anybody been to Basel?
Jul 28th 2004, 5:32 am
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anybody been to Basel?
I will be going to Basel Switzerland in September for an event. I'm
wondering if anybody has ever been there and can offer any comments about
your trip. I heard that the city is very expensive and would like to hear
about some inexpensive places to eat.
Clint
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wondering if anybody has ever been there and can offer any comments about
your trip. I heard that the city is very expensive and would like to hear
about some inexpensive places to eat.
Clint
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Jul 28th 2004, 5:41 am
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Re: anybody been to Basel?
On 28/07/04 19:32, in article [email protected],
"Clint" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I will be going to Basel Switzerland in September for an event. I'm
> wondering if anybody has ever been there and can offer any comments about
> your trip. I heard that the city is very expensive and would like to hear
> about some inexpensive places to eat.
We have driven through it many times, from the border to Zurich but never
stayed, stopped or looked around.
Earl
"Clint" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I will be going to Basel Switzerland in September for an event. I'm
> wondering if anybody has ever been there and can offer any comments about
> your trip. I heard that the city is very expensive and would like to hear
> about some inexpensive places to eat.
We have driven through it many times, from the border to Zurich but never
stayed, stopped or looked around.
Earl
Jul 28th 2004, 7:01 am
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Re: anybody been to Basel?
"Clint" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I will be going to Basel Switzerland in September for an event. I'm
> wondering if anybody has ever been there and can offer any comments about
> your trip. I heard that the city is very expensive
It's in Switzerland, being expensive is a given.
>and would like to hear
> about some inexpensive places to eat.
Sorry can't actually recommend anywhere, it's ages since
I went.
tim
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> I will be going to Basel Switzerland in September for an event. I'm
> wondering if anybody has ever been there and can offer any comments about
> your trip. I heard that the city is very expensive
It's in Switzerland, being expensive is a given.
>and would like to hear
> about some inexpensive places to eat.
Sorry can't actually recommend anywhere, it's ages since
I went.
tim
Jul 28th 2004, 9:54 am
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Re: anybody been to Basel?
Clint, I was in Basel 5 weeks ago. By using the Tourist Office
in-town, I tried to get a single room for one night, in town. Price =
220 Euros. A single room "out in the countryside" was 150 Euros. Nice
city, but apparantly a little short of numbers of beds.
Hank
in-town, I tried to get a single room for one night, in town. Price =
220 Euros. A single room "out in the countryside" was 150 Euros. Nice
city, but apparantly a little short of numbers of beds.
Hank
Jul 28th 2004, 10:00 am
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Re: anybody been to Basel?
tim wrote:
>>I will be going to Basel Switzerland in September for an event. I'm
>>wondering if anybody has ever been there and can offer any comments about
>>your trip. I heard that the city is very expensive
>
> It's in Switzerland, being expensive is a given.
That's just a rumor.
You'll spend the same amount in most restaurants in Germany, France,
Italy ... in the cities. Since introduction of the Euro things changed a
lot.
>>and would like to hear
>>about some inexpensive places to eat.
Close to the railway station is a great and rather inexpensive Asian
place. Just coming out of the station turn left and walk 500 meters.
A good Turkish place is found near Aeschenplatz.
In the historical center are many places. Usually the menus are
displayed outside, so it's easy to compare the locations.
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>>I will be going to Basel Switzerland in September for an event. I'm
>>wondering if anybody has ever been there and can offer any comments about
>>your trip. I heard that the city is very expensive
>
> It's in Switzerland, being expensive is a given.
That's just a rumor.
You'll spend the same amount in most restaurants in Germany, France,
Italy ... in the cities. Since introduction of the Euro things changed a
lot.
>>and would like to hear
>>about some inexpensive places to eat.
Close to the railway station is a great and rather inexpensive Asian
place. Just coming out of the station turn left and walk 500 meters.
A good Turkish place is found near Aeschenplatz.
In the historical center are many places. Usually the menus are
displayed outside, so it's easy to compare the locations.
Aloha, Thomas
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Jul 28th 2004, 4:59 pm
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Thomas Stalder <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> tim wrote:
>
> >>I will be going to Basel Switzerland in September for an event. I'm
> >>wondering if anybody has ever been there and can offer any comments about
> >>your trip. I heard that the city is very expensive
> >
> > It's in Switzerland, being expensive is a given.
