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| | Basel, Switzerland, hotels, cars, information, tips |
 | | Basel (English traditionally: Basle, German: Basel, French Bâle, Italian Basilea) is Switzerland's third most populous city (188,000 inhabitants in the canton of Basel-City as of 2004; but 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries, making this Switzerland's second-largest urban area as of 2003). |
 | | The airport lies in an exclave in France; a national border runs through the airport terminal. |
 | | Basel is also host to an array of buildings by internationally renowned architects, such as the Beyeler Foundation by Renzo Piano, or the Vitra complex in nearby Weil am Rhein, comprised of three buildings by Zaha Hadid (fire station), Frank Gehry (design museum) and Tadao Ando (conference centre). |
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