Riehen
Home to the Fondation Beyeler, widely regarded as Switzerland's most-visited art museum, Riehen is a prosperous town in the canton of Basel-Stadt, bordering the city of Basel. The privately owned gallery anchors a compact centre with cafés and restaurants, set among vineyards on the edge of the Rhine plain. Riehen also holds a toy museum and several parks, and carries a footnote in Swiss political history as the first municipality to elect a woman to office, in 1958.
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- Population20,000
- Nearest water from center 0.3 km0.2 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 6.9 km4.3 mi
Nearest airports
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Riehen: quick answers
Where is Riehen?
Riehen is in Switzerland, about 6.0 km3.7 miles in a straight line from Basel.
How do you get to Riehen?
The nearest airport is Bâle / Mulhouse (BSL), about 24 min away by road. The nearest train station is Riehen, about 3 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Riehen?
The warmest month is July, averaging 20°C68°F across day and night; the coolest is January, at 2°C35°F. The wettest month is May, with about 108 mm4.2 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Riehen?
OpenStreetMap lists 7 museums, 9 restaurants, 8 cafés and 6 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.