ELA Basel Playground Direcotry

ELA Basel Playground Directory Created by Naomi Suzuki Blatter

Basel Zoo Binningerstrasse 40, 4054 Basel

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.10mins) (*Kurzstrecke 2 stops) Take Tram 8 (Direction Bachletten) and get off at Bachletten Zoo. Walk back toward the Basel SBB station and walk onto Tiergartenrein.The Zoo is on your right-hand side.

From Basel SBB Station (approx.10mins) (*Kurzstrecke 4 stops) Take Tram 2 (Direction Dorenbach) and get off at Zoo Dorenbach. The Zoo is directly in front of you.

From Basel SBB Station (approx.10mins) Take tram 10 (Direction Ettingen) and get off at Basel Zoo. The main entrance is directly in front of you.

Car Park: Yes (You can buy the car park ticket either at the ticket machine or at the ticket counter. The ticket counter only provides the parking ticket for more than 4 hours, but it is cheaper than getting it at the machine.)

Toilet: Yes Tips: From October to April, you can see the penguin walk at 11 o’clock.

(Weather dependent)

Spielplatz Brüglingen Vorder Brüglingen 33, 4052 Basel

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.15mins) Take Tram 11 (Direction Aesch) and get off at Dreispitz. Head northeast on Walkeweg toward Duggingerhof. Then turn left onto Brügerlingerstrasse and turn right into the Merian Gärten. Turn left at the first junction and go straight then turn right toward Vorder Brüglingen. The park is in front of you.

Car Park: No Toilet: Yes Tips: The park is in the Merian Gärten, so it is nice to walk around to see lots of beautiful flowers.

Claramatten Spielplatz Klingentalstrasse 25, 4057 Basel

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.15mins) Take Tram 8 (Direction Messeplatz) and get off at Clarastrasse, cross the tram line and walk into Hammerstrasse. The park is on your left-hand side.

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Car Park: Yes (Parkhaus Claramatte in front of the park) Toilet: Yes Tips: The splash pad is open in warm weather.

You can also play table tennis and table football. (You need to bring your own equipment.)

Dreirosen Freizeitzentrum & Dreirosenanlage Spielplatz Unterer Rheinweg 168, 4057 Basel

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.20mins) Take Tram 1 (Direction Dreirosenbrücke) and get off at Dreirosenbrücke.

You will see the park beside the Dreirosen bridge.

Tram Stop Dreirosenbrücke

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Car Park: No Toilet: Yes Tips: You can rent a space for your child’s birthday party in the Freizeitzentrum.

Dürrenmatte Spielplatz Baselmattweg 74,4123 Allschwil

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.25 mins) Take Bus 50 (Direction Euro Airport) or Tram 1 (Direction Dreirosenbrücke) and get off at Brausebad. Transfer to Tram 6 (Direction Allschwil Dorf) and get off at Kirche. Head northeast on Baslerstrasse toward Parkallee. Turn left onto Dürrenmattweg. The park is on your right-hand side.

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Car Park: No Toilet: Yes Tips: There is a hut that you can rent for events and gatherings.

ELYS Boulderloft Elsässerstrasse 215a, 4056 Basel

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.25mins) Take Tram 11 (Direction Basel, St-Louis Grenze) and get off at St Louis Grenze. Walk 150m back toward Basel. ELYS is on your right-hand side.

Car Park: Yes Toilet: Yes Tips: I recommend that you bring anti-slipped socks or slippers for your children. For first time visitors, it might be a good idea to register your names online in advance.

You can also book a bouldering course and a room for your child’s birthday party.

Freizeithaus Allschwil Hegenheimermattweg 76, 4123 Allschwil

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.20mins) Take Bus 48 (Direction Basel, Bachgraben) and get off at Allschwil, Hagmattstrasse. You can walk back onto Hegenheimermattweg and the Freizeithaus is on your left-hand side.

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Car Park: No Toilet: Yes Tips: You can book a space for your child’s birthday party.

This place is very close to Gemeindepark Allschwil.

Gemeindepark Allschwil Baselmattweg, 4123 Allschwil

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.35mins) Take Bus 48 (Direction Basel, Bachgraben) and get off at Gartenstrasse.

The park is in front of you.

Car Park: No Toilet: Yes Tips: There is a grill area and a splash pad in the Summer.

