A Guide to Living in Basel
Weekly Highlights
Museumsnacht Basel 2025 (Basel Museums Night)
On this night, Basel's museums and other cultural institutions invite you to see, hear, touch, taste, and experience about 200 special events in addition to their regular offerings
Weekly Highlights
English Tour — Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Learn more about some of the stunning and moving photographs shown at this year's "Nature Photographer of the Year" exhibition
Weekly Highlights
Murten Light Festival
Artistic illuminations and light-and-music shows turn the old town of Murten into a mysterious and magical world
What to Do With Your Christmas Tree After the Holidays
Find out how you dispose of your Christmas tree in Basel
Help Stop the Eggs of Tiger Mosquitos from Surviving Winter
Act now to help prevent the Asian tiger mosquito from bothering you next summer
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Did You Know?
- Parking Permit Fees Are Rising in Basel — Especially for Longer Cars!Fees for resident parking permits in Basel are increasing and are now based on vehicle length.
- Help Stop the Eggs of Tiger Mosquitos from Surviving WinterThe Asian tiger mosquito is spreading in parts of Basel—learn what you can do to help contain its spread.
- How to Get Your Tickets for the Eurovision Song ContestIf you want the chance to get tickets for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, you need to pre-register by January 10.
- What to Do With Your Christmas Tree After the HolidaysNow that the holidays are over, it’s time to put away the decorations and dispose of advent wreaths, Christmas trees, pine branches, and the like.
- The 2025 Fasnacht Badge Has Been RevealedOn December 28, Basel’s Fasnacht Committee, which is the main organizing organization behind Basel’s famous carnival, revealed the design of the 2024 “Plakette” (badge).
- Switzerland Reduces Tax-Free Limits at the Border to CHF 150Starting January 1, 2025, Switzerland’s tax-free import limit will be reduced from CHF 300 to CHF 150 per person, per day.
- No More Free Bulky-Waste Vignettes in 2025The distribution of free bulky waste stickers to households in Basel will be discontinued at the end of 2024.
- Penguin Walks at the ZooWith the colder weather here, the penguins at the Basel Zoo are resuming their daily walks through the zoo (weather permitting)! The zoo’s gentoo penguins […]