Experiences around the Eurovision Song Contest

In addition to the nine live shows, there’s much more to discover in Basel and the region during the Eurovision Song Contest 2025: exciting guided tours, inspiring day trips or the lively nightlife – the city of culture on the Rhine has something for everyone.

Guided tours

Discover Basel your way: fascinating facts and entertaining anecdotes await you on Basel Tourism’s guided tours – whether light-hearted, serious, historical or highly topical. Be it on foot, by bike, by bus, with professional guides, with actors or on a free, self-guided tour – you decide how you want to see Basel.

Pride Tour: Queer city tour through Basel

Discover Basel's colorful and diverse history and present of the LGBTQIA+ community. On this tour we will introduce you to pioneers of the LGBTIQ+ community with a focus on fashion, music, scene and club culture and political movements.

Find out more

Urban Art City Tour – Graffiti & Street Art

In its public spaces, Basel has an extensive collection of art and urban discoveries on offer. Artstübli organizes authentic urban art and graffiti tours accompanied by artists and experts in the urban art scene.

Find out more

City tour on the sightseeing bus 

Lasting two hours, the tour takes you past popular places of interest such as the Spalentor, the Kunstmuseum Basel, Museum Tinguely, the Roche Towers, Messe Basel and the tri-border area.

Find out more

Audio tours through 
the Old Town 

Discover Basel’s Old Town on foot and immerse yourself in its history! Five different audio tours take you through winding alleys, picturesque squares and renowned museums.

Find out more

ARTour 

ARTour Basel is an exhibition of eleven augmented reality artworks that can be discovered in the centre of Basel using the free ARTour app. 

Find out more

Basel by Bike 

This short guided bike tour will take you to the most beautiful and interesting places in Basel beyond the core of the city centre. 

Find out more

Day trips to the places surrounding Basel

Europa-Park 2022

© Europa-Park GmbH & Co Mack KG

As well as being a worthwhile destination in its own right, Basel is also the perfect starting point for exciting day trips. The city on the Rhine is located in tri-border area, where Switzerland directly borders Germany and France – the ideal place for exploring this diverse region.