Large Special Collection of Impressionist Paintings in the Kunstmuseum, Switzerland

Vincent van Gogh’s Landscapes Paintings Special Exhibition in the Kunstmuseum, Basel will be one of the greatest temporary art gallery shows in Europe 2009.

Blumenbeete in Holland, Vincent van Gogh April 1883, © National Gallery of Art Washington

The Vincent van Gogh – Between Earth and Heaven: the Landscapes will be one of the best temporary art collections in Europe in 2009. The Kunstmuseum Basel (Art Museum) will host the Vincent van Gogh – Zwischen Erde und Himmel: Die Landschaften exhibition from April 26 to September 27, 2009. On display will be 70 Vincent van Gogh landscape paintings as well as more landscape paintings by Van Gogh’s contemporaries including French Impressionist and Fauvist painters.

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Getting to EuroAirport (BSL, MLH, EAP) in France, Germany & Switzerland

Getting to EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg (BSL, MLH, EAP) by car, train, or bus is easy and cheap from Swiss, French (Alsace), and German Black Forest towns.

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EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg (BSL, MLH, EAP) is generally easiest reached by public bus from Basel in Switzerland. Basel Airport is physically in France but operated jointly by the Swiss and French authorities. Easy public transportation is also available to towns in Alsace, France and the Black Forrest in Germany.

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Low Airfares and Tickets on Budget Airlines Flying to BSL, MLH, EAP

EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg (BSL, MLH, EAP) is a favorite for cheap flights and discount ticket on low-cost airlines flying to Switzerland, Germany, and France.

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Flying to Switzerland is often anything but cheap. However, Basel Airport (BSL) has many flights on low-cost airlines to European destinations. EasyJet, Air Berlin and TUIfly have a strong presence at Basel Airport, which is a sound alternative for budget travelers heading to Alsace in France and the Southern Black Forest in Germany.

• The full name of Basel Airport is EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg.

EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg has three IATA codes: BSL, MLH, and EAP – BSL is the most common with many internet reservation services not recognizing EAP at all. Some destinations are only served during the summer season.

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A Top Romanesque and Gothic Church with Cloisters, Switzerland

The Basler Münster (Minster) is the top historical sight in Basel, Switzerland. It is a big Romanesque and Gothic church with cloisters and the tomb of the humanist Erasmus.

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The Basler Münster (Minster) towers over the Rhine Valley and the old town of Basel from Münsterberg hill. This mostly fourteenth and fifteenth-century Gothic church is the top historical and architectural sight in Basel, Switzerland’s fourth largest city.

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Tour the Old Town, Münster (Minster), Rathaus, and Best Museums

The Romanesque-Gothic Minster, historical Rathaus on Marktplatz, old streets in Spalenberg, fountains, and excellent museums are the best sights to see in Basel, Switzerland.

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The Swiss city Basel is on the Rhine River at the border with Germany and France. This city of almost 170,000 inhabitants has an interesting historical center, pedestrian shopping streets, and excellent museums.

The Romanesque-Gothic Basler Münster (Minster)

The Romanesque-Gothic Basler Münster (Basel Minster) is the top historical and architectural sight to see in Basel. This large church on Münsterberg Hill towers of the town and the Rhine River valley. Its origins are twelfth-century Romanesque but most of what is visible today is late medieval Gothic.

The Minster in Basel is famous for its highly decorative Romanesque St. Gallen portal where Christ sits in judgment on the tympanum. Also note the elephants carved out of stone facing the Rhine river.

• European humanist Erasmus of Rotterdam (1469-1536) is buried in the Basler Münster.

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