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Arlesheim District

Arlesheim District is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland.

The place

Arlesheim District is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland. Its capital is the town of Arlesheim. It has a population of 157,896.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Arlesheim District

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Arlesheim Cathedral

    Arlesheim Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church, which now serves as the main church of Arlesheim. From 1679 to 1792 it was the church of the displaced cathedral chapter of the Diocese of Basel in the Basel-Landschaft in the northern part of Switzerland.

    1 km · church building in Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Hermitage with Birseck Castle ruins

    Birseck Castle is located in the municipality of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country. Birseck Castle is also called "Untere Burg Birseck" or "Vordere Burg Birseck" and is one of four castles on a slope called Birseck that confines the plain of the Birs river.

    1.3 km · castle ruin and hermitage in Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Reichenstein Castle

    Reichenstein Castle is a castle in the municipality of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Land in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

    1.8 km · castle in Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Angenstein Castle

    Angenstein Castle is a castle in the municipality of Duggingen in the canton of Basel-Land in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

    2.4 km · castle in Duggingen in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Münchenstein Castle

    Münchenstein Castle is a landmark above the village centre of Münchenstein, in the canton of Basel-Land in Switzerland. The ruins of the castle can still be visited and viewed, but are under private ownership.

    3.3 km · castle ruin in Münchenstein in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Dorneck Castle

    Dorneck Castle is a castle in the municipality of Dornach of the Canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

    900 m · castle ruin in Dornach in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Pfeffingen Castle

    Pfeffingen Castle is a castle in the municipality of Pfeffingen of the canton of Basel-Land in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.

    3.8 km · castle ruins in Pfeffingen in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Primeo Energy Cosmos

    The Elektrizitätsmuseum is in Münchenstein, in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. The Elektrizitätsmuseum belongs to the electric utility Elektra Birseck Münchenstein, and was opened in 1997.

    3.6 km · experience museum in Münchenstein in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Trotte

    The Trotte lies in the village centre of Münchenstein, in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. The German word Trotte means wine press.

    3.3 km · building in Münchenstein in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Bruckgut

    The Bruckgut estate lies at the foot of the hill, below the village centre of Münchenstein, in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. The Bruckgut farming estate is listed as a heritage site of national significance.

    3.8 km · manor house with park in Münchenstein in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Arlesheim District

Airports
EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 15 km · Zürich (ZRH), 70 km · Strasbourg (SXB), 117 km
Stations
Aesch railway station, 2 km · Duggingen railway station, 3.5 km · Dornach-Arlesheim railway station, 700 m · Münchenstein railway station, 3.3 km
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No local-transport research exists yet for Arlesheim District

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Arlesheim District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextFrom here you can take a cable car up into the hills where you can enjoy a rope park, many hikes, cross-country skiing or snow-shoeing, and finally hire a scooter to ride back down into the valley.

From Wikivoyage: Liestal, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    ZermattCH

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    163 km
  2. 02
    Cinque TerreIT

    7 ways of moving, 22 sources

    407 km
  3. 03
    VlielandNL

    10 ways of moving, 47 sources

    670 km
  4. 04
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    740 km
  5. 05
    HvarHR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    844 km

If you know how people move in Arlesheim District – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Arlesheim District

  • Dornachmunicipality in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland500 m
  • Münchensteinmunicipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland3.9 km
  • Arlesheimmunicipality in the canton of Basel-Land in Switzerland1 km
  • Reinachmunicipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland2.3 km
  • Aeschmunicipality in the canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland2.3 km
  • Pfeffingenmunicipality in the canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland3.3 km