Basel Minster
A red sandstone church with twin towers and a patterned tiled roof, standing above the Rhine in the old town. Built as a Roman Catholic cathedral and now a Reformed church, it holds the tomb of the scholar Erasmus.
- Where
- Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 47.5564, 7.5925
Get the Basel Minster stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Basel Minster. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Basel-Stadt volume with your photos and a note.
Near Basel Minster
Kunstmuseum Basel 0.3 km
Home to the oldest public art collection in the world and generally held to be the most important art museum in Switzerland. Its galleries run from old masters such as Holbein to the art of the present day.
Fondation Beyeler 5.6 km
An art museum in a park at Riehen on the edge of Basel, built by Renzo Piano to house the collection of Hildy and Ernst Beyeler. It shows modern and older art and stages major exhibitions, and in 2016 was the most visited art museum in Switzerland.
Augusta Raurica 10 km
The remains of the oldest known Roman colony on the Rhine, about 20 kilometres east of Basel near Augst and Kaiseraugst. Today an open-air museum, it has a Roman theatre, temples and a reconstructed Roman house among its ruins.
St. Ursus Cathedral 39 km
The cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Basel, standing at the edge of Solothurn's old town. Its pale stone front and broad flight of steps make it the city's landmark, and it is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Lenzburg Castle 48 km
One of the oldest and most important castles in Switzerland, crowning a round hill some 100 metres above the old town of Lenzburg. The Counts of Lenzburg built its first parts in the 11th century, and it now holds a historical museum.
Unterlinden Museum 61 km
A museum in a 13th century Dominican convent in Colmar, joined to a former public baths built in 1906. Its great treasure is the Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grünewald, with its harrowing Crucifixion, and it is the most visited museum in Alsace.
Zentrum Paul Klee 68 km
A museum for the painter Paul Klee on the edge of Bern, set under three long steel waves designed by Renzo Piano. It holds about 40 percent of everything Klee painted, the largest collection of his work anywhere.
Bear Pit 68 km
A pit at the eastern edge of the old town beside the Nydegg Bridge, where the city has kept bears, the animal on its coat of arms, for centuries. Since 2009 the bears have mostly lived in the larger BärenPark along the river bank next to it.
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Questions
Where is Basel Minster?
Basel Minster is in Basel, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Kunstmuseum Basel (0.3 km), Fondation Beyeler (5.6 km), Augusta Raurica (10 km).
How do I get the Basel Minster stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Basel Minster and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Basel-Stadt volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Basel Minster before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Basel-Stadt volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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