GRAND BASEL • BURGER FESTIVAL • CORN MAZES • CAR SHARING • CIRCUSES • GREASE Volume 7 Issue 1 CHF 6 6 A Monthly Guide to Living in Basel September 2018 Ride Into Fall With Great Cycling Events 2 Basel Life Magazine / www.basellife.com LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Dear Readers, Heartfelt greetings to all our readers—whether you are a long-time reader wanting to keep abreast of all the events happening in the Basel area or are new to Basel and/or Basel Life Magazine and want to know everything that September 2018 Volume 7 Issue 1 this vibrant city has to offer, welcome! As we embark on our seventh year of producing Basel Life Magazine, we will be bringing you the same great con- TABLE OF CONTENTS tent and layout of the magazine in an electronic format as well! The elec- tronic version comes as a pdf Flipbook that can be read on all electronic de- Events in Basel: September 2018 4–11 vices, including computers, tablets, and smartphones, with active links to websites as well as an active Table of Contents that will allow readers to­ quickly skip to a section of choice. E-subscribers will receive an e-mail each Fun Outings: Beyond Basel 12–15 month with a link to the current magazine, which can be downloaded and printed whole or in part. Simply subscribe online at ­www.basellife.com or contact our subscription department ([email protected]) to find Markets and Fairs 16–17 out how you can convert your existing paper subscription to an electronic or combined electronic/paper subscription. The month of September is bursting with festivals that will celebrate every- Calendar: September 2018 18–19 thing from film, theater, the cello, burgers, and images of Africa, to histori- cal buildings, Chinese culture, medieval fiddlers, and seasonal favorites like kite flying and pumpkins/squash. You can also get into the autumn Sports and Recreation 20–23 spirit with some outdoor fun like finding your way through one of the many corn mazes in the area. If a daytrip to the Swiss mountains piques your in- terest, learn about how you can travel to the summits for less this fall, in- Workshops, Tours, and Education 24–25 cluding the Stanserhorn in a spectacular open cable car. If cycling is more your speed, there are many wonderful opportunities. In addition to the weekly bicycle tours around Basel and the neighboring towns, you can join Information Desk: Car Sharing 26-27 in the fun at Basel’s annual bike festival, spend the day cycling through the three-country region at the slowUp Basel-Dreiland, or help raise money for cancer by taking part in a gourmet biking tour in Alsace. Entertainment: Night on the Town 28–35 Numerous new museum exhibits this fall will take you on a journey through time. You can discover the best archeological finds of the region; take a ride Mark Your Calendar: October 2018 35 through the history of Basel’s trams; view the first comprehensive exhibi- tion of Balthus’ oeuvre, one of the great masters of 20th-century art; and learn how new media, technologies, and technologic-scientific methods Ticket Office: Get Your Tickets Now! back page are used in the arts to draw attention to pressing ecological issues. There is also a new and exciting entry on Basel’s events’ calendar this year— Grand Basel, a show that is to car aficionados what Art Basel is to art lovers, will be inaugurated this September. If you are looking to buy a car, you can check out the new arrivals at Auto Basel 2018, but before you buy that car, learn about environmentally friendly ways to get around during Mobility Week and read our Information Desk to learn about the various car rental/ sharing options in the Basel area. With such a great selection of fun and entertainment, we are confident that Basel Life Magazine will help guide you in making the most of your life in Basel. Your continued support and help spreading the word is most ap- preciated! Your Basel Life Team Basel Life Magazine Staff: Cover: While Basel is a bike-friendly city, it is also Editor-in-Chief: ­unfortunately the “bike theft capital” among the larger Christine Pesold Swiss cities. According to the Bz Basel, last year almost Advertising & Subscription Manager / Editor: 2,600 bicycles were stolen in Basel-Stadt, which is Susanne Hiller roughly 13 stolen bicycles per 1,000 residents. In com- parison, Zürich registered less than 8 stolen bicycles Design & Print: per 1,000 residents. In addition to always locking your Schwabe AG bike to something, the police recommend that you fill For more information about subscribing or advertising – please contact us: out a bicycle pass (which you can get at police stations) and register the bike with your insurance. Many of info basellife.com Basel’s stolen bicycles, however, end up in the Rhein, www.facebook.com/basellifemagazine and they are regrettably not always retrieved