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Location:
Europe,
Switzerland, Basle
Category:
City, River View
Description:
View of central Basle, over
the Rhine River
Location Information:
Basel
is Switzerland's third most populous
city with 166,209 inhabitants. Being
located where the Swiss, French and
German borders meet, Basel also has
suburbs in France and Germany. With
830,000 inhabitants in the
tri-national metropolitan area as of
2004, Basel is Switzerland's
second-largest urban area.
Located in northwest Switzerland on
the river Rhine, Basel functions as
a major industrial centre for the
chemical and pharmaceutical
industry. The Basel region,
culturally extending into German
Baden-Württemberg and French Alsace,
reflects the heritage of its three
states in the modern Latin name: "Regio
TriRhena". It has the oldest
university of the Swiss
Confederation (1460). Basel is
German-speaking. The local variant
of the Swiss German dialects is
called Basel German.
Basel is among the most important
cultural centres of Switzerland. The
city comprises a large number of
theatres and many museums, including
the Museum of Fine Arts, the world's
oldest art collection accessible to
the public. In addition the Theater
Basel was chosen in 1999 as the best
stage for German-language
performances.
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