During the Summer break, a free openair theatre is held in the park.

Helvetiaplatz Spielplatz St.Galler-Ring 21, 4055 Basel

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.15 mins) Take Bus 50 (Direction Euro Airport) and get off at Brausebad. Transfer to Tram 6 (Direction Allschwil Dorf) and get off at Morgartenring. Walk back toward Basel and turn left onto St.Galler-Ring. The park is on your left-hand side.

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Car Park: No Toilet: No

Hochstrasse Spielplatz Hochstrasse 99, 4053 Basel

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Access From Basel SBB Station (approx. 8mins by tram) Take Tram 10 or 11 (Direction Dornach / Aesch) and get off at Münchensteinstrasse.

Walk back toward the Basel SBB Station, across Thiersteinerallee and turn into Hochstrasse. The park is on your right-hand side.

From Basel SBB Station (approx. 15mins walk) Take Centralbahnstrasse and walk through the postpassage. (Peter Merian Weg). Then turn right into Peter Merian-Strasse and go straight until the end of the street. Turn left into Hochstrasse and the park is on your left-hand side.

Tram Stop Münchenstein strasse

Car Park: No Toilet: No

Hofgut Obere Wanne Kürbis Land Hofgut Obere Wanne,4410 Liestal

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Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.40 mins) Take IR27 or S3 and get off at Liestal. Then transfer to Train 19 and get off at Liestal, Gräubern.

Head south on Gräubernstrasse and walk toward Bubendorf for 13 minutes (1.1km). The Kürbis Land is on your right-hand side.

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Car Park: Yes Toilet: No

Horburgpark Klybeck, 4057 Basel

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Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.20mins) Take Tram 1 (Direction Dreirosenbrücke) and get off at Dreirosenbrücke. Cross Klybeckstrasse and walk onto Hourburgstrasse.

Then turn left onto Müllheimerstrasse. The park is on your right-hand side.

Tram Stop Dreirosenbrücke

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Car Park: No Toilet: Yes Tips: There is a splash pad for children in warm weather.

Kannenfeld Park Burgfelderstrasse, 4056 Basel

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.10mins) Take Bus 50 and get off at Kannenfeldplatz. The park is on your left-hand side.

Car Park: No Toilet: Yes Tips: There is a splash pad that open in the Summer.

You can also play table tennis, bring your own equipment.

Kinderspielplatz Drissel Drisselweg, 4102 Binningen, Basel-Land

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.30mins) Take Tram 2 (Direction Binningen) and get off at Binningen Kronenplatz.

Then transfer to Bus 61 (Direction Oberwil) and get off at Drisselweg Binningen.

You will see a soccer field just ahead on the right, turn into Drisselweg.

The park is on your right-hand side.

Bus Stop Drisselweg

Drisselweg Drissel Park Soccer Field

Car Park: No Toilet : There is a temporary toilet.

Tips: This area is also nice to take a walk. If you would like to drive there over the weekend, you can park at Gymnasium Oberwil for free. You can take a long walk, see farm animals and stop by Drissel Park on the way.

Margarethenpark Gundeldingerstrasse 57-129, 4053 Basel

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.10mins) Head south and walk into Gempenstrasse. The park is in front of you.

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Car Park: No Toilet: No Tips: The splash pad is open in warm weather.

Museum Tinguely Paul Sacher-Anlage 2, 4002 Basel

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.10mins) Take tram 1 (Direction Eglisee) and get off at Wettsteinplatz. Transfer to Bus 38 (Direction Wyhlen, Siedlung) and get off at Tinguely Museum. You can see the museum across the street.

Car Park: Yes (There is a public car park across the street.)

Toilet: Yes

Natural History Museum Augstinergasse 2, 4051 Basel

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.10mins) Take tram 2 (Direction Eglisee) 8 (Direction Kleinhüningen) 10 (Direction Ettingen Dorf) or 11 (Direction St.Louis Grenze) and get off at Bankverein.

Walk onto Freie Strasse. When you see the little fountain on your right-hand side, turn right onto Münsterberg and walk up to Münster Platz. Then turn left and walk through the Münsterplatz and walk onto Augustinergasse.

The Natural History Museum is on your left-hand side.

Car Park No Toilet: Yes Tips: Every first Sunday of the month, you can enter many museums in Basel for free.

