IAESTE Basel Weekend 2009
  August 15-16, 2009

City of Basel

IAESTE LC Basel invites you to experience all of this!

Basel is one of Switzerland's centers for art, music and architecture. Thanks to its central location at the 'three-countries-corner' where Switzerland, Germany and France come together, the city on the Rhine's knee is also an important center for fairs and congresses.

We will take an underground tour in Basel and the Birs river in the underground to its estuary in the Rhine. Afterwards we're going to see the Tinguely Museum, museum dedicated to Swiss artist Jean Tinguely and other similar "kinetic" modern artists. And then enjoy the night at the beach in City Beach Basel.

 Let's sleep in a fallout shelter and enjoy a concert in Rhein river. Experience an adventure in "Wasserfallen", first go hiking and then "Trottinetts" (kind of scooter) down in the mountain.

 

 bunker

 

scooter

 

Program

Saturday, August 15

  • 09:15  We meet at the meeting point at SBB

  • Guided sightseeing tour through Basel (in English)

  • Lunch at the Rhein

  • Guided sightseeing tour underground sewage system Basel

  • Tingely Museum swiss modern artist

  • Evening: Barbecue, we will provide food and drinks

  • "im Fluss" concert

Sunday, August 16

  • Morning: Getting up and having breakfast

  • 11:30 Boat trip from Basel to Kaiseraugst (passing a lock)

  • Bus to Reigoldswil

  • Cable car up to "Wasserfallen"

  • "Trottinetts" (kind of scooter) for a fast and furious race back down. 

Participation fees

  • With SBB General Abonnement (GA): 90 CHF

  • With SBB half-fare (1/2) and Gleis 7: 110 CHF

  • With SBB half-fare (1/2) but no Gleis 7: 110 CHF

  • Without SBB half-fare (1/2): 130 CHF

If you do not yet have a SBB half-fare card, we recommend you buying one! Check the SBB website!

A surcharge of 35 CHF will apply for participants who are not affiliated with IAESTE or its partner organisations.

The money will be collected at the start of the weekend . Only cash is accepted! :-)  

Included in the participation fee

  • Lodging (the night between Saturday and Sunday)

  • Local transport

  • Boat trip

  • Trottinett rental and cable car ride

  • BBQ on Saturday

  • Breakfast and packed lunch on Sunday

  • NOT included: train ticket from your home to Basel and from Liestal (or Basel) back.

Cancellation Policy

If you cancel your registration

  • less than 12 hours before the start of the event (that is, 10:00 PM , 13/08/2009) , you pay the entire participation fee

  • 12-24 hours before the start of the event, you pay 75% of the participation fee

  • 24-48 hours before the start of the event, you pay 50% of the participation fee

  • 48-72 hours before the start of the event, you pay 25% of the participation fee

Checklist - Remember to Bring

  • Cash for paying the participation fee

  • lunch for Saturday

  • sleeping bag

  • comfortable shoes

  • rain jacket in case of bad weather

  • Swimming suit

Meeting point and train connections

  • Meeting point for all participants is Basel SBB train station meeting point (left side from the escalator, close to the phone boxes) at 9:15 AM.

From Lausanne

from Lausanne

From Zurich

from Zurich

  To Lausanne

to Lausanne

To Zurich

to Zurich

For further information on train connections, check the SBB website.

Registration

The maximum number of participants allowed for this event is 25 (including organizers and helpers) and the registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. If your registration is not among the first 25, it will be put on the waiting list.

The online registration closed on Monday, 10 August 2009, at 18:00:00.

Check out the list of participants for this event.

Contact

If you have any questions, write to Show e-mail address.