Basel Go! vs Basel Audio Tours

Basel Go! - Your Smart Public Transport Schedule & Route Planner for Basel Stay informed anywhere, anytime with Basel Go!, your essential app for public transport in Basel and the TNW region. Get real-time departure times, schedules, and connections for bus, tram, and other public transport services within the TNW (and beyond) directly on your smartphone. Plan your route smartly with multi- & intermodal route planning – including Pick-e-Bike integration for flexible navigation through Basel public transport. Stay up-to-date with current disruption reports: The integrated disruption reporter with filter function, subscription options, and push notifications automatically informs you about relevant events on your route or line. The Basel Go! app is easy and intuitive to use. Also use the integrated, GPT-based chatbot to interactively get information or ask questions anytime. We regularly update the app based on user feedback to continuously improve usability and offer you the best service for your journeys by bus and tram in Basel.

The free Basel Audio Tours app turns a walk through the old town into an audio experience! On five exciting tours, you are accompanied by well-known personalities from Basel's history - they tell their stories with humour, anecdotes and historical depth. Whether humanist, artist or alchemist - each voice brings a unique perspective on the city, brings historical places to life and invites you to rediscover Basel and its neighbourhoods. In entertaining contributions from their lives, they comment on their surroundings and favourite places and take you on a journey through time. Basel Audio Tours combines in-depth knowledge with modern technology and enables a new way of experiencing the city - entertaining, interactive and completely flexible in terms of time. THE TOURS AT A GLANCE ● Erasmus of Rotterdam, the most important humanist of his time, accompanies you to the most historic place in Basel: the cathedral hill. ● Paracelsus, the physician and alchemist, takes you on an energetic tour from Münsterhügel to Spalenhügel, where the Pharmacy Museum awaits you at the end. ● Jean Tinguely, the mischievous inventor of moving art, lets you see Basel through his playful, ironic eyes - from the vibrant centre of the Old Town to the tranquil Spalenhügel. ● Irène Zurkinden, the freedom-loving painter and cosmopolitan, accompanies you on an inspiring walk over the Spalenhügel, past her former studio to the Spalentor. ● Hans Holbein the Younger, the celebrated master of Renaissance portraiture, takes you on a journey through artistic Basel - from the Kunstmuseum across both banks of the Rhine to the lively Kleinbasel. WHAT AWAITS YOU 5 varied tours through Basel's old town ● Exciting stories and personalities ● Historically sound content, told in a lively, entertaining and vivid way ● Optional: augmented reality elements in the Erasmus tour for even more immersion ● Ideal for locals and guests from Germany and abroad (available in German, English, French and Italian) ● Freely selectable routes with different durations PRACTICAL FOR TRAVELLING The tours last between 60 and 120 minutes, all start centrally at Marktplatz (corner of Freie Strasse) and can be experienced at your own pace. The app is free and can be used offline and is suitable for both individuals and small groups.