Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Basel, Switzerland

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 6.9 km
Ascend 147 m
Descend 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 Basel

Sight 1: Gemeindehaus Oekolampad

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The Oekolampad parish hall is a Protestant Reformed church in the city of Basel, which has been converted since 2011.

Wikipedia: Oekolampad-Kirche (DE)

1026 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 2: Pauluskirche

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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).

Wikipedia: St. Paul's Church, Basel (EN), Website

1181 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 3: Basel Historical Museum – Haus zum Kirschgarten

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The Haus zum Kirschgarten is a city palace on Elisabethenstrasse in Basel, Switzerland. The building is used by the Basel Historical Museum.

Wikipedia: Haus zum Kirschgarten (DE), Website

113 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Elisabethenkirche

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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.

Wikipedia: Elisabethenkirche, Basel (EN), Website

29 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 5: Theater Basel

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Theater Basel Norbert Aepli, Switzerland (User:Noebu) / CC BY 2.5

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.

Wikipedia: Theater Basel (EN), Website

108 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Tinguely Fountain

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Tinguely Fountain MyName (Rufus46) / CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

Wikipedia: Fasnachts-Brunnen (DE)

120 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Basel Historical Museum – Barfüsserkirche

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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.

Wikipedia: Basel Historical Museum (EN), Website

70 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Stadtcasino Basel

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Stadtcasino Basel Roman Weyeneth / CC BY-SA 4.0

Stadtcasino Basel is a concert hall in Basel, Switzerland.

Wikipedia: Stadtcasino Basel (EN)

349 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 9: Baseldytschi Bihni

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The Baseldytschi Bihni isch e Chlaitheater in the Lohnhof in the Swiss city of Basel. It is organized by the association «Baseldytschi Bihni».

Wikipedia: Baseldytschi Bihni (ALS), Website

82 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Leonhardskirche

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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.

Wikipedia: Leonhardskirche (Basel) (DE)

584 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 11: Martinskirche

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Martinskirche Roland Zumbühl / CC BY-SA 3.0

St. Martin's Church is a Protestant Reformed church in Basel, Switzerland.

Wikipedia: Martinskirche (Basel) (DE)

72 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: Staatsarchiv des Kantons Basel-Stadt

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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.

Wikipedia: Staatsarchiv Basel-Stadt (DE)

560 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 13: Museum Kleines Klingental

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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.

Wikipedia: Museum Kleines Klingental (DE), Website

471 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 14: Clarakirche

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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.

Wikipedia: St. Clara (Basel) (DE)

666 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 15: Weisses Haus

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Weisses Haus

The Blue and The White House are two town mansions in the city of Basel.

Wikipedia: The Blue and The White House (EN)

96 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

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Naturhistorisches Museum Basel Own work / CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

Wikipedia: Natural History Museum of Basel (EN), Website

195 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 17: Museum der Kulturen

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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.

Wikipedia: Museum of Cultures (Basel) (EN), Website

232 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 18: Basel Münster

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Basel Münster Wladyslaw Sojka / FAL

Basel Minster is a religious building in the Swiss city of Basel, originally a Catholic cathedral and today a Reformed Protestant church.

Wikipedia: Basel Minster (EN)

384 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 19: Kunstmuseum Basel | Neubau

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Kunstmuseum Basel | Neubau Wladyslaw Sojka / FAL

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.

Wikipedia: Kunstmuseum Basel (EN)

544 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 20: Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart

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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.

Wikipedia: Museum of Contemporary Art (Basel) (EN)

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