>
> That's just a rumor.
> You'll spend the same amount in most restaurants in Germany, France,
> Italy ... in the cities. Since introduction of the Euro things changed a
> lot.
No you won't. Count on 20-30% more than Germany and France for a meal
including meat. Things have changed a lot since the Euro ie prices
simply relabelled with the same number in Euros as were DM. That said
Schweiz limitations, high wages and duty on meat imports means that
restaurant prices remain high.
That said the pizzeria kind of places tend to be reasonably priced. It
depends what level you are pitching at.
If you're there for an "event", if its a business event then get your
hotel room booked well in advance. Hotels are of good quality but
expensive.
The town around the station and the approach from either France or
Germany is hideous (don't-want-to-stop-hideous), so you need to get
into the old town to see how pretty it is.
Dave
>
> >>and would like to hear
> >>about some inexpensive places to eat.
>
> Close to the railway station is a great and rather inexpensive Asian
> place. Just coming out of the station turn left and walk 500 meters.
>
> A good Turkish place is found near Aeschenplatz.
>
> In the historical center are many places. Usually the menus are
> displayed outside, so it's easy to compare the locations.
>
> Aloha, Thomas
>
>
>
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> tim wrote:
>
> >>I will be going to Basel Switzerland in September for an event. I'm
> >>wondering if anybody has ever been there and can offer any comments about
> >>your trip. I heard that the city is very expensive
> >
> > It's in Switzerland, being expensive is a given.
>
> That's just a rumor.
> You'll spend the same amount in most restaurants in Germany, France,
> Italy ... in the cities. Since introduction of the Euro things changed a
> lot.
No you won't. Count on 20-30% more than Germany and France for a meal
including meat. Things have changed a lot since the Euro ie prices
simply relabelled with the same number in Euros as were DM. That said
Schweiz limitations, high wages and duty on meat imports means that
restaurant prices remain high.
That said the pizzeria kind of places tend to be reasonably priced. It
depends what level you are pitching at.
If you're there for an "event", if its a business event then get your
hotel room booked well in advance. Hotels are of good quality but
expensive.
The town around the station and the approach from either France or
Germany is hideous (don't-want-to-stop-hideous), so you need to get
into the old town to see how pretty it is.
Dave
>
> >>and would like to hear
> >>about some inexpensive places to eat.
>
> Close to the railway station is a great and rather inexpensive Asian
> place. Just coming out of the station turn left and walk 500 meters.
>
> A good Turkish place is found near Aeschenplatz.
>
> In the historical center are many places. Usually the menus are
> displayed outside, so it's easy to compare the locations.
>
> Aloha, Thomas
>
>
>
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Jul 28th 2004, 9:08 pm
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Re: anybody been to Basel?
"Clint" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I will be going to Basel Switzerland in September for an event. I'm
> wondering if anybody has ever been there and can offer any comments about
> your trip. I heard that the city is very expensive and would like to hear
> about some inexpensive places to eat.
Its been so many years since I was there I cant remember where I ate, but
I'm sure there was a MacDonalds :-). And you could always buy bread and
cheese from the supermarket.
Also the Germany border is only a taxi ride away. With (apparently) some
good adult entertainment places if that is your scene.
But the center of Basel is beautiful.
news:[email protected]...
> I will be going to Basel Switzerland in September for an event. I'm
> wondering if anybody has ever been there and can offer any comments about
> your trip. I heard that the city is very expensive and would like to hear
> about some inexpensive places to eat.
Its been so many years since I was there I cant remember where I ate, but
I'm sure there was a MacDonalds :-). And you could always buy bread and
cheese from the supermarket.
Also the Germany border is only a taxi ride away. With (apparently) some
good adult entertainment places if that is your scene.
But the center of Basel is beautiful.
Jul 29th 2004, 2:37 am
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Re: anybody been to Basel?
"Earl Evleth" <[email protected]> schrieb:
> We have driven through it many times, from the border to Zurich but never
> stayed, stopped or looked around.
Shame on you.
You missed out on a very nice city, esp. the old town.
