Basel, Switzerland Travel Blogs

... of the less stereotypical Switzerland, whilst it still possesses a few good reminders that you are actually in Switzerland! In Basel there's a plethora of watch shops, chocolate shops, some spectacular architecture, plenty of museums and a lovely river. ...

A travel blog entry by susan_g
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... said goodbye and she took the train back to the town where she is doing an exchange year in school. The town centre of Basel isn't really that interesting except for quirks. There are a hell of a lot of water fountains that you can actually drink from. ...

A travel blog entry by amullett
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... to be in Basel beyond lunch time. Tim quietly suggested that I try The United bank of Switzerland across the road because their head office was in Basel and if someone needed to get someone to get permission from someone, that someone would be more ...

A travel blog entry by endeuro2000
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Nothing much to say, really. Went to Switzerland for half an hour, had some McDonalds. They have shrimp things. I'ts weird.

Diesmal bleibe ich definitiv nur elf Wochen! Ich weiss, fuer das "nur" moechte mir manch einer das Maul mit Schneematsch stopfen - tut mir leid. Ehrlich! Da ich anfangs alleine unterwegs sein werde, genehmige ich mir mal den Luxus der ...

... French accent). It was a rewarding run, it it blew my mind to think that just hours ago we were in Turkey and Switzerland respectively, and that tomorrow we'd be driving around Germany. Ryan, Catie and I hung out at a fairly nondescript eatery in the ...

Basel, Switzerland was chosen as our second stop over Stuttgart, Germany primarily because the train pass was cheaper. However the primary reason for our second stop was a terrific Christmas Market and Basel did not disappoint. We arrived around 1:30 and ...

... , thus bringing Basel's river trade to a grinding halt. A short walk took us to a promontory where the borders of Switzerland, France and Germany met. We wouldn't have known had it not been for a large and not terribly attractive sculpture emblazoned with ...

... indeed unlike anything I had ever witnessed before. A small group of about 20 people crammed into a storage room in the Basel Theater, from which even smaller groups of about four people were extracted. In these small groups, we were taken throughout the ...

... pass on the pub crawl. When returning home that evening.. we had to pack our bags and only had 2 hrs of sleep. Our flight for Basel left at 6am. This was sooo rough... i feel like we are either on a plane.. a bus.. a tram.. a subway.. its crazy! ...

... south-west corner of Germany, we had to travel through Paris and then could have either gone through Frankfurt, Strasbourg or Basel in Switzerland. So we decided to go through Basel and kick around there for a little while, which we actually didn´t end up ...

... fuhren wir zu Jazz nach Basel. Jessica hatte ich ja im Falsti-Waisenheim kennengelernt - ein so geniales Mädel, da musste ich einfach vorbei. Leider hatte sie Stress zu Haus und mit all ihren Projekten, und nach einem kurzen Plausch mit ihrem Vater, ...

Hello from Basel! Basel is a very small city in Switzerland..it definitely has character.. You can take a ride through the city on its vintage street car... it looks like a trolly. This city was settled by the Celts... but it also attracted the Germans. ...

... to ensure you get the most out of your hard-earned cash. Basel on a budget Known as the 'cultural capital' of Switzerland, Basel is a must for any accomplished culture vulture. Located on the banks of the great River Rhine. Basel is divided into two ...

... some pampers for the long ride... Mom had tears it was funny... Close to the border of germany and Switzerland is Basel. A sweet little city with pretty buildings and color everywhere. Plants and trees were blooming, and everything is painted one ...

Auf der Karte auf der rechten Seite seht ihr meinen aktuellen Aufenthaltsort, symbolisiert mit einem gelben Punkt (grau falls kein Text). Nur noch wenige Tage bis zur bevorstehenden Abreise. Heute wird noch einmal kräftig gefeiert mit Freunden und ...

Just thought Id share the photos. Will update this later. We had a lovely day catching up with these special friends.

I have been given a wonderful welcome here in Basel. My hotel kicks ass and is right by the main train station. I discovered last night that these trains run quite late and eventually shut my windows before they shut down service. This morning I had my ...

I spent a great weekend traveling with the family l work for to the city of Basel in the German speaking region of Switzerland for their annual famous Basler Faschnacht (carnival). Many people of Basel describe this event as the "drei scheenschte Dääg" (most ...

I'm back home! Kinda "sad but true" story.. yeah what u gonna do, ay??

Hi Kids! I'm back in Basel, Switzerland -it's a beautiful city. The Rhine River divides the city so there are many bridges. The ferry pictured in the lower left is attached to a high cable and moves accross the river as the current pushes on the rudder. ...

fruehs kurz vor fuenf bringt uns diego nach basel, wo wir unseren ersten flug in angriff nehmen. wir sind schon ein wenig nervoes. der check in klappt ohne probleme und schon sitzen wir im flugzeug und heben ab.

Hello! A lovely day spent in another region famous for chocolate! What can I say? We hopped the morning train into Basel and walked to their Christmas Market- which was very large and spread out around the Church. Of course there were many offerings of ...

... with the recruiter who accidentally spammed my email. She is very sweet and was really helpful with my questions about life in Basel. In the afternoon I left the office for a couple of hours to load up on chocolate and to do some very brief sightseeing ...

... that Belinda was able to get reception on her German SIM card with her host carrier instead of roaming, even though we were still in Switzerland! This was fun but it tired us out so when we got back to the hotel Belinda crashed and I worked on the blog, ...

... . If I remember correctly, it dated back to about 1501. And that is about all I have to say about Basel. I plan on going back to Switzerland again sometime, but next time I'll go better prepared: a travel guide and food. Lots of it. Until next ...

... get worse) before deciding to go back to Basel to dry out there. Took some time exploring Basel and Lausanne before heading to the southern parts of Switzerland. Stayed in a small hotel in Stels with magnificent views of the mountains, checked out " ...

... I have the classic traveller splin and am really wondering what the hell I am doing there and why I left beautiful/golden paradise Switzerland and all the people I love behind. After a few hours, one of the controller decides to come for a chat, curious ...

Here are a few pictures from our trip to Basel, Switzerland. In one day, we crossed international borders (Swiss, French, and German) six times and the Rhine 3 times. Its a beautiful part of the world. The swiss are clean, friendly people.

... ... the motorcycles were going to arrive two weeks later in Basel around the 30th of April. The weather wasn`t particularly great in Switzerland so we decided to spend the next 2 weeks in Morocco (see our next entry). Of course when we got back... what do ...