Guide to the City of Basel with General Information (site an climate, historical overview, political organization, administrative offices, a few statistics, Holidays, the Basel dialect, festivals and customs), Informations about Shopping, Restaurants and Hotels (opening hours, markets and flea markets, trade shows and exhibitions, mail and public telephones, banks, Basel specialties, restaurants, bars, cafés and discos, hotels), Places of Interest (historical walk through Basel, noble city buildings and residences, city gates, bridges, fountains and statues, architecture today, five walking tours around Basel), getting around in Basel (by public transportation, on foot and by bicycle, by car, ferries across the Rhine, river boats, train, airplane), Basel - City of Culture (libraries, music, theater, facilities for young people, the major museums in Basel and Riehen, all museums: information and addresses), Recreation, Leisure, Sports (Zoo, Lange Erlen zoological garden, parks and green zones, sports and Fitness), Practical Addresses and Phone Numbers (emergencies, doctors, dentists, pharmacies, hospitals, information by telephone, car rental, tTaxis, useful info, media / information on the internet), sightseeing excursions in the Basel Region