By the next opportunity get rid of that 'Bildungslücke' :-)
> We have driven through it many times, from the border to Zurich but never
> stayed, stopped or looked around.
Shame on you.
You missed out on a very nice city, esp. the old town.
By the next opportunity get rid of that 'Bildungslücke' :-)
Jul 29th 2004, 2:38 am
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Re: anybody been to Basel?
here some notes I made in June 2004, I was organizing
a meeting in the Merian Hotel for a 30 group out of various
countries...........
Notes Basle
Historical :
- 44 before Christi Colonia Augusta Raurica
- 1019 First version of the Cathedral ( Münster ) construction period over
600 years
- 1225, first bridge over the rhine ( and the only one for the next 600
years )
- 1356 Earthcrake destroyed the town
- 1460 First swiss university, paper mills and printing industry
- 1758 Silk and tint
- 1858 discovery of Fuchsine, Ciba
- 1862 Aniline, Sandoz AG
- 1896 Hoffmann-la Roche
- Basle reseacher discover the DDT, cyclosporine, Araldite, LSD
- Today, Basle is the 2nd town of Switzerland , with 175 000 people
Geography, the Rhine :
The Rhine flows from Andermatt ( swiss Alps ) trough the Constans see,
Basle, Mannheim, Cologne, Düsseldorf, and to the see in Rotterdam.
To see in town :
- Market place ( Marktplatz ),
- Blue and white house (Rheinsprung) Built in 1768 Sarasin
- Münsterplatz ( X to XVI century ) start 1019
- Barfüsserplatz, Tinguely fountain
To eat :
Zur Harmonie : Petersgraben 71 061 271 07 18 ( every day )
Zum Braunen Mutz : Barfüsserplatz 10, 061 261 33 69 (every day, credit
cards )
La Roma, near Wettstein Platz, 061 691 03 02 ( cheap, everyday )
Resslirytti, Wettstein Platz, 061 691 66 41 ( expensive,everyday)
Pizzeria Da Gianni, St. Johannstor, 061 322 42 33 ( Sa Su evenings ,
expensive )
Würzengraber, 061 681 60 33 ( not Sundays, day menu, grotto ticinese)
Teufelhof, Leonhardsgraben 49, 061 261 10 10 ( nice bar terrasse,
expensive )
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"Clint" <[email protected]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> I will be going to Basel Switzerland in September for an event. I'm
> wondering if anybody has ever been there and can offer any comments about
> your trip. I heard that the city is very expensive and would like to hear
> about some inexpensive places to eat.
> Clint
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> Free Spirit Gallery - Exquisite Inuit (Eskimo) & Native American Indian
Art
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a meeting in the Merian Hotel for a 30 group out of various
countries...........
Notes Basle
Historical :
- 44 before Christi Colonia Augusta Raurica
- 1019 First version of the Cathedral ( Münster ) construction period over
600 years
- 1225, first bridge over the rhine ( and the only one for the next 600
years )
- 1356 Earthcrake destroyed the town
- 1460 First swiss university, paper mills and printing industry
- 1758 Silk and tint
- 1858 discovery of Fuchsine, Ciba
- 1862 Aniline, Sandoz AG
- 1896 Hoffmann-la Roche
- Basle reseacher discover the DDT, cyclosporine, Araldite, LSD
- Today, Basle is the 2nd town of Switzerland , with 175 000 people
Geography, the Rhine :
The Rhine flows from Andermatt ( swiss Alps ) trough the Constans see,
Basle, Mannheim, Cologne, Düsseldorf, and to the see in Rotterdam.
To see in town :
- Market place ( Marktplatz ),
- Blue and white house (Rheinsprung) Built in 1768 Sarasin
- Münsterplatz ( X to XVI century ) start 1019
- Barfüsserplatz, Tinguely fountain
To eat :
Zur Harmonie : Petersgraben 71 061 271 07 18 ( every day )
Zum Braunen Mutz : Barfüsserplatz 10, 061 261 33 69 (every day, credit
cards )
La Roma, near Wettstein Platz, 061 691 03 02 ( cheap, everyday )
Resslirytti, Wettstein Platz, 061 691 66 41 ( expensive,everyday)
Pizzeria Da Gianni, St. Johannstor, 061 322 42 33 ( Sa Su evenings ,
expensive )
Würzengraber, 061 681 60 33 ( not Sundays, day menu, grotto ticinese)
Teufelhof, Leonhardsgraben 49, 061 261 10 10 ( nice bar terrasse,
expensive )
Astro Event, Tuesday 8 in the morning : Transit of Venus 2004.
