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EXPERIENCE Northern Switzerland Basel's riverside Old Town

under the towering
presence of the cathedral

Nietzsche (1844–1900). The
1 \-= present university build ing is
BASEL the Kollegienhaus, a great
Modernist edifice on the east
side of Petersplatz, com pleted
in 1946. The entrance to the
! C2 ⌂ 76 km (48 miles) W of Zurich n Stadtcasino,
Barfüsserplatz, Steinenberg 4, Bahnhof Basel SBB building is embellished with
train station, www.basel.com mosaics depicting the univer­
sity’s founders, and the main
Mention the city of Basel and most people today hall has stained glass windows.
will think of industry or art. Straddling the Rhine,
Mittlere
this city of con trasts is the country’s only port and HEBELSTRASSE Rheinbrücke CLARAGRABEN
as such is a major centre of industry, with a long 3 BERNOULLISTR. R HEI N G A S S E R EB G A SS E RHEINFELDERSTR.
UTENGASSE
history of pharmaceuti cal expertise. The city is also Spalentor PETERS- Pharmazie- Martinskirche O B E R E R R H E I N W E G
Kleinbasel
historisches
one of Switzerland’s most cultured cities, hosting Art Botanischer PLATZ Museum Basel RIEHENTOR- GREN ZACHERSTR.
Garten
Basel, the world’s largest contemporary art fair. It is ⌂ Spalenvorstadt PETERSGRABEN Marktplatz Rh ein STRASSE
also famous for its festivals, the largest of which, This monumental Gothic Universität NADELBERG S C HNEIDER- GASSE Rathaus Naturhistorisches WETTSTEIN- BRÜCKE Museum Tinguely
800 m (870 yd)
Museum
Fasnacht, is an exuberant masked carnival. gate stands at the entrance Spalentor
Museum
to Spalenvorstadt, a narrow Jüdisches SPALENBERG MUNZ GASSE der Kulturen Augustinergasse SCHAFFHAUSERRHEINWEG
Museum MÜNSTER-
der Schweiz PLATZ
Switzerland after Geneva. HE UBERG Basel Münster Wettstein-
1 "'= The first Zionist Congress SCHÜTZEN- LEONHARDSGRABEN GERBE RGASSE FALKNERSTR. FREIE STRASSE brücke
GRABEN
Jüdisches Museum took place in Basel, in 1897. HOLBEIN- STREIT- MÜNSTERBERG RITTERG.
PLATZ
GASSE
der Schweiz EULERSTRASSE Leonhardskirche BARFÜSSER- Historisches Antikenmuseum ST AL B A N - R HE I N WEG St Alban
PLATZ
⌂ Kornhausgasse 8 LEIMENSTRASSE Museum MÜHLENBERG St Alban
# 1–4pm Mon–Fri, 11am– 2 Spielzeug Welten STEINENBERG Kunstmuseum ST ALBAN-VORSTADT Kirche
Basel
Museum Basel
5pm Sun ∑ juedisches- Universität ST E I N EN G R AB EN Architekturmuseum
museum.ch A U S T R A S S E Kunsthalle MA L ZGA SS E
⌂ Petersplatz 1 STEINENVORSTADT Stadttheater D U FO U RSTR .
Through a variety of artifacts AESCHENVORSTADT
dating back to the 13th cen­ Founded in 1460, Basel's BY FANGW EG BIRSIG-PA RKPLATZ S T A L B A N - A N L A G E
tury, including liturgical objects, univer sity is the oldest in the HOLBEI NSTRASSE Haus zum AESCHEN- HARDSTRASSE
the museum illustrates Jewish coun try. Among the illustrious PLATZ
religion and customs, and the figures with whom it is associ­ B IR S I G ST R ASSE ELISABE T H E NSTR. Kirschgarten L A N G E G A S S E
history and daily life of this ated are the human ist Erasmus VIADUKTSTRASSE A E S C H E N G R A B E N
INNERE
community. It is the only Jewish of Rotterdam (1466–1536), MARGARETHENSTR. ST JAKOBS-STRASSE ENGELGASSE
museum in Switzerland. The the mathematician Jakob The Gothic crenallated
Jewish population in Basel Bernoulli (1654–1705) and turrets framing the old GA RT ENSTR A S S E
BI N NIN G ER ST R A S S E
is the second largest in the philosopher Friedrich city gates, the Spalentor Zoologischer NAUENSTRASSE 0 metres 400 N
Garten BAHNHOF-
PLATZ
Basel
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