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      <description><![CDATA[In summer Basel drinks by the Rhine, all year round in Kleinbasel. The riverside buvettes, the bars of Rheingasse, the Old Town cocktail bars and the clubs, with addresses, opening hours, prices from the menus and walking times from the Mittlere Brücke.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Art Basel sells several ticket types at very different prices per hour. Which ticket suits which visit, what applied in 2026 and what is still open for 2027, where to buy safely, what a ticket does not include and how to spot fake offers.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Stay overnight in Basel and you ride trams and buses free and pay less at many museums. Which zones and lines the BaselCard covers, what it cannot do, how to get it, how much the discounts are worth and which ticket day visitors should buy.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Basel is expensive, especially for rooms and restaurants, but the guest card makes trams and museums cheaper. What each item costs, a daily budget you can check yourself, what happens when you pay in euros and where the real savings lie.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Art Basel brand has five fairs on four continents. When each one takes place, what only the Basel edition offers, which fair suits buying, looking or networking, and why the satellite fairs in Basel have no confirmed dates.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[No month is best for everyone. How warm and wet Basel is each month, when Fasnacht, Art Basel, the Tattoo, Herbstmesse and the Christmas market fill the city, what hotels cost and which month suits which reason for travelling.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Basel is known as a city of museums, but the number depends on who is counting. Which venues suit which interests, what they cost in 2026, when the Museum Pass or the BaselCard pays off and how to get through the Museums Night in January.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Drifting down the Rhine with a Wickelfisch is the quintessential Basel summer experience, but it is not a swimming pool. The thresholds the canton gives, where swimming is banned, what applies after rain and what you can enjoy on the bank without swimming.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Vitra Campus is in Germany, a tram or bus ride from Basel. What the museum, the Schaudepot and the VitraHaus offer, what tickets cost in 2026, which buildings you can only enter on a tour and how to combine the day with the Fondation Beyeler.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The "Zolli" is right in the city and open every day. What admission costs in 2026 and what it includes, how to plan the visit by your children's ages, what is left when it rains and why you should not come by car.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Basel has a few genuine specialities, most of them tied to particular times of year, and a cuisine that is mainly international. What is from Basel and what is not, what a meal costs, when kitchens are open and which taverns locals themselves eat in, from the Hasenburg to the Löwenzorn.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Every July the Basel Tattoo fills the Kaserne with pipe bands, military music and dance. What is known about 2027, what tickets cost in 2026, when children go free, what the parade offers and how to plan your room and the way back.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Novartis Campus has been open since 2022, but its buildings have not. When you can get in, what the free audio tour shows, what the Pavillon costs, how the guided tours work and how to turn it into half a day of architecture.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[From Basel, a lot is "under an hour" away, but hardly anything is half a day. Which trips work as half days, which need a full day, which tickets apply and which combinations fail.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Minster costs nothing; the towers cost [[fait:monuments.muenster.tour.prix|6 CHF]]. When you can climb and when you cannot, what the cloister and the Pfalz offer, where Erasmus lies and what pictures of the towers leave out.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Fifteen places in Basel, ranked by what they bring to a first visit, with realistic timings, prices and a frank verdict. Plus what is free, which guided tour is worth it, the best time of day for each place and what you can safely skip.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Basel's carnival begins in 2027 on Monday 15 February at 4am with the Morgestraich and lasts exactly 72 hours. The programme day by day, where to stand, what the Plakette is, the mistakes visitors make and how to plan your room and the way back.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Art Basel 2027 takes place from 17 to 20 June at Messe Basel, with a preview on 15 and 16 June. What is fixed and what is not yet, 2026 prices as a guide, the Unlimited and Parcours sectors, the busiest hours and how to get there.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Basel has three stations and four names, and "Basel" on your ticket is not enough. Which train leaves from where, how much time to allow for a connection, how to switch between SBB and Badischer Bahnhof, which app sells which ticket and where the pitfalls are.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Basel Christmas market is spread across Münsterplatz and Barfüsserplatz and runs from 26 November to 23 December 2026. Opening hours, the early close on the last day, what is free, the quiet hours, the canton's figures and the gaps in them.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Switzerland's biggest funfair celebrates its 555th year in 2026: dates, the seven squares from Messeplatz to Petersplatz with their hours, what is free and what is not, when it is quietest and what the organisers do not publish.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[Museum Tinguely shows machines that rattle, squeak and spin, in Solitude Park by the Rhine. Opening hours, prices, current exhibitions, how to get there by tram and bus, and the Carnival Fountain, which stands on the other side of the river.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[EuroAirport is in France but has a Swiss sector, and that difference decides your exit, taxi, hire car and customs. The way into town on bus 50, the role of the BaselCard, parking, the flight schedule and the Zurich alternative.]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Kunstmuseum Basel is not one building but three: the Hauptbau, the Neubau and the Gegenwart. What you see where, what admission costs, when the collection is free, which exhibitions are announced until 2028 and which days to avoid.]]></description>
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