Was used in the past to estimate the distance of the earth to the sun
INTERNET
Free Internet provider www.tiscali.ch
0840 840 850 login:tiscali password : freenet
smtp.tiscali.ch pop = mail.tiscali.ch
Internet cafe in the Jäggi book store, close to the Merian
Call ATT Switzerland 0800 89 0011 Germany 0800 225 52 88 France 0800 99 00
11
"Clint" <[email protected]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:[email protected]...
> I will be going to Basel Switzerland in September for an event. I'm
> wondering if anybody has ever been there and can offer any comments about
> your trip. I heard that the city is very expensive and would like to hear
> about some inexpensive places to eat.
> Clint
> --
> Free Spirit Gallery - Exquisite Inuit (Eskimo) & Native American Indian
Art
> http://www.FreeSpiritGallery.ca [email protected]
> Try our free eCards featuring Inuit & Northwest Native Art Masterpieces
Jul 29th 2004, 4:05 am
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Re: anybody been to Basel?
On 2004-07-28, Henry Moravec <[email protected]> wrote:
> Clint, I was in Basel 5 weeks ago. By using the Tourist Office
> in-town, I tried to get a single room for one night, in town. Price =
> 220 Euros. A single room "out in the countryside" was 150 Euros. Nice
> city, but apparantly a little short of numbers of beds.
You must have bad timing. I just did a hrs.de search for a random day
next week, and found single rooms, in the city, from 65 euro. 115 euro
gives you a 5-star.
> Clint, I was in Basel 5 weeks ago. By using the Tourist Office
> in-town, I tried to get a single room for one night, in town. Price =
> 220 Euros. A single room "out in the countryside" was 150 Euros. Nice
> city, but apparantly a little short of numbers of beds.
You must have bad timing. I just did a hrs.de search for a random day
next week, and found single rooms, in the city, from 65 euro. 115 euro
gives you a 5-star.
Jul 29th 2004, 4:40 am
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Re: anybody been to Basel?
"David" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Thomas Stalder <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > tim wrote:
> >
> > >>I will be going to Basel Switzerland in September for an event. I'm
> > >>wondering if anybody has ever been there and can offer any comments
about
> > >>your trip. I heard that the city is very expensive
> > >
> > > It's in Switzerland, being expensive is a given.
> >
> > That's just a rumor.
> > You'll spend the same amount in most restaurants in Germany, France,
> > Italy ... in the cities. Since introduction of the Euro things changed a
> > lot.
> No you won't. Count on 20-30% more than Germany and France for a meal
> including meat. Things have changed a lot since the Euro ie prices
> simply relabelled with the same number in Euros as were DM.
I have personally not experienced this once.
Normal prices for a meal in a Brauerei/Gasthof is around 10 Euro
replacing the 20DMs of before. One place that we frequent
does a lunch each day for 4.95, that's less than I'm expected to
pay in the works canteen (unfortunately it's too far to go to at
lunch-time).
> That said
> Schweiz limitations, high wages and duty on meat imports
So that's why it is so much more expensive in the supermarket
tim
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> Thomas Stalder <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > tim wrote:
> >
> > >>I will be going to Basel Switzerland in September for an event. I'm
> > >>wondering if anybody has ever been there and can offer any comments
about
> > >>your trip. I heard that the city is very expensive
> > >
> > > It's in Switzerland, being expensive is a given.
> >
> > That's just a rumor.
> > You'll spend the same amount in most restaurants in Germany, France,
> > Italy ... in the cities. Since introduction of the Euro things changed a
> > lot.
> No you won't. Count on 20-30% more than Germany and France for a meal
> including meat. Things have changed a lot since the Euro ie prices
> simply relabelled with the same number in Euros as were DM.
I have personally not experienced this once.
