Winter excursions in Basel

In Basel, a shopping trip can easily be a sightseeing tour.

Explore the world of urban art and indulgence.

Sports and fun for all the family are in the order of the day at the Dreirosen Leisure Hall in Basel. In all weathers, local children both young and old enjoy visiting this games centre by the River Rhine.

Housed in a medieval paper mill, the museum offers a fascinating atmosphere being a combination of museum and production workshops. It is one of the few museums in Europe to maintain and preserve the historic techniques at an authentic venue.

Around Basel there are a lot of different energy and drinking water facilities with a neutral to positive environmental impact which can be experienced by our visitors.

Our special offers for groups give you and your guests a unique experience in and around Basel. Whether sporty, cultural or culinary, Basel Tourism has the perfect offering for your event. As your contact partner, we’ll assist you with all of your wishes and questions. Leave the organization of your team event to us and book one of our diverse experience packages for groups.

A visit to the toy museum in Riehen is an unforgettable experience for toy lovers. The museum houses European toys from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Our special offers for groups give you and your guests a unique experience in and around Basel. Whether sporty, cultural or culinary, Basel Tourism has the perfect offering for your event. As your contact partner, we’ll assist you with all of your wishes and questions. Leave the organization of your team event to us and book one of our diverse experience packages for groups.

There is always something to experience aboard the flotilla of the Basle passenger cruise company: lock passages between Basle and Rheinfelden, city and harbour tours, rich brunch offer and much more.

Explore Basel’s street-art scene on your own.

It is without a doubt one of the most interesting topics in modern urban design: the spatial planning of urban districts.

The Spalentor is the most imposing of the three city gates that were part of the large city fortifications dating back to the year 1400. Many important supplies entered the city of Basel from Alsace through this gate. From here, there is a wonderful view over the roofs of Basel’s old town and the hills of the Jura, the Black Forest and Vosges.

With its more than 6,000 dolls, teddybears, play shops and roundabouts, the Toy Worlds Museum Basel is unique in Europe.

Take a tour with two experts who know the local gastro scene intimately, and enjoy each course on the menu in a different restaurant.

You really should try this: take a self-guided food tour and visit four shops that are firm favourites with the people of Basel, and far off the usual tourist trail.

Discover Basel at Christmas time and learn all about old and new Advent customs.

The hotel special for girlfriends who have not seen each other for a long while: spend a relaxing break in Basel and devote yourself to having a really great time together on your city trip.

As one of the few museums in Europe dedicated to this art form, the paper mill preserves historical techniques at an authentic site. Participants are shown these traditional techniques and given the opportunity to have a go at making paper and printing themselves.

The four Rhine ferries “Wild Maa”, “Leu”, “Vogel Gryff” and “Ueli” connect Grossbasel with Kleinbasel.

Take a look behind the scenes at one of the last haute couture workshops in Switzerland.

Our special offers for groups give you and your guests a unique experience in and around Basel. Whether sporty, cultural or culinary, Basel Tourism has the perfect offering for your event. As your contact partner, we’ll assist you with all of your wishes and questions. Leave the organization of your team event to us and book one of our diverse experience packages for groups.

Basel has some impressive urban art and a lot of exciting things just waiting for you to discover them. The work of national and international graffiti and street artists can be admired in many places throughout the city.

Energie Zukunft Schweiz («energy future Switzerland») offers tours behind the scenes and show, how drinking water is produced in different Swiss cities.

Pioneering, influential, pugnacious. This new walking tour is devoted to women who have helped to shape the city of Basel - either as individuals or as part of a movement.

Our special offers for groups give you and your guests a unique experience in and around Basel. Whether sporty, cultural or culinary, Basel Tourism has the perfect offering for your event. As your contact partner, we’ll assist you with all of your wishes and questions. Leave the organization of your team event to us and book one of our diverse experience packages for groups.

The newly created Rehberger-Weg is a 6-kilometre path from the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein to the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen.