Münchenstein
Münchenstein is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.
Münchenstein is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Münchenstein
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.
- 01St. Jakob-Park
St. Jakob-Park is a Swiss sports stadium in Basel.
2.8 km · sports stadium in Basel · Wikipedia - 02St. Jakobshalle
St. Jakobshalle is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the municipality of Münchenstein in Basel-Landschaft, right by the border with Basel-Stadt.
2.6 km · indoor arena in Basel, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 03Schaulager
The Schaulager is a museum in Newmünchenstein, a sub-district of Münchenstein in the canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland. Built in 2002/2003 under commission of the Laurenz Foundation, it was designed by the renowned architectural office of Herzog & de Meuron, the Schaulager opened in 2003.
1.4 km · museum collection in Münchenstein in the canton of Basel-Landschft, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 04University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland
The University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland is a university of applied sciences in Switzerland. It is one of the largest universities in the country in terms of student enrollment.
1.9 km · Swiss university of applied sciences · Wikipedia - 05Arlesheim 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.
2.7 km · church building in Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 06Bottmingen Castle
Bottmingen Castle is a castle in the municipality of Bottmingen in the canton of Basel-Land in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
3.6 km · Castle in Bottmingen in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 07Hermitage 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.
2.9 km · castle ruin and hermitage in Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 08Reichenstein 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.
2.4 km · castle in Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 09Fortified Church of St. Arbogast
The Fortified Church of St. Arbogast (German: Wehrkirche St.
2.3 km · church building in Muttenz in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 10St. Jakob Arena
St. Jakob Arena is an arena in Basel, Switzerland.
2.4 km · arena in Basel, 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.
Getting to Münchenstein
- Airports
- EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 12 km · Zürich (ZRH), 70 km · Strasbourg (SXB), 114 km
- Stations
- Basel SBB railway station, 4 km · Basel Dreispitz railway station, 2.4 km · Dornach-Arlesheim railway station, 3.1 km · Münchenstein railway station, 400 m · Muttenz railway station, 3 km
- Zurich → Münchenstein73 km · quickest by road, 1h 40m · CHF9–12
- Geneva → Münchenstein184 km · quickest by road, 3h 41m · CHF26–35
- Strasbourg → Münchenstein119 km · quickest by road, 2h 12m · €15–21
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Münchenstein
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 Münchenstein. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBut these are scenic cruises taking 8 days to tour the cities along the way; they're not point-to-point ferries.
- Get aroundYou can be carried across the Rhine by Fähri, one of Basel's four small ferry boats, which, hanging at a steel rope, are silently drawn by the current between the two banks of the river.
- Go nextThe following destinations are good day trips by train from Basel: Zürich, Bern, Interlaken (see below), Lucerne (see below), Schaffhausen — all in Switzerland, 1–2 hours from the main station (Bahnhof SBB).
From Wikivoyage: Basel, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
- 01167 km
- 02410 km
- 03667 km
- 04738 km
- 05846 km
If you know how people move in Münchenstein – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Münchenstein
- Muttenzmunicipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland2.2 km
- Reinachmunicipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland3.2 km
- Arlesheimmunicipality in the canton of Basel-Land in Switzerland2.7 km
- Bottmingenmunicipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland3.6 km
- Arlesheim Districtdistrict of the canton of Basel-Land, Switzerland3.7 km
- Neue Weltsub-district of Münchenstein in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland700 m