Zentralstellwerk

Basel


You have to love the Swiss for enlisting some of the world's best-known architects, albeit homegrown ones (Herzog & de Meuron), to design something as rudimentary as a railway signal box. The copper cladding of this hulking structure, completed in 1999, is unmissable when arriving at SBB Basel station.


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1. Elsässertor

0.67 MILES

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2. Museum für Wohnkultur

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Housed in the beautiful Haus zum Kirschgarten building (1780), this lovely museum features two floors of the house with rooms laid out immaculately in the…

3. Kunstmuseum Basel | Gegenwart

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4. Kunstmuseum Basel

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Housing the most comprehensive collection of public art in Switzerland, this superb fine arts museum reopened in mid-2016 after updates to the existing…

5. Antikenmuseum Basel

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7. Tinguely Brunnen

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8. Spielzeug Welten Museum Basel

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