A la carte stroll through the city

Basel has much to offer! You learn a great deal of fascinating information about

...the position of the city on the Rhine,
...the development of the city with the city walls, gates and defensive ditches, the outer districts that grew up following the industrialisation of the 19th century
...the history of the settlement on the Cathedral Hill and the lower part of the town
...the economic development of Basel from a mediaeval trading town on the Rhine to a centre for fairs and its present identity as the capital of the chemical and pharmaceutical industry,
...and about important events such as the Church Council in the 15th century, the beginning of paper manufacture and printing, the Reformation of 1529, and also the founding of Switzerland's oldest university....