Switzerland's third most populous city, Basel lies in the north-west of the country on the River Rhine, with its outer suburbs stretching into both France and Germany. Plan your trip to Basel and ...

Before the art world takes a collective vacation later in the summer, there’s one final fling: a week chock-full of art fairs taking place in the idyllic city of Basel, Switzerland. From veteran ...

It’s hardly a secret that Switzerland’s pastoral image belies a cutting-edge art scene, with Basel—the third-largest city and smallest canton, situated along the Rhine River right where the French, ...

Basel in Switzerland will be the next host of the Eurovision Song Contest, the competition’s organisers have announced today. Following Swiss singer Nemo’s victory in Malmö at this year’s competition ...

Basel will be in the international spotlight for a week of festivities surrounding the Eurovision Song Contest but the Swiss city has been at the heart of European culture for centuries. With a ...

On a recent Jewish Heritage press trip to Switzerland, we spent a few days in Basel visiting the synagogues and prosperous neighborhoods where Jews thrived during the 20th century, and where a small ...

Basel, Switzerland, during Herbstmesse (fall fair) in November. As soon as the snow starts to fall in Switzerland — and that should be any day now — Todd Truitt wants to be on a plane to Europe. "I ...

Basel, Switzerland, could be thought of as the cradle of modern Zionism. It was here that the First Zionist Congress was held in 1897, and the city remains a pilgrimage site for many American and ...

Switzerland recorded its hottest June temperature ever on Thursday when thermometers in the northern city of Basel reached 38C, surpassing a national June record that had stood since 1947, as an ...