Themed tours

 
 

Basel at Christmas time

Christmas trees, illuminations and angels, but also stories about the customs practised in old Basel houses, accompany you on your way. more

 

A stroll through the Alte Vorstadt to the St. Johanntor

The way from the Totentanz to the St. Johanntor provides a living picture of the city's development. more

 

Basel and the History of Medicine

The University and Faculty of Medicine are associated with names and dynasties such as Platter, Bernoullli, Euler or Zwinger. more

 

Basel becomes a city – architecture around 1900

Basel awakens. The point of departure is the intense push towards modernisation related to the Industrial Revolution. more

 

Basel on your own bike

Bikes in Basel are known by the French name «velo». A tour right through the centre of the town! more

 

Basel Time and Basel Clocks

The times when for tactical reasons the people of Basel set their clocks an hour forward are now over. more

 

Children and Young People - Variant 1

From the Tinguely Fountain and up onto the Cathedral Hill –through the old town formerly populated by craftsmen around the Schifflände and Marktplatz. more

 

Children and Young People - Variant 2

Past guild houses of the mediaeval city and into the Historische Museum on the Barfüsserplatz. more

 

Children and Young People - Variant 3

Across one of the oldest bridges over the Rhine into the Museum Kleines Klingental, and a ferry ride across the Rhine back into Grossbasel. more

 

Fountains – Water – Springs

As early as the 15th century the participants in the Council of Basel were impressed by the many fountains in the city. more

 

Jewish Basel from the Middle Ages to the present day

Between the Marktplatz and the synagogue in the Eulerstrasse we come across many traces of Jewish life from the Middle Ages to the present day. more

 

Kleinbasel – the town on the right bank of the Rhine

The part of the town on the right bank of the Rhine is more than just «Lesser Basel». more