Where in the Basel region do you fit in?
The Basel region is small on the map and large in everyday life. It is spread across four cantons and more than twenty municipalities and neighbourhoods, each with its own taxes, its own schools and very different journeys. From Neubad to Riehen Dorf the tram takes 35 minutes. Before you look for a property, it is worth asking where your daily life takes place.
Three questions before you search
Where do you have to go every day? Workplace, school, station. The journey time there decides more about how satisfied you are than an extra room. The tables on these pages show timetable times, not distances as the crow flies.
In which canton do you want to pay tax? Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft, Solothurn and Aargau calculate differently, and among the Basel-Landschaft municipalities on these pages alone the municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) ranges from 45 to 62 per cent. That also changes the fees when buying. What buying costs on top
What do you want on your doorstep? Restaurants or woods, tram or garage, neighbours in the building or behind the hedge.
Five starting points
You want the city. Short distances, everything on foot or by tram. In the heart of the city
You want a garden. A house for the family, in a municipality with a tram or S-Bahn to Basel. Out to the green belt with the family
The school decides. Your children attend an international school, and the journey to school determines where you live. Choosing where to live by the school run
The house has become too big. You are looking for a flat for the next twenty years. From house to flat
You have only just arrived. You do not know the region yet and do not want to commit yourself. Rent first, then buy
All municipalities compared
| Municipality | Canton | Bahnhof SBB | Barfüsserplatz | Municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) 2026 | Purchase price flat, CHF per m² | Purchase price house, CHF per m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binningen | BL | 8 | 13 | 49 % | 12'000 | 12'000 |
| Pratteln | BL | 9 | 20 | 58,5 % | 7'800 | 8'200 |
| Dornach | SO | 10 | 21 | 92 % (SO) | 9'600 | 9'700 |
| Münchenstein | BL | 11 | 21 | 60 % | 10'200 | 9'700 |
| Birsfelden | BL | 13 | 13 | 62 % | 10'000 | 9'100 |
| Bottmingen | BL | 15 | 11 | 48 % | 12'300 | 11'700 |
| Arlesheim | BL | 17 | 27 | 47 % | 9'800 | 10'800 |
| Allschwil | BL | 17 | 17 | 58 % | 10'300 | 9'700 |
| Oberwil | BL | 18 | 14 | 50 % | 10'900 | 10'500 |
| Muttenz | BL | 19 | 19 | 56 % | 9'800 | 10'200 |
| Riehen | BS | 21 | 22 | Municipal share 40 % | 11'000 | 11'000 |
| Reinach | BL | 21 | 27 | 58,5 % | 9'200 | 9'600 |
| Therwil | BL | 22 | 18 | 52 % | 10'000 | 9'500 |
| Aesch | BL | 23 | 34 | 56 % | 9'600 | 9'500 |
| Bettingen | BS | 30 | 31 | Municipal share 37,5 % | 10'300 | 9'400 |
| Magden | AG | 32 | 43 | 95 % (AG) | 8'000 | 8'500 |
| Pfeffingen | BL | 36 | 42 | 45 % | 10'000 | 10'000 |
Journey times in minutes: fastest connection from the central stop, weekday from 08:00, regular timetable of 15 December 2026 (transport.opendata.ch). Tax multiplier: resolutions of the municipalities for 2026. The values of different cantons are not directly comparable. Purchase prices (not rents): model values from RealAdvisor, October 2026, rounded to the nearest hundred; not transaction prices. Other models differ from municipality to municipality, on average by around 10 to 15 per cent. The actual price depends on the condition of the property and on the negotiation; neither can be estimated in advance.
What you get from us
A conversation with Dieter Ruf before any individual property is discussed. He asks about your daily life and tells you which two or three places fit it. For each one there is a detailed portrait on this website with its history, residential locations and what you need to know. All neighbourhoods and municipalities
“I look at every property myself. A sound valuation needs a site visit – and a conversation about what you actually intend to do.”
Madiba has been managing and brokering property in Basel since 1964. Mr Ruf handles the sale himself, from the first valuation to the notarial deed.
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