Oekolampad Park Allschwilerstrasse 86, 4055 Basel

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.17mins) Take Bus 50 (Direction EuroAirport) and get off at Brausebad. Transfer to Tram 6 (Direction Allschwil Dorf) and get off at Allschwilerplatz.

The park is in front of you.

Car Park: No Toilet: Yes Tips: There is a “Kindertankstelle” where the children can purchase snacks and drinks.

Park im Grünen Münchenstein Rainstrasse 6, 4142 Münchenstein

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.15mins) Take Tram 10 (Direction Dornach) and get off at Neuewelt. Head northwest on Tunnelweg and take the crosswalk. Turn left toward Rainstrasse and go straight.Turn right to stay on Rainstrasse and straight onto St.Jakobpromenade. The park is on your right-hand side.

Car Park: Yes Toilet: Yes Tips: During the Summer break, a free openair theatre is held in the park.

Pumpkin Patch in Allschwil Herrenweg 131, 4123 Allschwil

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.30 mins) Take Bus 48 (Directions Bachgraben) and get off at Ziegelei. Then transfer to Bus 64 (Directions Arlesheim Dorf) and get off at Spitzwald. Head west on Herrenweg toward Oberwilerstrasse.

The pumpkin patch and flower field for self-picking are in front of you.

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Car Park: Yes Toilet: No Tips: It is nice to walk around this area. I recommend you to bring rain trousers and rain boots for kids for the muddy field.

Rosenfeld Spielplatz Peter Merian-Strasse 27,4052 Basel

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.10mins walk) Head east on Centralbahnstrasse and then walk into Postpassage.

Turn left into Peter Merian-Strasse. The park is on your right-hand side.

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Car Park: No Toilet: Yes Tips: There is a splash pad for children in warm weather.

Schützenmatt Park Im Schützenmattpark 1, 4054 Basel

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.8mins) Take Tram 1,8 (Direction Dreirosenbrücke/Neuweilerstrasse) or Bus 48 (Direction Bachgraben) and get off at Schützenhaus.The park is just beside the tram stop.

From Basel SBB Station (approx.15mins walk) Head west on Centralbahnstrasse and walk pass Markthalle. Go straight down Viaduktstrasse/Steinenring. The park is on your left-hand side.

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Basel SBB Station

Car Park: No Toilet: Yes Tips: There is a splash pad in warm weather and a restaurant in the park.

Schwarzpark 4052 Basel

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.15mins) Walk to Aeschenplatz and take Bus 37 in front of InterDiscount and get off at Bethesda Spital. Walk down to Gellertstrasse and the park is on your left-hand side.

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Car Park: No Toilet: No

Skulpturenweg Reinach 4153 Reinach, Basel-Land .

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Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.40mins) Take Tram 11 (Direction Aesch) and get off at Reinach Vogesenstrasse.

Head west on Vogessenstrasse and turn left into Zihlackerstrasse. Turn right onto Brückliweg and then turn left into Mattstückweg. The skulpturenweg is on your right-hand side.

Car Park: Yes (You can park at Gemeinde Friedhof Fiechten) Toilet: No Tips: There are a few grill and picknick areas.

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Tram Stop Reinach Vogesenstrasse

Spielplatz Andreas Heusler Andreas Heusler-Strasse 42, 4052 Basel

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Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.17 mins) Head northeast on Centralbahnstrasse and turn left onto Gartenstrasse.

Then turn right onto Nauenstrasse and go straight about 550m. When you see the Novotel Basel City on the right-hand side, turn left onto Jacob Burckhardt-strasse. Go straight about 200m and turn right onto Jacob Burckhardt-Strasse. Then turn left onto Andreas Heusler-Strasse and the park is on your right-hand side.

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Car Park: No Toilet: No Tips: There is a splash pad for children in warm weather.

Spielplatz Baustelle Dorenbachstrasse, 4102 Binningen

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.15 mins) Take Tram 2 (Direction Binningen Kronenplatz) and get off at Zoo Dorenbach.

Head west into Holeestrasse and turn left at the Restaurant Pizzeria Dorenbach and turn right into Dorenbachstrasse. The park is on your left-hand side.

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Car Park: No Toilet: No

Spielplatz Hackberg Bettingerstrasse 121, 4125 Riehen

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.35mins) Take Tram 2 (Direction Basel, Eglisee) and get off at Messeplatz.

