Community connections
our partners and other organisations supporting English speakers
Our partners
Our partners are organisations we collaborate with directly through joint events, shared promotion, and community initiatives.
Expats in Basel can benefit from BaselConnect as they are a nonprofit association dedicated to promoting increased cultural understanding and exchange between Basel expats and locals in the tri-national region in Switzerland.
Basel Life is an online English-language event calendar and guide to living in Basel. With events, museum exhibits, fairs, markets, sports, excursion ideas, culture, history and practical tips for living in Basel and Switzerland, you can find what you are looking for at Basel Life. The easy-to-use calendar lists events for all age groups and interests that you can share or download to your electronic calendar with a simple click. Completely free and anonymous to use.
Fresh Air Kids Switzerland is on a BIG mission to start an outdoor revolution that connects as many families as possible to the natural world. By breaking down the barriers of spending quality time outside, we hope to inspire, motivate and encourage more outdoor adventure in the lives of families across the globe.
Comprehensive website with informative articles, detailed profiles and travel suggestions about how to settle, connect and thrive in the Basel region.
Other community connections
We’ve gathered a selection of other useful resources across a variety of interests and needs. These are not formal partners, but we hope they help you make the most of life in Basel. Click on the headings below to find out more.
Health and wellbeing
ALANON (ENGLISH-SPEAKING)
For families and friends of alcoholics.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS (ENGLISH-SPEAKING)
If you have the desire to stop drinking, members of AA in Basel are ready to help.
KREBSLIGA BEIDER BASEL
The Krebsliga beider Basel has an English-speaking support group that meets one or two times per month.
More about Basel
BASEL EXPATS
This site is a free service to the expat community in Basel and beyond. The purpose of the site is to inform English speaking expats living in the Tri-Nations Regio about issues that may be of interest to them.
LIFE IN BASEL
This site is dedicated to providing accurate, honest and balanced information about living in or moving to Basel.
THE ENGLISH SHOW
Radio X, 94.5, weekly news from Switzerland and cultural events in Basel and surroundings.
Music and theatre
BASEL CHAMBER VOICES
A small choir of mostly amateur musicians (SATB) devoted to unaccompanied singing. We practise weekly and put on concerts in January and June.
BASEL ENGLISH PANTOMIME GROUP
Produces the Basel Panto at the Scala each year.
GILBERT & SULLIVAN SOCIETY
Enjoy Gilbert and Sullivan and socialise with likeminded people in the Basel region.
SEMI-CIRCLE
Basel’s English-speaking amateur theatre with two productions a year as well as play-readings at Centrepoint.
Parenting community
BASEL CHILDREN’S TRUST
The BCT is a volunteer-run, non-profit organisation that provides help, support, and information to expectant parents and families with young children living in the Basel area: from “bump” to “babe” and “beyond”.
BASEL INTERNATIONAL GIRL SCOUTS
Girl Scouting is a fun activity for English-speaking girls between 5 and 18.
GGG STADTBIBLIOTHEK
Stories for children in English. Free of charge. No registration required.
HSK ENGLISH (HEIMATLICHE SPRACHE UND KULTUR)
HSK offers English lessons to mother-tongue speakers who attend Swiss schools in Basel-Stadt and Basel-Land and would like to keep up and improve their English.
PLAY BASEL
Here you can find lots of ideas and information about family-friendly activities in and around Basel.
SCOUTS BSA BASEL
Scouting for boys and girls aged 6-18. Pack #681 has been active in Basel for more than 40 years.
For Cubs (ages 6-11): http://baselcubs.ch
Scouts (ages 11-18): troopwebhost.org/Troop681Basel/
Religious services in English
We are an English-speaking international Church. All are warmly invited to join us, regardless of nationality and whatever church background (or none) that you come from.
THE BAHAI LOCAL SPIRITUAL ASSEMBLY OF BASEL
World’s newest religion offers the latest spiritual software, balancing our material world.
Sunday morning worship service, weekly bible studies and prayer groups. There are also Sunday School programmes dedicated to different age groups, as well crèche facilities for children under 3 years old.
Bruder Klaus Kirche, Bruderholzallee 140, Basel.
Contemporary music, youth ministry, Sunday School and Crèche.
Service translated into English (please request headphones). Band plays modern music. Meal for a reasonable price is offered at the Rundum Caffé downstairs before the service.
Basel’s egalitarian Jewish group. Religious classes for children and adults.
We meet and worship in silence for about an hour.
THE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS OF BASEL
An inclusive liberal spiritual community with humanitarian values.
Social and professional groups
AMERICAN WOMEN’S CLUB OF BASEL (AWC)
The American Women’s Club of Basel is a nonprofit social and philanthropic organisation with over 100 members. It is a group with very diverse backgrounds, interests, and ages. Membership is open to English-speaking women of all nationalities.
Monthly get-togethers over coffee or dinner for local coaches. Contact Sharon on mpconsultandcoach@gmail.com for more information and to join the list.
BASEL HOUSEMEN VEREIN (ENGLISH-SPEAKING)
We are an English-speaking association of housemen, men who stay at home to look after the children and the house while the wife is out hunting and gathering.
BASEL INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS (ENGLISH-SPEAKING)
One of the two public Toastmasters clubs in Basel city that holds meetings exclusively in English. Guests are welcome.
We provide a focal point for Irish people, their families and friends, and those interested in all things Irish in the Basel region.
PROFESSIONAL WOMEN’S GROUP OF BASEL
PWG Basel is a not-for-profit volunteer organisation of international English-speaking women from all around the world who live in the Basel area. It offers women of diverse professional and cultural backgrounds a platform to exchange information and share experiences while building friendships.
One of the two public Toastmasters clubs in Basel city that holds meetings exclusively in English. Guests are welcome.
Sports
The largest English-speaking running club in Basel.
Running/drinking/social club.
Our more than 300 members play in all age groups from U8 to senior in summer at Rankhof directly on the Rhine and in winter in various indoor venues in Basel.
Touch is an increasingly popular low-contact rugbylike game played by men and women usually in mixed teams. We welcome all skill levels, from total newbies to legendary master.
Government sites
Useful information in English from the Kanton Basel-Stadt about living and working in Basel as well as on local culture and events.
The Kanton Basel-Stadt provides useful information in English for people newly arriving in Basel.
BASEL TRAM/BUS ONLINE TIMETABLE
Find your route to Centrepoint and everywhere in the Basel tri-regional area using BVB online time tables.
The purpose of Basel Tourismus is the promotion of tourism in the city of Basel and its surrounding area in close collaboration with the public authorities, partners in the tourist sector and other interested groups.
BRITISH SWISS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce (BSCC) is an independent notfor-profit organisation dedicated to supporting its 750-plus members and promoting business relations between Switzerland, Liechtenstein and the UK.
You can find details from the Kanton Basel-Stadt about language schools and German courses in Basel. There are options in the top right-hand corner of the website to select an English or other language translation of the site.