Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Basel, Switzerland
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5.7 km
85 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: Europainstitut, Villa Leissler
S Landguet «Sandgruebe» isch e barocks Geböid an dr Riechestrooss 154 z Baasel. Es stoot uf dr Liste vo de Kulturgüeter, wo nazionali Bedütig häi.
Sight 2: Wettsteinhäuschen
Sight 3: 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 4: Rappaz Museum
S RappazMuseum isch e Museum im Huus Klingedaal 11 im Gläibaasel where graphic artist and artist Rolf Rappaz is dedicated to the Baasler Museum. It is open from Mändig to Thursday from zääni am Morge to fümfi am Nomiddaag.
Sight 5: 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 6: Käppelijoch
S Käppelijoch isch en eformoligi chläini Kapälle uf dr Middlere Brugg z Baasel, wo under Dänggmolschutz stoot. As a baar otheri built in the city, het aus s Käppelijoch e colorful tiled roof.
Sight 7: Blaues Haus
The Blue and The White House are two town mansions in the city of Basel.
Sight 8: 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 9: 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 10: Martinskirche
St. Martin's Church is a Protestant Reformed church in Basel, Switzerland.
Sight 11: Skulpturhalle
The Skulpturhalle Basel is a museum in Basel, Switzerland, featuring cast replicas of antique sculpture. With around 2,000 casts it is the largest collection of its kind in the country, having tripled in size between 1985 and 2010. Since 1961 the collection has been managed by the Antikenmuseum Basel.
Sight 12: Gemeindehaus Oekolampad
The Oekolampad parish hall is a Protestant Reformed church in the city of Basel, which has been converted since 2011.
Sight 13: 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).
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