Muttenz
Muttenz is a municipality with a population of about 17,000 in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
Muttenz is a municipality with a population of about 17,000 in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. It is in the district of Arlesheim, next to the city of Basel.
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Worth seeing in and around Muttenz
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.
3.6 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.
3.5 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.
3.3 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.
2.1 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.
3.5 km · church building in Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 06Fortified Church of St. Arbogast
The Fortified Church of St. Arbogast (German: Wehrkirche St.
700 m · church building in Muttenz 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.
3.2 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.
2.7 km · castle in Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 09St. Jakob Arena
St. Jakob Arena is an arena in Basel, Switzerland.
3.3 km · arena in Basel, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 10Münchenstein 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.
2.2 km · castle ruin in Münchenstein in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Muttenz
- Airports
- EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 13 km · Zürich (ZRH), 68 km · Strasbourg (SXB), 114 km
- Stations
- Basel Dreispitz railway station, 3.9 km · Pratteln railway station, 3.1 km · Muttenz railway station, 1.9 km · Münchenstein railway station, 2.5 km · Grenzach railway station, 3.9 km
- Zurich → Muttenz70 km · quickest by road, 1h 35m · CHF8–11
- Geneva → Muttenz186 km · quickest by road, 3h 37m · CHF25–34
- Strasbourg → Muttenz118 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · €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 Muttenz
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 Muttenz. 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).
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Next door to Muttenz
- Grenzach-Wyhlenmunicipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany4 km
- Münchensteinmunicipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland2.5 km
- Prattelnmunicipality in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland3.2 km
- Arlesheimmunicipality in the canton of Basel-Land in Switzerland3.5 km
- Neue Weltsub-district of Münchenstein in the canton of Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland2.6 km