Hazy May Afternoon
On a May afternoon, some springtime haze gave this little Swiss town a dreamy look. Riehen is a charming place. It is part of Switzerland's tiniest canton, Basel-Stadt. This low-lying canton is in northwest Switzerland, down on the Rhine. After the Rhine flows west through Basel City, it immediately turns north and becomes the border between Germany and France.
NB - Riehen (pop. ca. 21,000) is partly rural (pastures, farmland, orchards) and partly residential (homes and small apartment buildings). Besides some small shopping and restaurant areas, it also has parks and nature preserves. It is the home of a world-class art museum (Fondation Beyeler) and Switzerland's largest cemetery (Friedhof am Hörnli). Riehen borders directly on the southern German state of Baden-Württemberg. (I have lived in Riehen for more than 20 years.)
Location: Moostal (Moss Valley) and the adjacent residential area, Riehen BS Switzerland.
In my album: Roaming Riehen.
Hazy May Afternoon
On a May afternoon, some springtime haze gave this little Swiss town a dreamy look. Riehen is a charming place. It is part of Switzerland's tiniest canton, Basel-Stadt. This low-lying canton is in northwest Switzerland, down on the Rhine. After the Rhine flows west through Basel City, it immediately turns north and becomes the border between Germany and France.
NB - Riehen (pop. ca. 21,000) is partly rural (pastures, farmland, orchards) and partly residential (homes and small apartment buildings). Besides some small shopping and restaurant areas, it also has parks and nature preserves. It is the home of a world-class art museum (Fondation Beyeler) and Switzerland's largest cemetery (Friedhof am Hörnli). Riehen borders directly on the southern German state of Baden-Württemberg. (I have lived in Riehen for more than 20 years.)
Location: Moostal (Moss Valley) and the adjacent residential area, Riehen BS Switzerland.
In my album: Roaming Riehen.