Guidebook for Basel
Food Scene
has an elegant bar and a delicious restaurant. You can sit outside in a nice courtyard. They have a concert hall. It`s a hip music and culture place.
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Volkshaus Basel
12-14 Rebgassehas an elegant bar and a delicious restaurant. You can sit outside in a nice courtyard. They have a concert hall. It`s a hip music and culture place.
Is an asian restaurant with mixed asian food. You can sit outside in summer. Inside it`s a little loud if there are many people - which most of the time is the case.
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LILY'S MAXIM
1 RebgasseIs an asian restaurant with mixed asian food. You can sit outside in summer. Inside it`s a little loud if there are many people - which most of the time is the case.
on the top floor you can chose your food and then go up one floor to the rooftop. There you have a marvellous view over the whole city.
Migros Restaurant
11 u. Rebgasseon the top floor you can chose your food and then go up one floor to the rooftop. There you have a marvellous view over the whole city.
Usually they are open until 4 am. You can eat outside in summer. It`s an "old institution" in Basel with food from middle europe and also Swiss food. Sometimes interesting people late at night.
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Klingental
20 KlingentalUsually they are open until 4 am. You can eat outside in summer. It`s an "old institution" in Basel with food from middle europe and also Swiss food. Sometimes interesting people late at night.
Nice place to eat or just to sit and drink coffee. You can sit outside. They have a big variety of journals and newspapers and you can stay and read for hours.
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Parterre One
1b KlybeckstrasseNice place to eat or just to sit and drink coffee. You can sit outside. They have a big variety of journals and newspapers and you can stay and read for hours.
nice little Thai restaurant. You can sit outide. Good food! Tan - the owner is a nice young chap. Please say hello from me if you go there!
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Restaurant Boo Klybeck
86 Klybeckstrassenice little Thai restaurant. You can sit outide. Good food! Tan - the owner is a nice young chap. Please say hello from me if you go there!
Rhywyera
10 Unterer RheinwegIt`s a nice place with delicious food. Higher prices! You can sit outside.
On the top floor of the Manor shopping center there is a self service restaurant with good quality food. Nice salads and deserts. Go one floor up and outside on the rooftop - beautiful view!!
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Manor Basel
22 GreifengasseOn the top floor of the Manor shopping center there is a self service restaurant with good quality food. Nice salads and deserts. Go one floor up and outside on the rooftop - beautiful view!!
Is one of my favorite. Nice people and good menue. You can sit outside along the Rhine river, overlooking the old city.
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Zum Schmale Wurf
10 RheingasseIs one of my favorite. Nice people and good menue. You can sit outside along the Rhine river, overlooking the old city.
Of course there is a Starbucks in every city center - and also just around the corner of my flat...
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Starbucks
2 RebgasseOf course there is a Starbucks in every city center - and also just around the corner of my flat...
You would never go the a home for the elderly to eat - would you? In this case I do! You can sit outside. For 17-18 CHF you get a soup, salad, a good main dish and a desert for lunch! On Weekends too!
Alterszentrum zum Lamm Bürgerspital Basel
16 RebgasseYou would never go the a home for the elderly to eat - would you? In this case I do! You can sit outside. For 17-18 CHF you get a soup, salad, a good main dish and a desert for lunch! On Weekends too!
Well every city center has a McDonalds ... so if you like it - it`s just around the corner.
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McDonald’s
1 ParadiesrainWell every city center has a McDonalds ... so if you like it - it`s just around the corner.
They brew their own Ueli-Bier - it`s an old institution in Basel. They have a very nice garden to sit outside!
Linde
43 RheingasseThey brew their own Ueli-Bier - it`s an old institution in Basel. They have a very nice garden to sit outside!
They are together with Restaurant Linde and brew the Ueli-Bier. Also with nice garden outside!
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Fischerstube
45 RheingasseThey are together with Restaurant Linde and brew the Ueli-Bier. Also with nice garden outside!
nice old typical and traditional Basle Restaurant with Swiss food. Little courtyard to sit outside.
