Once a year, on a morning in early June, a well-dressed, slightly jittery crowd gathers outside the sprawling Messe Basel exhibition halls in Basel, Switzerland, waiting to be first through the doors.

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Those traveling to Art Basel this year might find that their plans are still shrouded in uncertainty. What exactly are the rules to enter Switzerland? And what are the requirements once you get there?

Although Zurich and Geneva usually spring to mind when planning a city break to Switzerland, smaller, under-the-radar Basel is the country’s hidden gem. While the main cities of Zurich and Geneva ...

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This Swiss city is where Albert Hofmann accidentally discovered the hallucinogenic properties of LSD, which transformed popular culture as well as psychology and brain science. Talk of famous bike ...

Thirty years ago the already polluted Rhine turned red after a chemical spill. Now cleaned up, the stretch through Basel has been revitalised to become a conduit for commuters, sunbathers and spritzes ...