Things to do in Basel | August

Here’s the low down on Things to do in Basel, Summer 2021, whatever the weather. Including a few ideas for day trips from Basel.

Summer Festivals, Basel 2021

Basel has a wealth of outdoor, summer festivals and concerts including classical, jazz, blues and popular music. Enjoy the beautiful summer weather and the chance to celebrate with live music this summertime.

Pick your own Cherries in Basel

The summer months in Basel offer us the chance to pick your own fruit. early July sees the beginning of Cherry season in Basel when some local farms offer pick your own fruit. Pick your own cherries a great Things to do in Basel.

Pick your own strawberries at one of our local farms

What better way to get out into the beautiful farming landscape in Basel land than to make a visit to a local farm and self pick Strawberries. A worth while thing to do in Basel this Summer.

Things to do in Basel | Basel Guide May 2021

Here’s some amazing things to do this month including, a visit to a monastery, sculpture park, the iris exhibition at Merian Garten, what’s on at the museum and theatre, a few ideas for Mothers day and some tips for terrace and buvette dining.

Nanikana – How making Face masks during the COVID pandemic helped her open her new Basel based Atelier

Josianne is an expat who makes bespoke, dolls in her new atelier near Tellplatz. She made a bold move, during 2020, when she converted her entire business to making masks during the COVID pandemic. These days she has diversified to beeswax wraps, dolls, sewing classes and making some really great Basel themed dog bandanas for the blog shop.

Holidays are expensive get a fabulous new haircut instead – MYNT

Read more about one of the best hair salon’s in town – certainly my favourite.

New Year, new you – Adult teeth straightening

Getting a brace at the ripe old age of 46, read on to learn more about my experience of teeth straightening at Praxis Haenggi.

Things to do in Basel – December

The online pantomime, where to get great gluehwein, local beer sales and pop-up christmas markets all feature in this mid December 2020 blog post.

Do you want to learn more about, Swiss traditions, politics, history or food culture, Bergli have a book for you!

Bergli books the must have guides to Swiss life for newcomers. Here’s my review of some of their best selling editions.