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Basel (Basle)

Description: Basel (Basle, French: Bâle, Italian: Basilea) is Switzerland's third most populous city (166,563 inhabitants (2004); ... more

Basel (Basle) ... 690,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerland's second-largest urban area as of 2003). Located in north-west Switzerland on the river Rhine, Basel functions as a major industrial centre for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. The city borders both Germany and France. The Basel region, culturally extending into German Baden and French Alsace, reflects the heritage of its three states in the modern Latin name: "Regio TriRhena". It has the oldest university of the Swiss Confederation (1460).

Newest Review: ... originally built by the Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich II in the 13th century, and contains the tomb of Erasmus, the Renaissance scholar. Every autumn, there is a big Herbstmess (autumn fair) in Basel, and the big wheel is always put up in the cathedral square. As this is already an elevated position, a ride on the wheel gives you fantastic views over the city centre, and back north and west ... more

... into Germany and France respectively. The rest of the fair is pretty typical; plenty of beer and food stalls interspersed with fairground rides, scattered throughout the pedestrianised areas of the city. You can also take a boat trip on the Rhine, which ...more

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Basel (Basle): Unsettling (854 words)
by - written on 07/06/01 (Very useful, 150 readings)
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Basel is a curious city – despite visiting several times over the past year, I still haven’t been won over by its charms, and I don’t really know why! Maybe it’s the strange mix of cultures that exist in this city that sits a little uncomfortably on the Rhine, within a stone’s throw of both Germany and France: Everything is in German, the locals speak their own local dialect of Swiss German, while you are just a short bus ride from the French border, and it feels as if Basel cannot make up its mind just where it belongs. It’s not as if there isn’t much to do here, either – there is a lovely old town to be explored ... Read the complete review

Basel - A complete Guide (and stuff the tourist information ... (3673 words)
by - written on 17/03/01 (Very useful, 2604 readings)
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Okay, so this isn't exactly going to be a 'travel' Op, as I actually was born in this place and never saw it through the eyes of a 'tourist'. None the less, before I write an Op on Huddersfield, my chosen new home town, I decided to write about Basel, Switzerland - a place that I know a tad better than Huddersfield, as I have spent 21 years of my life in and around the city. Some information has been taken from my College project (Multimedia class) about Basel, to which I will include a link further down... .:. Basel - Some Facts and History (stop YAWNING!) .:. Basel is the second-largest city in Switzerland, with over ... Read the complete review

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