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Must See
alley lined with picturesque largest of its kind in Europe.
shut tered houses, on the Most of the exhibits date from
west side of the Old Town the late 19th to the early 20th teddy bears and a variety of
(Altstadt). Built in 1370, the centuries, although there are other stuffed animals made
Spalentor formed part of also some contemporary by leading toymakers of today
the defensive walls that once pieces displayed as well. All and yesterday.
encircled Basel. The tower the doll’s houses and mini­ Even if you don’t have time
consists of a pair of crenel­ ature shops on display are to go in, the museum is always
lated turrets framing a square meticulously decorated and worth a visit – the spectacular
central section, which has a furnished. The collection also window displays are an event
pointed roof laid with glazed includes mechanical models, in themselves.
red, black and white tiles.
The gate, which has wood en
doors and a port cullis, is
embellished with sculp tures
and on its west side it bears
the arms of the city.

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Spielzeug Welten
Museum Basel
⌂ Steinenvorstadt 1
# 10am–6pm Tue–Sun
(daily in Dec) ∑ spielzeug-
welten-museum-basel.ch
With more than 6,000 items
laid out on four floors, the Toy A mannequin and a bicycle on display in
Worlds Museum in Basel is the the Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel

Mittlere CLARAGRABEN
Rheinbrücke R HEI N G A S S E R EB GA SS E RHEINFELDERSTR.
HEBELSTRASSE
BERNOULLISTR.
UTENGASSE
Pharmazie- Kleinbasel
Botanischer PETERS- historisches Martinskirche O B E R E R R H E I N W E G
PLATZ
Garten Museum Basel Marktplatz R h e in RIEHENTOR- STRASSE GREN ZACHERSTR.
Universität PETERSGRABEN NADELBERG S C HNEIDER- GASSE Rathaus Naturhistorisches WETTSTEIN- BRÜCKE Museum Tinguely
Spalentor Museum 800 m (870 yd)
Museum Augustinergasse
Jüdisches SPALENBERG MUNZ GASSE der Kulturen SCHAFFHAUSERRHEINWEG
Museum MÜNSTER-
der Schweiz LEONHARDSGRABEN PLATZ Basel Münster Wettstein-
brücke
H E UBE RG
SCHÜTZEN-
HOLBEIN- GERBE RGASSE FALKNERSTR. FREIE STRASSE MÜNSTERBERG RITTERG.
GRABEN
PLATZ STREIT- ST AL B A N - R HE I N WEG
GASSE
LEIMENSTRASSE Leonhardskirche BARFÜSSER- Historisches Antikenmuseum MÜHLENBERG St Alban St Alban
PLATZ
Museum
EULERSTRASSE
Spielzeug Welten
Basel
Museum Basel STEINENBERG Kunstmuseum ST ALBAN-VORSTADT Kirche
Architekturmuseum M A LZG A S S E
Kunsthalle
STEINENVORSTADT Stadttheater D U FO U RSTR .
A U S T R A S S E
BY FA N GW EG HOLBEI NSTRASSE BIRSIG-PA RKPLATZ Haus zum AESCHENVORSTADT AESCHEN- S T A L B A N - A N L A G E HARDSTRASSE
ST E I N EN G R AB EN
B I R S I G ST R ASS E ELISABE T H E NSTR. Kirschgarten PLATZ L A N G E G A S S E
MARGARETHENSTR. A E S C H E N G R A B E N ST JAKOBS-STRASSE ENGELGASSE
INNERE
VIADUKTSTRASSE
BI N NIN G ER ST R AS S E BAHNHOF- 0 metres 400 N
Zoologischer NAUENSTRASSE GARTE N ST R AS SE
Garten Station PLATZ 0 yards 400
Basel
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