Sunday in Basel
Almost everything is closed — but only almost. What is open or freely accessible on Sundays in Basel, by category.
Ground rule: retail is closed on Sundays, railway stations are the legal exception — and museums do the reverse (open Sundays, closed Mondays). Details and hours always via the provider's link.
Culture
One of the oldest public art collections in the world — open Sundays, closed Mondays.
World-class collection in Riehen, in a Renzo Piano building with park.
Kinetic machine art on the Rhine in Solitude Park.
Basel history in the Barfüsserkirche.
A family classic — dinosaurs to minerals.
Comics and narrative drawing, St. Alban-Vorstadt.
Design museum and architecture campus just across the border — reachable by tram 8.
Opera, drama, ballet — programme online.
World-renowned concert hall at Barfüsserplatz.
The city's largest cinema, Steinenvorstadt — programme online.
Arthouse cinema at two locations — programme online.
Film art and retrospectives in the Klostergarten.
Leisure
The essence of Basel summer: drifting down the Rhine with a Wickelfisch dry bag. Temperature and flow soon live on this site.
Wilde Maa, Leu, Vogel Gryff, Ueli — powered by the current alone, for over 150 years.
Switzerland's oldest zoo, in the middle of the city — open daily.
Free wildlife park in Basel's largest forest — open daily.
Free, with tropical house — at Spalentor.
Botanical gardens in Brüglingen, free.
Basel's outdoor pools — season dates via the sports office.
The municipal indoor pool on Birsigstrasse.
Ice skating in the winter season.
Expansive park in Münchenstein — lake, playgrounds, freely accessible.
The Kleinbasel riverbank — buvettes in summer, always freely accessible.
Shopping
Migros, Coop, pharmacy and more — station retail is legally exempt from Sunday closing. The number-one Sunday address.
Smaller selection than SBB, but in Kleinbasel — same station-retail exemption.
Street food and stalls under the historic dome by the station.
Across the city — for essentials, Sundays included.
At transit hubs and in the neighbourhoods.
Everyday & emergencies
Which pharmacy is on duty right now — official overview for BS and BL.
Ambulance 144, police 117, fire 118, poison info 145, medical on-call centre 061 261 15 15.
Around the clock — adults at USB, children at UKBB.