This is our Basel

Are you on the lookout for insiders’ tips? Get to know our locals. Whether born in Basel or moved here: they share our love of the city.

Hear about where the former tour guide Helen Liebendörfer buys her vegetables, why little Lia likes visiting the monkeys in Basel’s zoo on her afternoon off and where the director of the Swiss Architecture Museum enjoys the view.

Basel is a city full of stories

This is Basel for Helen
Locals Film Alba Carbonell Castillo: Inspiration.

Inspiration

This is Basel for Alba

Discovering something new

This is Basel for Lia & Mathis

Quality of life

This is Basel for Ary

Future

This is Basel for Andreas

Rhine 
swimming

Sam Keller

A fan of Basel

Permi Jhooti

The flair of an artist from Basel

Urs “Däge” Degen