Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Basel, Switzerland

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Number of sights 13 sights
Distance 5.7 km
Ascend 110 m
Descend 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 Basel

Sight 1: Europainstitut, Villa Leissler

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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.

Wikipedia: Sandgrube (Basel) (ALS)

977 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 2: Wettsteinhäuschen

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310 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: 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)

368 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Rappaz Museum

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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.

Wikipedia: RappazMuseum (ALS), Website

214 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: 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

277 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Käppelijoch

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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.

Wikipedia: Käppelijoch (ALS)

245 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Blaues Haus

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Blaues Haus

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

Wikipedia: The Blue and The White House (EN)

122 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: 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

144 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: 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)

72 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: 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)

842 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 11: Skulpturhalle

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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.

Wikipedia: Skulpturhalle Basel (EN)

1139 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 12: 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 13: 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

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