Then transfer to Tram 6 (Direction Riehen, Grenze) and get off at Riehen, Bettingerstrasse, then take Bus 32 (Direction Bettingen, Chrischonaklinik) and get off at Riehen, Wenkenhof. You can walk 140m back and the park is on your rleft-hand side.

Spielplatz Hackberg Bus Stop Riehen, Wenkenhof

Car Park: No Toilet: Yes

Spielplatz Matthäusplatz Feldbergstrasse 81, 4057 Basel

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx. 8mins by tram) Take Tram 8 (Direction Basel, Kleinhüningen) and get off at Feldbergstrasse.

Walk onto Feldbergstrasse towards the Matthäus church and turn left onto Müllheimerstrasse.The park is on your right-hand side.

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Car Park: No Toilet: Yes Tipp: There is a market every Saturday morning at the Matthäuskirche.

Spielplatz Schlossgasse Schlossgasse 26, 4103 Bottmingen

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.15 mins) Take Tram 2 (Direction Binningen Kronenplatz) and get off at Zoo Dorenbach.

Transfer to Bus 34 (Direction Bottmingen, Schloss) and get off at Bottmingen, Blauenstrasse.

Head south onto Binningerstrasse and turn left onto Schlossgasse.The park is on your left-hand side.

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St.Johanns-Park Mülhauserstrasse 37,4056 Basel

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.15mins) Take Tram 11 (Direction St-Louis Grenze) and get off at Mülhauserstrasse.

Walk 140m back toward the direction you came from.

The park is on your left-hand side.

Car Park: No Toilet:Yes (There is a small café in the park.)

Tips: This area is also nice to take a walk along the Rhein river.

Steinbühlmatte Spielplatz Steinbühlplatz, Paradieshofstrasse 93, 4054 Basel

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.20mins) Take Tram 8 (Direction Neuweilerstrasse) and get off at Im Langen Loh. Head south west on Paradieshofstrasse. The park is on your left-hand side.

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Tram Stop Im Langen Loh

Parking: No Toilet: Yes Tips: There is a phone booth which is filled with books to borrow.

There is a splash pad in Summer and ping-pong tables, bring your own equipment.

Theodorsgraben Spielplatz Theodorsgraben 22, 4058 Basel

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.10 mins) (*Kurzstrecke 4 stops) Take Tram 2 (Direction Messeplatz ) and get off at Wettsteinplatz.

Walk towards Wettsteinbrücke.The park is on your left-hand side.

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Car Park: No Toilet: Yes

Tierpark Lange Erlen Erlenparkweg 110,4058 Basel

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.25mins) Take Tram 2 and get off at Basel Bad Bahnhof. Transfer to Bus 36 (Direction Kleinhüningen) and get off at Lange Erlen. The Tierpark Lange Erlen is in front of you.

Car Park: Yes Toilet: Yes Tips: There is a restaurant and a playground beside the parking lot.

Stiftung Tierpark Weihermätteli Bienentalstrasse 7, 4410 Liestal, Basel-Land

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.30mins) Take train (IR, IC or S3) and get off at the Liestal train station. Cross the rail track to the platform 3 using either the slope which is front of platform 1 or the stairs beside the Coop.

Go straight until the end of Platform 3 and cross the rail to the car park and take Munzachstrasse. (10 mins walk) The park is on your right side.

Car Park: Yes Toilet: Yes Tips: On Wednesday afternoons from 14:00 to 16:00, you can enjoy pony riding.

(2 rounds = CHF5 / 4 rounds = CHF10 / 6 rounds = CHF12) They also offer birthday celebrations.

There are also two little playgrounds in the Tierpark.

Verkehrsgarten Wasgenring 158, 4055 Basel

Access From Basel SBB Station (approx.15 mins) Take Tram 1 (Direction Dreirosenbrücke) and get off at Brausebad.

Then transfer to Tram 6 (Direction Allschwil, Dorf) and get off at Morgartenring.

It’s in front of you when you cross Wasgenring.

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Tram Stop Morgartenring Baslerstrasse

Car Park: No Toilet: Yes. Tips: You can learn traffic rules while riding a bike or a trottinette.

It’s also a good place to learn how to walk safely on the street before the children start school.