Gempen

Worth seeing in and around Gempen

6 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.

   3.6 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.

   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.

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

   2.9 km · castle ruin in Dornach in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Neu-Schauenburg Castle

   Neu-Schauenburg is a ruined castle in the commune of Frenkendorf, Switzerland. It is located near the border of France and Germany, and little of the castle remains because of geological events.

   2.3 km · ruined castle in the commune of Frenkendorf, Switzerland located near the border of France and Germany. · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Schauenburg Castle, Switzerland

   Alt-Schauenburg is a ruined castle in the commune of Frenkendorf, Switzerland. It is located near the border of France and Germany, and little of the castle remains because of geological events.

   1.5 km · newer ruined castle in Switzerland · Wikipedia

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Getting to Gempen

Airports

EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 17 km · Zürich (ZRH), 66 km · Strasbourg (SXB), 117 km

• Zurich → Gempen

  68 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · CHF9–12
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• Geneva → Gempen

  183 km · quickest by road, 3h 46m · CHF25–34
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• Strasbourg → Gempen

  123 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · €16–23
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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 Gempen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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