Birsfelden
in Bezirk Arlesheim of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland
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EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport (5 mi) -
Grenchen Airport (27 mi) - Fontaine Airport (29 mi)
- Montbéliard-Courcelles Airport (39 mi)
- Colmar-Houssen Airport (40 mi)
- Zürich Airport (44 mi)
- Bern Belp Airport (45 mi)
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Lahr Airport (57 mi) - Karlsruhe Baden-Baden Airport (87 mi)
- Stuttgart Airport (108 mi)
- Geneva Cointrin International Airport (116 mi)
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Malpensa International Airport (143 mi)
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Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps (Unesco heritage, 33 mi) - Old City of Berne (Unesco heritage, 43 mi)
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning (Unesco heritage, 48 mi)
- Monastic Island of Reichenau (Unesco heritage, 68 mi)
- Strasbourg – Grande île (Unesco heritage, 71 mi)
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (Unesco heritage, 75 mi)
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces (Unesco heritage, 84 mi)
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona (Unesco heritage, 88 mi)
- Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy (Unesco heritage, 103 mi)
- Völklingen Ironworks (Unesco heritage, 122 mi)
- Zoo Basel (zoo, (2 mi)
- Belvédère observation tower (observation point, (18 mi)
- Tierpark Reinach (zoo, (4 mi)
- Stadtvoliere Vögeligarten Olten (zoo, (20 mi)
- Jürg Jennys Raubtiere, Zirkuszoo (zoo, (8 mi)
- Zoo Jurassien Siky-Ranch (zoo, (21 mi)
- Tierpark Lange Erlen (zoo, (2 mi)
- Römischer Haustierpark Augst (zoo, (5 mi)
- Tierpark Weihermätteli (zoo, (7 mi)
- Voliere Solothurn (zoo, (24 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 47.553 and 7.623 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 47° 33' 10" and E 7° 37' 23"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Franc - CHF
- Spoken languages:
- German, French, Italian, Romansh
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 02:25 AM (Wednesday)
- Timezone: Europe/Zurich
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:22 am and 8:32 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 4,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Switzerland.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Switzerland. Last Update: 2024-04-23 08:18:23
Explore Birsfelden
Birsfelden in Bezirk Arlesheim (Basel-Landschaft) with it's 10,232 inhabitants is located in Switzerland about 43 mi (or 69 km) north of Bern, the country's capital.
Local time in Birsfelden is now 02:25 AM (Wednesday). The local timezone is named Europe / Zurich with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 12 airports in the wider vicinity of Birsfelden, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest is airport we know is EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport in France in a distance of 5 mi (or 8 km). The closest airport in Switzerland is Grenchen Airport in a distance of 27 mi (or 8 km), North-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site is Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps in Austria at a distance of 33 mi (or 54 km). The closest in Switzerland is Old City of Berne in a distance of 43 mi (or 54 km), South-East. We found 10 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Basel, Arlesheim, Grenzach-Wyhlen, Loerrach and Inzlingen. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 6°C / 42 °F
| Morning Temperature | 1°C / 34 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 6°C / 43 °F |
| Night Temperature | 4°C / 40 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 79% |
| Air Pressure | 1013 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 10 km/h (6 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 87% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Thursday, 25th of April 2024
8°C (47 °F)
3°C (38 °F)
Overcast clouds, light breeze.
Friday, 26th of April 2024
16°C (60 °F)
9°C (47 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
18°C (64 °F)
10°C (49 °F)
Overcast clouds, light breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Swissotel Le Plaza
Nomad Design & Lifestyle Hotel
Dorint An der Messe
Royal
Hyperion Hotel Basel
Pullman Basel Europe
Novotel Basel City
Apartments Messe Basel by Hotel Rheinfelderhof
Du Commerce
Alexander
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FC Basel - Tottenham Hotspur
Uefa 1/4 Finale.
Top Secret Drum Corps Christmas Tattoo Basel 2013
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2014-11-26 Champions League FC Basel vs Real Madrid 応援パフォーマンス
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Football Fussball slow motion Schweiz
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Flug über Quartiere Kriegacker, Freidorf und Unterwart in Muttenz
Flug über Quartiere Kriegacker, Freidorf und Unterwart in Muttenz.
village sauvage @ telebasel
Kurzinformation von teleBasel über village sauvage. Die village sauvage war ein befristetes Projekt über das Wochenende. Wir haben uns das Gelände nur "ausgeliehen".
racerbikescup muttenz/basel samstag
racerbikescup muttenz/basel samstag kids-hard, bikefilm der kids.
Eisenbahn/Train Schweiz/Suisse. Railway . Ein Güterzug durchrollt Muttenz . SBB . 44 Sek.
Der besonderliche Güterzug mit 3 verschiedenen Locks . Mit freundlicher Unterstützung PRIMTEC TELEVISION switzerland ( primtec@gmx.ch ) Video Tip auf You Tube: BASEL CUT ...
racerbikescup muttenz/basel sonntag
racerbikescup muttenz/basel sonntag junioren bis juniorinnen.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs
The Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs was fought between the Old Swiss Confederacy and French mercenaries, on the banks of the river Birs. The battle took place on 26 August 1444 and was part of the Old Zürich War. The site of the battle was near Münchenstein, Switzerland, just above 1 km outside the city walls of Basel, today within Basel's St-Alban district.