in time www.basellife.com to be salvageable. BASEL LIFE MAGAZINE / BASEL FAMILY GmbH © Copyright 2018. All rights reserved. It is our goal to provide valuable, timely information to our readers. The opinions expressed in the articles in this magazine are those of the contributing authors and do not reflect those of other members of the editorial staff and of any organizations or agencies distributing this magazine. Though we make every attempt to provide accurate information, we cannot be held respon- sible if any event is cancelled, postponed, or modified. We encourage readers to contact the event organizers or their websites to obtain the most current event information. Please note: No part of this periodical may be duplicated in any fashion, or redistributed in any written language, without permission from the executive staff at Basel Family GmbH. If you have any questions, contact Basel Family GmbH staff at: info basellife.com. photo credit: © anne kohler (cover); © stephen oliver (page 3) September 2018 3 Events in Basel: September 2018 and walks that will set out to discover this cultural and historical trea- sure trove. Oldtimer trams and the MS Lällekönig boat will allow you to easily travel to different sites along the river. And, in line with the over- arching motto “Without Borders,” those rides will also take you to neigh- boring Birsfelden, where you can join guided tours hosted by the Kanto- nale Denkmalpflege Baselland. For a complete list and times of the day’s events, go to the website of the Kantonale Denkmalpflege Basel-Stadt. www.denkmalpflege.bs.ch/baukultur-entdecken/europaeischer-­ tag-des-denkmals/europaeischer-tag-des-denkmals-2018.html Switzerland (September weekends): Because 2018 is world heritage year and the 25th anniversary of the European Days of Monuments, the program in Switzerland this year is spread out over four September weekends, with individual cantons assigned­ to different weekends. Ba- sel-Stadt and neighboring Baselland and Aargau are holding their cel- ebrations on the last weekend, September 22 and 23, whereas canton Jura is part of the events on September 1 and 2, and Solothurn partici- pates in the events on September 8 and 9. To find related events in Baselland or other regions of Switzerland, go to the website (German, European Days of Monuments 2018 French, Italian) of the Nationale Informationsstelle für Kulturgüter Er- September 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, and 23 haltung (National Clearinghouse for the Preservation of Cultural The Europäischen Tage des Denkmals (European Days of Monuments) Sites). Go to “Programm,” and on the map, click on the area you are are part of an EU-wide initiative called European Heritage Days that interested in for a listing of all activities in that area. There are hun- since 1994 has been implemented under various names in many Euro- dreds of events at numerous participating sites all over Switzerland. pean countries. These days are designed to celebrate our heritage by www.nike-kulturerbe.ch/de/hereinspaziertch-denkmaltage giving everybody an opportunity to visit some of Europe’s beautiful his- torical monuments. This year’s overarching topic is “Ohne Grenzen” Germany (September 9): The corresponding event in Germany is called (Without borders). It explores how we can cross not only geographical “Tag des offenen Denkmals” (Day of Open Monuments). Their motto this borders but also linguistic, chronological, material, or social borders. year is “Entdecken, was uns verbindet” (Discovering what unites us). How can we further expand our cultural heritage for future generations? You can find more information on participating sites in the neighboring How do we deal with new monuments? Can you treat tangible heritage state of Baden-Württemberg on their website. http://tag-des-offenen-­ differently than intangible heritage? What do children or migrants see denkmals.de/laender/bw when they look at our monuments, and are we listening to them? France (September 15 and 16): In France, the corresponding days are Basel (September 22): The activities in Basel this year will focus on the known as “Journées Européennes du Patrimoine.” This year’s motto Rhein and its shores. The Rhein is important to Basel in innumerable is “L’art du partage” (The art of division [sharing]). You can view the ways, and equally diverse are the buildings, sites, and stories associ- complete program on their website. http://journeesdupatrimoine. ated with it. On this day, you are invited to join one of the many tours culturecommunication.gouv.fr Theaterfestival Basel zerland (a hand ax from Pratteln), through Celtic treasures from Fül- Until September 9 linsdorf, and a medieval knight’s helmet to a 20th-century cigarette For 12 days this summer, Basel will once again be transformed into an case from Bubendorf.