Basel (Switzerland) - Wink Travel Guide

One of Switzerland's underrated tourist destinations, Basel has a beautiful medieval old town centre, a fascinating carnival, and several world class art museums built by architects like Renzo Piano, Mario Botta and Herzog and De Meuron.

Basel is also rich in architecture old and new, with a Romanesque Munster (cathedral), a Renaissance Rathaus (town hall), and various examples of high quality contemporary architecture, including more buildings by Herzog and De Meuron, Richard Meier, Diener and Diener, and various others.

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