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Arrival by train
at Basel SBB (from Switzerland and France)
Leave the station through the main entrance and take tram number 11 towards St. Louis Grenze. Get off at St. Johanns-Tor. Turn left and walk up St. Johanns-Ring until Klingelbergstrasse (second on the left). The Departement Physik is number 82.
Alternative:
Take the bus number 30 (direction Bad. Bahnhof) until the bus stop Bernoullianum.
Take the pedestrian underpass a few meters behind the bus stop. Walk along Hebelstrasse in north-west direction until you hit St. Johanns-Ring. Turn right and walk down St. Johanns-Ring. Turn right at the second crossing into Klingelbergstrasse. The Departement Physik is just at the corner on the your left-hand side of Klingelbergstrasse.
The charge for a taxi from Basel SBB to the Departement Physik is of the order of 25 CHF (swiss francs).
at Badischer Bahnhof (from Germany)
Take the bus number 30 (direction Bahnhof SBB) until the bus stop Bernoullianum. Walk downwards (opposite to the direction where you came from by bus) and turn into the first street on the left called Hebelstrasse. Walk along Hebelstrasse until you hit St. Johanns-Ring. Turn right and walk down St. Johanns-Ring. Turn right at the second crossing into Klingelbergstrasse. The Departement Physik is just at the corner on the your left-hand side of Klingelbergstrasse.
The charge for a taxi from Badischer Bahnhof to the Departement Physik is of the order of 20 CHF (swiss francs).
Arrival by car
from Switzerland and Germany
Take the motorway exit Basel Badischer Bahnhof and follow the signs to Kantonsspital (Hospital). After the bridge (Johanniterbrücke) turn right into the Elsässerstrasse. Follow this street up to the St. Johanns-Tor (town gate) where you turn left into St. Johanns-Ring. The Departement Physik is situated at the corner St. Johanns-Ring / Klingelbergstrasse. Be prepared to search for a parking place.
Arrivals from Germany must have a tax label (Autobahn-Vignette, 40 CHF) for the motorway or exit the motorway in Germany.
from France
Leave the motorway at the border and follow the signs to Bahnhof SBB until Kannenfeldplatz. Turn left (crossing the tram) and follow the Metzerstrasse until the crossroad with the St. Johanns-Ring (the crossing with the traffic lights). Follow the St. Johanns-Ring down to the Klingelbergstrasse, where you find the Departement Physik. Be prepared to search for a parking place.
Arrival by plane
at EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse
Take the exit to Switzerland (there is also one to France!). Take the bus number 50. Get off at Kannenfeldplatz and walk down the Metzerstrasse to the crossroad St. Johanns-Ring. Follow the St. Johanns-Ring down to the Klingelbergstrasse.
The charge for a taxi from the EuroAirport to the Departement Physik is of the order of 30 CHF (swiss francs).
(Adapted from http://monet.physik.unibas.ch/general/Visitor.html.)