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Pantheon Basel
Striking rotunda in Muttenz where a spiral ramp climbs past decades of classic cars and motorcycles: part museum, part working forum for Basel's vintage-car scene.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Aesch
Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland · Europe
About Aesch
Aesch is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Ettingen, 54km from Feldberg.
Aesch is in Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland, with about 10,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Ettingen, about 4 km away.
Aesch railway station (German: Bahnhof Aesch) is a railway station in the municipality of Aesch, in the Swiss canton of Basel-Landschaft. It is an intermediate stop on the Basel–Biel/Bienne line and is served by local trains only. The station is on the east side of the river Birs, opposite the Aesch city center.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Aesch?
Within an hour or so of Aesch: Pantheon Basel (8 km), Basel Zoo (9 km), Basel (10 km), Cité de l'Automobile - Musée National (Collection Schlumpf) (38 km).
Are there any good drives near Aesch?
The nearest famous roads are Circuit Bremgarten, Route des Crêtes (Vosges) and Route des Vins d'Alsace.
Where is Aesch?
Aesch is in Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland, about 4 km from Ettingen.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 10,138
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Switzerland
- Region
- Basel-Landschaft
- Timezone
- Europe/Zurich
- Coordinates
- 47.4710, 7.5973
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Switzerland
Motorway vignette (toll sticker) required: buy at the border or online. Roadside assistance (TCS): 140.
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Worth the detour from Aesch
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Basel Zoo
Switzerland's oldest and most visited zoo, affectionately known as 'Zolli', with a strong conservation focus.
9 km · about 15 min drive
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Basel
A cultural powerhouse at the meeting point of three countries, home to over 40 museums, a vibrant Rhine riverfront, and Art Basel.
10 km · about 20 min drive
museum
Cité de l'Automobile - Musée National (Collection Schlumpf)
The former Schlumpf brothers' secret collection in Mulhouse, the largest car museum in the world, with over 100 Bugattis including two Royales, hidden from the public until a factory occupation revealed it in 1977.
38 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
Hartmannswillerkopf
A WWI mountain battlefield of trenches and a vast crypt overlooking the Alsace plain.
54 km · about 65 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Feldberg
The Black Forest's highest summit at 1,493 m offers Alps-to-Vosges panoramas and a chairlift up to the windswept ridge.
54 km · about 60 min drive
museum
Musée de l'Aventure Peugeot
Peugeot's corporate museum tracing the brand's journey from pepper mills and bicycles to modern automobiles.
58 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
Bern Old Town
Switzerland's UNESCO-listed capital, a medieval gem with 6 kilometres of arcaded walkways, the Zytglogge clock tower, and bear park.
59 km · about 70 min drive
Driving roads near Aesch
11 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
- 54 kmFeldbergThe Black Forest's highest summit at 1,493 m offers Alps-to-Vosges panoramas and a chairlift up to the windswept ridge.
- 60 kmCircuit BremgartenThe 7.3km forest circuit outside Bern where racing ended after Switzerland banned circuit motorsport in 1955. Its dappled, constantly curving roads through the Bremgartenwald are open to traffic and eerily unchanged.
- 61 kmGrand BallonThe highest summit of the Vosges at 1424 m, crowning the Route des Crêtes with all-round Alsace views.
- 69 kmBallon d'Alsace SummitGrassy 1,247 m summit at the meeting point of Alsace, Lorraine and Franche-Comte, reached by a classic hairpinned climb first raced in the 1905 Tour de France; views stretch to Mont Blanc on clear days.
- 74 kmMount PilatusA jagged mountain above Lucerne reachable by the world's steepest cogwheel railway, steeped in dragon legends and offering 73-peak panoramas.
- 79 kmRoute des Vins d'AlsaceA 170 km wine road threading flower-decked villages and vine-clad hills below the Vosges mountains.
Driving in Switzerland
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.82/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
- Vignette
- Required, around €42 for a short-stay sticker
When to drive here
April to October
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