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Basel ist eine Schweizer Grossstadt sowie Hauptort des Kantons Basel-Stadt, der ausserdem die Gemeinden Riehen und Bettingen umfasst. Nach Zürich und Genf ist Basel mit 176'329 Einwohnern die drittgrösste Stadt der Schweiz. Wikipedia
The town hall (German: rathaus) is a 500-year-old building dominating the Marktplatz in Basel. The Town Hall houses the meetings of the Cantonal Parliament as well as the Cantonal Government. The German term "Rathaus" literally means "council house" while the local Basel German dialect term "Roothus" means both "council house" but also sounds like "red house", a pun with reference to the red sandstone facade of the building.
Basel is a city on the Rhine River in northwest Switzerland, close to the country’s borders with France and Germany. Its medieval old town centers around Marktplatz, dominated by the 16th-century, red-sandstone Town Hall. Its 12th-century Gothic cathedral has city views, and contains the tomb of the 16th-century Dutch scholar, Erasmus. The city’s university houses some of Erasmus’ works.
Switzerland - Basel - view from the Mittlere Brücke to the Basler Münster ... stiched pic with CS2 and 8 pics and shot with the Canon 400D, smooth corrected via CS2
A huge music mural tucked into a Basel side street, a collage of rock and pop eras, styles, and attitudes painted across one wall. It’s a collective piece, built layer by layer by local street artists.
Basel roofscape
When I stood at the top of the cathedral spire I was thrilled to see the red spire of the city hall clock tower and the wonderfully creative roof of the Museum of Culture. Seemingly, and as evidenced by the following text, many others have also admired this roof.
“If one looks from the Minster towers down on the square, the eye is drawn by the silhouette of the colourful shimmering museum roof, which fits seamlessly into the roofscape on the Münsterhügel (Minster hill). Under the direction of architects Herzog & de Meuron, a striking building has been completed – another jewel in the crown of Basel architecture.
The Neoclassical structure built by Melchior Berri in 1849 was the first building in German-speaking Switzerland to be purpose-built as a museum, and was a bold intervention in the largely medieval architecture then prevalent on the Münsterhügel. The museum was conceived as a ‘universal museum’ to house both science and art exhibits. As its stock of objects grew, and to create space for future collections, the courtyard annex, designed by architects Vischer & Söhne, was opened in 1917. A bold new extension has now been added to the Vischer building by Herzog & de Meuron, with the added storey under the impressively designed folded roof.”
Spring is coming. Photo taken in Lange Erlen, Basel's "green lung".
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A day in Basel: streets, bicycles, shadows and, by late afternoon, fruit picked straight from the fields.
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Basel ist eine Schweizer Grossstadt sowie Hauptort des Kantons Basel-Stadt, der ausserdem die Gemeinden Riehen und Bettingen umfasst. Nach Zürich und Genf ist Basel mit 176'329 Einwohnern die drittgrösste Stadt der Schweiz. Wikipedia