At 344 feet, the 31-story Basler Messeturm (Trade Fair Tower) is the tallest building in all of Switzerland. Completed in 2003, the glass-sheathed leviathan in shimmering aquamarine appears to rise from the Rhine. And while it might seem incongruous to … Read More
The airport is in France – but your ticket says Switzerland – and the official language is German. Carmen Sandiego, where are we now? Located on the river Rhine in the northwestern corner of Switzerland, where the borders of Switzerland, … Read More
Who doesn’t love a daddy? There are silver daddies and gay daddies and daddies who take you to the ball game. Daddies who taught you right from wrong – and daddies who spanked you when you were bad. (You know … Read More
Perhaps on an afternoon when you’ve found yourself at the Basel Zoo, you might wander past a converted waterworks, only to realize that this former pumping station is now an Italian osteria with garden. Local nighthawks could’ve told you that … Read More
The French word for “studio,” Atelier connotes art and the spaces in which it is created – and is, therefore, entirely apt as the name of the new restaurant in Der Teufelhof Basel. More than twenty years ago, in 1989, … Read More
June, bloom, groom: notice how they rhyme? June is the most popular month for weddings (followed by August, with more than one in three weddings occurring in summer) – and this June, you can expect more gay grooms and lesbian … Read More
It’s in the air – everywhere. That freshness, the green, the peonies in bloom – and the azaleas and the iris. Soon the roses will be popping, heralding the advent of another summer. Who can resist the charms of summer? … Read More
Opened in 1998 as part of the Kursaal Bern complex (one of Bern’s more notable landmarks), Hotel Allegro Bern, a four-star, lifestyle hotel, fuses classic Swiss hospitality with contemporary design. The hotel’s 171 rooms and suites were completely renovated in … Read More