Normal prices for a meal in a Brauerei/Gasthof is around 10 Euro
replacing the 20DMs of before. One place that we frequent
does a lunch each day for 4.95, that's less than I'm expected to
pay in the works canteen (unfortunately it's too far to go to at
lunch-time).
> That said
> Schweiz limitations, high wages and duty on meat imports
So that's why it is so much more expensive in the supermarket
tim
Jul 29th 2004, 4:50 am
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> > That said
> > Schweiz limitations, high wages and duty on meat imports
> So that's why it is so much more expensive in the supermarket
Is Europe going meat-free ?
> > Schweiz limitations, high wages and duty on meat imports
> So that's why it is so much more expensive in the supermarket
Is Europe going meat-free ?
Jul 29th 2004, 4:59 am
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Re: anybody been to Basel?
On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 13:32:02 -0400, "Clint" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I will be going to Basel Switzerland in September for an event. I'm
>wondering if anybody has ever been there and can offer any comments about
>your trip.
Used to moor there frequently (at St Johann by one of the old
city-gate towers) when I worked on Rhine/Moselle river cruises.
Very pleasant area around the Münster - you can see where part of the
Minster was destroyed in the 1356 earthquake.
The market place by the town hall has a great open-air market most
mornings - local produce on sale, plus olives, cheese and all sorts of
other goodies.
On the opposite side of the river to the Münster is the Rheingasse,
where the oldest houses are. Pleasant walk along the Rhine bank to see
the backs of these houses. It's great to cross the river in one of the
little ferries which have no sails or motors - they simply use the
power of the currents.
The Tourist Office runs some informative coach tours from the SBB
railway station - good orientation of the city.
I didn't much care for Basel at first, but I grew to like it very
much. Part of this was peoples' general friendliness. Sit down for a
coffee and people at the next table might well have a good old natter
with you.
The green trams (called the Drämmli - little tram - by the locals)
will get you around the place. Have fun!
wrote:
>I will be going to Basel Switzerland in September for an event. I'm
>wondering if anybody has ever been there and can offer any comments about
>your trip.
Used to moor there frequently (at St Johann by one of the old
city-gate towers) when I worked on Rhine/Moselle river cruises.
Very pleasant area around the Münster - you can see where part of the
Minster was destroyed in the 1356 earthquake.
The market place by the town hall has a great open-air market most
mornings - local produce on sale, plus olives, cheese and all sorts of
other goodies.
On the opposite side of the river to the Münster is the Rheingasse,
where the oldest houses are. Pleasant walk along the Rhine bank to see
the backs of these houses. It's great to cross the river in one of the
little ferries which have no sails or motors - they simply use the
power of the currents.
The Tourist Office runs some informative coach tours from the SBB
railway station - good orientation of the city.
I didn't much care for Basel at first, but I grew to like it very
much. Part of this was peoples' general friendliness. Sit down for a
coffee and people at the next table might well have a good old natter
with you.
The green trams (called the Drämmli - little tram - by the locals)
will get you around the place. Have fun!
Jul 29th 2004, 5:21 am
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Re: anybody been to Basel?
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected]
(Miss L. Toe) wrote:
> > > That said
> > > Schweiz limitations, high wages and duty on meat imports
> >
> > So that's why it is so much more expensive in the supermarket
> >
>
> Is Europe going meat-free ?
Cow-nt on it!
(Miss L. Toe) wrote:
> > > That said
> > > Schweiz limitations, high wages and duty on meat imports
> >
> > So that's why it is so much more expensive in the supermarket
> >
>
> Is Europe going meat-free ?
Cow-nt on it!
Jul 29th 2004, 6:03 am
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Re: anybody been to Basel?
"trallala" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> here some notes I made in June 2004, I was organizing
> a meeting in the Merian Hotel for a 30 group out of various
> countries...........
> - Today, Basle is the 2nd town of Switzerland , with 175 000 people
That is surprising. I thought Geneva was bigger than Basel.
Has this changed recently or have I had it wrong all along?
news:[email protected]:
> here some notes I made in June 2004, I was organizing
> a meeting in the Merian Hotel for a 30 group out of various
> countries...........
> - Today, Basle is the 2nd town of Switzerland , with 175 000 people
That is surprising. I thought Geneva was bigger than Basel.
Has this changed recently or have I had it wrong all along?
