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Visit the Basel Christmas Market in Northern Switzerland

December 6, 2024November 30, 2024 by Henk Bekker

Special Advent Breads in a Basel Bakery Window

The Basler Weihnachtsmarkt is the best and biggest Christmas market in Switzerland and draws visitors from nearby Germany and France to Basel — the market is open for Advent 2024. The Swiss city of Basel, which lies on the border with France and Germany, arguably has the best and largest Christmas market in all of … Read more

Cheap Public Transportation to Basel Mulhouse Freiburg Euro Airport

February 5, 2024January 6, 2024 by Henk Bekker

Getting to Basel Airport (BSL / MLH / EAP ) is easiest by public transportation bus and train from Switzerland, Germany, and France.

Getting to Basel Airport (BSL / MLH / EAP ) is easiest by bus and train from Switzerland, Germany, and France.

Picasso’s Blue and Rose Periods Exhibition in the Beyeler in Basel, Switzerland

October 11, 2021January 26, 2019 by Henk Bekker

Detail from Acrobate et jeune arlequin, 1905

The Young Picasso – Blue and Rose Periods is a a special exhibition of around 80 works in the Fondation Beyeler in Basel from February to May 2019. The latest blockbuster exhibition in the innovative Fondation Beyeler art museum in Basel, Switzerland, focuses on the Blue and Rose Periods of a young Pablo Picasso. From … Read more

Fast TGV Lyria Trains from Paris to Basel & Zurich

February 9, 2022April 3, 2018 by Henk Bekker

High-speed TGV Lyria trains transport travelers in three hours from Paris-Gare de Lyon in France to Basel and in four hours to Zurich in Switzerland. TGV Lyria trains often provide the fastest and cheapest transportation from Paris-Gare de Lyon to Basel and Zurich in Switzerland. Six trains per day travel from Paris to Basel in … Read more

Paul Gauguin at the Fondation Beyeler in Basel

November 13, 2020November 14, 2014 by Henk Bekker

From 8 February to 28 June 2015, the Fondation Beyeler in Basel will stage the biggest Paul Gauguin special exhibition in Switzerland for half a century. Fifty works from various museums and private owners in 13 countries will feature in this important and colorful Paul Gauguin retrospective – the most elaborate exhibition project ever arranged … Read more

Vincent van Gogh Landscapes Exhibition, Basel

November 17, 2020March 30, 2009 by Henk Bekker

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.

See the Basler Münster (Minster in Basel)

October 11, 2021January 12, 2009 by Henk Bekker

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.

Top Sights to See in Historical Basel in Switzerland

February 9, 2022January 11, 2009 by Henk Bekker

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.