Torstübli
27 Riehentorstrassenice old typical and traditional Basle Restaurant with Swiss food. Little courtyard to sit outside.
A restaurant which developed out of the 82-youth-generation and "green" movement. They have a music club in the cellar and have regular concerts.
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Hirscheneck
23 LindenbergA restaurant which developed out of the 82-youth-generation and "green" movement. They have a music club in the cellar and have regular concerts.
American Cuisine, good quality Hamburgers also one dish with vegetables which was extremely delicious last time I had it!
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Restaurant Union
95 KlybeckstrasseAmerican Cuisine, good quality Hamburgers also one dish with vegetables which was extremely delicious last time I had it!
Don`t be shy! It`s the best hotel in town - but a lovely experience to have Afternoon Tea in the Trois Rois - just enter the lobby and go straight ahead through the bar to the terrasse - great view!!
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Hotel Les Trois Rois
8 BlumenrainDon`t be shy! It`s the best hotel in town - but a lovely experience to have Afternoon Tea in the Trois Rois - just enter the lobby and go straight ahead through the bar to the terrasse - great view!!
If you want to have a tasty traditional Swiss Fondue or Raclette! Well this is definitely the place for you!
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Walliser Kanne
50 GerbergasseIf you want to have a tasty traditional Swiss Fondue or Raclette! Well this is definitely the place for you!
Very delicious food!! Artistic!! Nice little garden to sit outside in summer! For couples in love and others who want to fall in love with each other or with their delicious food they serve!
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Zum Wilden Mann
172 Basler Str.Very delicious food!! Artistic!! Nice little garden to sit outside in summer! For couples in love and others who want to fall in love with each other or with their delicious food they serve!
Best italian restaurant in town! But bring your big wallet with you or your credit card. It is incredibly expensive - but very very very delicious! fist class!
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Chez Donati
48 St. Johanns-VorstadtBest italian restaurant in town! But bring your big wallet with you or your credit card. It is incredibly expensive - but very very very delicious! fist class!
Bodega zum Strauss
16 Barfüsserpl.very good italian restaurant!
it`s more than a restaurant, an osteria, bar, coffee shop with a cool ambiance! you can also sit outside, they have a garden.
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Acqua
14 Binningerstrasseit`s more than a restaurant, an osteria, bar, coffee shop with a cool ambiance! you can also sit outside, they have a garden.
If you have a sweet tooth - go there!! One of the best and oldest confiseries in town! chose whatever you like after you enter, go up to the first floor and enjoy the view down over the market place.
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Schiesser Confiserie zum Rathaus Basel -seit 1870-
19 Marktpl.If you have a sweet tooth - go there!! One of the best and oldest confiseries in town! chose whatever you like after you enter, go up to the first floor and enjoy the view down over the market place.
A lovely old little bakery. Nice little sweet chocolate things and good bread. Good place to have a cup of coffee and some sweeties.
Bubeck & Sohn
26 ClarastrasseA lovely old little bakery. Nice little sweet chocolate things and good bread. Good place to have a cup of coffee and some sweeties.
good food, nice place - in an anciant brewery. The building is now full of artists and galleries. There are many different projects and workshops.
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Don Camillo
7 Burgweggood food, nice place - in an anciant brewery. The building is now full of artists and galleries. There are many different projects and workshops.
Old traditional restaurant from Basle - very nice interieur! Good food. Nice people, reasonable prices.
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Zur Mägd
29 St. Johanns-VorstadtOld traditional restaurant from Basle - very nice interieur! Good food. Nice people, reasonable prices.
Restaurant Malai Thai
40 RosentalstrasseGood Thai food - many working people over lunch.
If I want to go to a good japanese restaurant - I go here. Sylish interieur. They have a nice courtyard to sit outside.
Restaurant Minamoto
175 SchwarzwaldalleeIf I want to go to a good japanese restaurant - I go here. Sylish interieur. They have a nice courtyard to sit outside.
Nice restaurant, delicious Food, soups and deserts, alternative cuisine. I love to go there.
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La Fourchette
122 KlybeckstrasseNice restaurant, delicious Food, soups and deserts, alternative cuisine. I love to go there.
Everything Else
There is a take away inside the Migros at Claraplatz. They have warm food, Pizzas and other little dishes. On the rooftop of the Migros there is a self service restaurants with a marvellous view!
