heritage site of national significance.
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