Basel

5 attractions

Basel is a stop on 1 slow-travel rail route in this guide. Here is what to see and how to reach each sight on foot from the station.

Attractions in Basel

The world's oldest public art collection, entry with the pass.

A current-powered ferry crossing to the red sandstone Münster.

Clattering kinetic sculptures in a Botta pavilion on the Rhine bank.

The crimson-painted town hall rising over the daily market stalls.

Renzo Piano's art museum in a park, now joined by three new Peter Zumthor buildings (opened Sept 2026), on tram 6 from Basel.