Barrier-free Basel
On this page, you can find out more about the following topics:
Getting around in Basel
Public facilities
Pro Infirmis offers a city map for people with disabilities that provides comprehensive information on mobility in Basel. It indicates which cafés and restaurants are wheelchair-accessible and where to find toilet facilities that are suitable for wheelchair users. It also contains lots of additional useful information for people with limited mobility.
Car parks, WCs and ATMs
The map provided by ParaMap shows the locations of wheelchair-friendly toilets and wheelchair-accessible ATMs as well as disabled parking spaces in Basel (enter “Basel” in the search window).
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Eurokey
The Eurokey universal key gives you access to disabled-friendly toilets, elevators, lifting platforms and other public facilities.
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Tourist information office
The tourist information office in the Stadtcasino at Barfüsserplatz is fully wheelchair-accessible and is a member of the OK:GO initiative. The Basel Tourism team will be happy to answer your questions regarding Basel’s tourist offers.
Find out moreMobility
Every tram has at least one low-floor entrance. The new buses are equipped with a fold-out ramp that can be used at most stops. BVB Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe and BLT Baselland Transport AG provide additional information and brochures concerning public transport for people with disabilities.
Airport
On its website, the EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg provides information for passengers with disabilities.
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Car hire
Reserve a disabled-friendly car with Europcar, which you can collect from the branch located by the Swiss SBB railway station (by the Gundeldingen station entrance).
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Ferries
The St. Johann ferry can be safely boarded with a manual wheelchair and pushchair on both banks of the Rhine. Rails are available for heavier wheelchairs.
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Boat trips on the Rhine
The Rhystärn is fully wheelchair-accessible. It has a lift on board that takes you to the various decks.
There is also a lift available at the Schifflände landing pier (78 cm wide × 210 cm long, max. load 1125 kg).
Events
Which of Basel’s museums are wheelchair-accessible, where can you hire a wheelchair and where can you find guided tours given in sign language? For detailed information regarding the accessibility of public facilities and services for people with disabilities, please visit the website of Pro Infirmis.
Museum Tinguely
The museum regularly organizes guided tours for people with disabilities and provides lots of information in the form of audio descriptions and via sign language on its website.
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Fondation Beyeler
On special guided tours given by the Fondation Beyeler, information on the exhibition is translated into sign language.
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Augusta Raurica
Museum entry is free to recipients of IV invalidity insurance and a companion. The range of services extends from events for the visually impaired through to workshops and guided tours with sign-language translation.
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Theater Basel
Here, people with limited mobility, visual impairments or hearing impairments can find all the information regarding performances at Theater Basel and the Schauspielhaus.
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Stadtcasino Basel
The Stadtcasino Basel is fully wheelchair-accessible and the seats in the stalls feature an audio induction loop.
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City tours
The following public guided tour is also accessible to wheelchair users: Stories of Basel’s Old Town.
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Art Basel
Every entrance to the exhibition halls is wheelchair-accessible. If you wish to hire a wheelchair, please visit the information desk in Hall 1 or Hall 2.
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International Circus Festival Young Stage Basel
Every room is wheelchair-accessible. The Parkhaus Messe offers five parking spaces on the fourth floor for recipients of IV invalidity insurance. Tickets for wheelchair spaces can be booked via e-mail:
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Basel Tattoo
Free wheelchair spaces can be booked via the Basel Tattoo Shop.
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Swiss Indoors
The St. Jakobshalle offers partial wheelchair access. Disabled parking spaces and wheelchair spaces are available.
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Longines CHI Classics Basel
The St. Jakobshalle offers partial wheelchair access. Disabled parking spaces and wheelchair spaces are available. Tickets for wheelchair spaces can be booked via e-mail:
[email protected]Barrier-free group experiences and team events
Be it tastings, treasure hunts or tours – Basel offers a range of attractive events and experiences that are also accessible for wheelchair users. Get to know the city in a creative way as part of a group.
Group experiences
Chocolate tasting at Teufelhof
The group experience is suitable for wheelchair users. The guided tour and the location offer barrier-free accessibility.
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Curious and historic tales from Basel
The group experience is suitable for wheelchair users. The guided tour and the location offer barrier-free accessibility.
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Adventure-filled scavenger hunt in Basel
The treasure hunt routes are accessible for wheelchair users. Only the envisaged ferry trip has to be omitted.
Find out moreTeam events
A journey into the world of Jakob’s Basler Leckerly
Dieser Teamevent ist barrierefrei zugänglich.
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Chocolate tasting
This team event offers barrier-free accessibility.
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Urban Art City Tour – Graffiti & Street Art
The tour is accessible for wheelchair users.
Find out moreOutdoor adventures
Barrier-free playground
The play meadow by the Lange Erlen Animal Park is a modern adventure playground that is also accessible to children in wheelchairs.
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Going onto the ice rink in a wheelchair
The Margarethen ice rink provides skating blades that can be attached to the bottom of the wheelchair.
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SwitzerlandMobility offers route descriptions for barrier-free trails that are also accessible to wheelchair users. Via the MyWay Pro app (only available for iOS), blind and partially sighted people can download an audio guide for the routes.
Wiesenweg
The starting point for this route is the Badischer Bahnhof in Basel. The route takes in the Lange Erlen Animal Park, the causeway along the River Wiese and the open landscape in Riehen, making for a varied, unforgettable tour.
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Bruderholzweg
The Bruderholzweg is a circular trail on a hill between two valleys in a beautiful natural setting and offers a pleasant change to the hustle and bustle of the city.
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Burgfeldenpark-Parc-des-Carrières-Weg
Green spaces, shady trees and orchards – the hike begins on the outskirts of Basel and leads through the green oases of the border region. A relaxing excursion into verdant surroundings, past colourful gardens and flower meadows.
schweizmobil.chWheelchair-friendly and barrier-free hotels
The following hotels and accommodation providers in Basel are either fully or partially wheelchair-accessible. As a guest at the DasBreiteHotel on the Rhine and the Hotel Schweizerhof, you can book the services of Hotelspitex (e.g. outpatient care, companions for walks and excursions, assistance or transport).
For detailed information regarding the accessibility of hotels, hotel rooms and toilets as well as the availability of disabled parking spaces, please visit the website of Pro Infirmis.
