Basel

Swiss pharmaceutical hub

Basel is a city in northwestern Switzerland, situated where the borders of Switzerland, France, and Germany meet along the Rhine River.

It serves as Switzerland's third-largest city and a major center for the pharmaceutical industry and international trade.

The art fair in Basel attracts collectors from around the world.

pharma

Novartis

Swiss pharmaceutical multinational

research · headquarters · innovation · campus · laboratories · chemistry · patents · industry · biopharmaceutical

Swiss

canton

Small territorial division

trilingual · confederation · neutrality · precision · cross-border · commuters

city

Rhine

Major Central European waterway

riverside · promenade

history

medieval

Of the Middle Ages

  • ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
  • ErasmusDutch Renaissance humanist
  • HolbeinRenaissance German portrait master

university · printing · humanism · cathedral · Münster · fortifications · guilds · manuscripts · archives · antiquarian

art

contemporary

Of the present age

installation · sculpture · modernism · exhibition · vernissage · architecture · Calder

banking

regulation

Official rules governing conduct

prudential · supervision · compliance · risk · framework · pillar · accord · standards

Opposites
Swiss City Hierarchy

BaselBern

Swiss federal city

Berne · federal city · federal capital

Geographic Position within Switzerland

BaselLugano

Swiss resort municipality

Geneva · Lausanne · St. Moritz

Swiss geography

BaselGeneva

Swiss seat of diplomacy

Zurich · Interlaken

Phrases
Family

basil, basilica, basilisk

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G