St. Jakob-Park
St. Jakob Park is a Swiss sports stadium in Basel. It is the largest football venue in Switzerland and home to FC Basel. "Joggeli", as the venue is nicknamed by the locals, was originally built with a capacity of 33,433 seats. The capacity was increased to 42,500 for Euro 2008, which was hosted by Switzerland and Austria. After the Euro 2008 a number of seats were removed, thus creating more space between them.
St. Jakob Stadium
The St. Jakob Stadium was a football stadium in Basel, Switzerland and the former home of Swiss club FC Basel. It was built in 1954, and as well as serving as a club stadium, it hosted several important matches, including a 1954 FIFA World Cup semi-final and four Cup Winners' Cup finals.
Basel Institute for Immunology
The Basel Institute for Immunology (BII) was founded in 1969 as a basic research institute in immunology located at 487 Grenzacherstrasse, Basel, Switzerland on the Rhine River down the street from the main Hoffmann-La Roche campus near the Swiss-German border. The institute opened its doors in 1971. The institute was a unique concept in the history of mechanisms for funding basic science and the relationship between basic science and industry.
St. Jakob Arena
St. Jakob Arena is an arena in Basel, Switzerland. It is primarily used for ice hockey and is the home arena of EHC Basel. St. Jakob Arena opened in 2002 and holds 6,330 people.
St. Jakobshalle
St. Jakobshalle is an arena in Münchenstein, near Basel, Switzerland. It is primarily used for indoor sports and concert events. The St. Jakobshalle holds 9,000 people and was built in 1976. It is the home of the Davidoff Swiss Indoors men's tennis tournament. After the success of the Swiss tennis player and Basel native Roger Federer, the Basel sports director has announced the arena is to be renamed the 'Roger Federer Arena'.
Swiss Indoors
The Swiss Indoors is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. Originally an event of the Grand Prix tennis circuit between 1970 and 1989. It is currently part of the World Tour 500 Series of the ATP Tour. It is held annually at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, in October, since 1995. Roger Federer holds the record for most singles titles, having won the tournament five times, in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011.
Basel Badischer Bahnhof
Basel Badischer Bahnhof is a railway station situated in the Swiss city of Basel. The station is situated on Swiss soil, but the station is operated by the German railway company Deutsche Bahn. A custom border is situated in the passenger tunnel between the tracks and the station hall. It is the only railway station that is operated as part of the German national rail network yet not located within Germany's state boundaries, and it is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Birsköpfli
The Birsköpfli (also called Birskopf, German for Birs River Head) is a leisure and bathing area in the Swiss city of Basel and its neighbouring municipality Birsfelden. It is located at the confluence of the Birs river with the Rhine river. Geographically the Birsköpfli only means the area bounded by the Birs and the Rhine in the borough Breite; other boundaries are the Blackwood Bridge and the main road to Birsfelden.
Museum Tinguely
The Museum Tinguely is an art museum in Basel, Switzerland that contains a permanent exhibition of the works of Swiss painter and sculptor Jean Tinguely. Located in Solitude Park by the Rhine, the museum was designed by the Ticinese architect Mario Botta and opened on 3 October 1996. A variety of Tinguely's kinetic art sculptures are on permanent display, complemented with illustrations, photographs and other documents related to the artist's life and work.
Villa Merian
The Villa Merian, with its English Garden, stands on the elevated plain above Brüglingen in Münchenstein, in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
Stadion Rankhof
Stadion Rankhof is a football stadium in Basel, Switzerland. It has a capacity of 7,600 with 1,000 seats and 6,600 standing places. The record attendance of the original stadium was about 30'000 spectators. The Stadium was rebuilt between 1993 and 1995. The stands face south towards the grass pitch. The north side of the stadium is completely construed of glass to protect against the wind. The dimenstion of the pitch is 100 x 64 metres. It has a grass surface and flood-lighting.
These districts belong to Birsfelden.
Other districtsThese are districts that are close by, but belong to a different city than Birsfelden.
- Vorder Hammer
- Unter Balmberg
- Oberes Bruggli
- Unterer Sennhof
- Unterer Geissbach
- Untersulzberg
- Obersulzberg
- Brausmattweid
- Hinterreiferswil
- Oberreiferswil
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Birsfelden.
Basel: Barfüsserplatz, Basel (source)
Birsfelden: Wettsteinbrücke − Basel Minster − Basel − Offene Kirche Elisabethen − Canton of Jura − Rhine River, Birsfelden (source)
Basel: Marktplatz, Basel (source)
Klein-Basel: Livespotting − Basel, Hotel Les Trois Rois, Klein-Basel (source)
Bettingen BS › North: Talmattstrasse − Talmattstraße, Bettingen BS (source)
Grossbasel: Biozentrum Universität, Grossbasel (source)
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This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
بریسفلدان, Бирсфельден, 比爾斯費爾登