Migros Take Away
11 u. RebgasseThere is a take away inside the Migros at Claraplatz. They have warm food, Pizzas and other little dishes. On the rooftop of the Migros there is a self service restaurants with a marvellous view!
Basel Tourismus - Management Office / Back Office
36 AeschenvorstadtTourist Information
Tourist Information Bahnhof
20 CentralbahnstrasseTourist Information at the SBB train station
Drinks & Nightlife
a well hidden hip bar for young people - behind the Parterre-Restaurant.
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KaBAR
1b Klybeckstrassea well hidden hip bar for young people - behind the Parterre-Restaurant.
L39
39 RebgasseThe most famous gaybar in Basel.
An event location: bar, lounge and club. The highest to - for exemple - dance salsa - in Switzerland: 105 meters - on top of the Ramada Plaza. Marvellous view over the town and far into the landscape!
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Bar Rouge
10 Messepl.An event location: bar, lounge and club. The highest to - for exemple - dance salsa - in Switzerland: 105 meters - on top of the Ramada Plaza. Marvellous view over the town and far into the landscape!
Nice place, restaurant, club, bar. Different concerts with national and international performers, platform for theater, poetry slam and Varieté.
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Sud
7 BurgwegNice place, restaurant, club, bar. Different concerts with national and international performers, platform for theater, poetry slam and Varieté.
Arts & Culture
Theater, Music, Dance, Bar. I love to go here and just relax with friends.
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Kaserne Basel
1b KlybeckstrasseTheater, Music, Dance, Bar. I love to go here and just relax with friends.
Kunstmuseum Basel
16 St. Alban-GrabenVery famous museum for ancient until modern art.
Jean Tinguely was a Swiss painter and sculptor. He is best known for his sculptural machines or kinetic art, in the Dada tradition. Also visit the famous Tinguely-fountain in town!
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Jean Tinguely Museum
2 Paul Sacher-AnlageJean Tinguely was a Swiss painter and sculptor. He is best known for his sculptural machines or kinetic art, in the Dada tradition. Also visit the famous Tinguely-fountain in town!
Definitely a MUST if you like contemporary art!! The building is from star architect Renzo Piano.
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Fondation Beyeler
101 BaselstrasseDefinitely a MUST if you like contemporary art!! The building is from star architect Renzo Piano.
Concerts and artists, good food and bar, interesting people and nice guests.
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Cargobar
46 Sankt Johanns-RheinwegConcerts and artists, good food and bar, interesting people and nice guests.
Bird's Eye Jazz Club
20 KohlenbergAs the name says: The one and only jazz club in town.
Musical Theater station
Changing musicals on stage.
Main theater in town with operas, dance performances and stage performances.
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Theater station
Main theater in town with operas, dance performances and stage performances.
Stadtcasino Basel
1 KonzertgasseClassical Concert Hall of the town.
Essentials
here you can buy the famous Basler Läckerli. They are much cheaper in the Migros, but no-name - personally I prefer those from the Karl Jakob Bäckerei, Sankt Johanns-Vorstadt 47.
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Läckerli Huus AG
57 Gerbergassehere you can buy the famous Basler Läckerli. They are much cheaper in the Migros, but no-name - personally I prefer those from the Karl Jakob Bäckerei, Sankt Johanns-Vorstadt 47.
It`s a bakery - best place for me to buy Basler Läckerli. (you probably won`t find it in your tourist guide book)
Jakob's Basler Leckerly
26 SpalenbergIt`s a bakery - best place for me to buy Basler Läckerli. (you probably won`t find it in your tourist guide book)
Shopping
Big Shoppingcenter. Good food in all kind of qualities - often similar things in different categories of prices with awareness on environmental issues, organic farming lines. Every Swiss ownes it!
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Migros Supermarkt
11 u. RebgasseBig Shoppingcenter. Good food in all kind of qualities - often similar things in different categories of prices with awareness on environmental issues, organic farming lines. Every Swiss ownes it!