BASEL a city in Switzerland, Germany and France

[@NorroTaku]

Getting sponsored by an entire city We professionals now folks😂😂

[@helloerika]

we are 😎

[@sinizzl]

Yeah, I paid for this trip with my tax money and I find it preposterous.

[@Adrian_Marmy]

As a Basel citizen, one influence of France on our city is the way certain French expressions have found their way into our dialect. You highlighted this influence when you mentioned hearing people say "thank you" in both Swiss German and French at the same time: "Merci." That said, "Merci" isn’t unique to Basel - it’s used across the entire German-speaking part of Switzerland. The original Basel dialect itself, however, contains even more examples of French influence. These expressions are less common among younger generations today. Still, our great-grandparents, or perhaps even some of our grandparents, might have used words like "Baarebli" (from the French Parapluie, meaning umbrella). Additionally, during Fasnacht, the traditional Basel dialect, Baseldytsch, is proudly celebrated as an integral part of the festivities. I really enjoyed your video about my hometown!

[@TheseWordsAre]

Come float in the Rhine is definitely a good sell. That must be so fun during warm days with weaker currents.

[@clar1nettist204]

Whole bunch of eurovision fans are gonna need this video next may

There are a lot of French words in SwissGerman, thats why you heard "Merci". Because words like this (Merci, Velo, Trottoir etc.) are used in all of Switzerland (its a wild mix).

[@annepoitrineau5650]

und 's kelhoertli!

[@GeorgIGuess]

@@annepoitrineau5650 seit das würk irgendwer? Ich kenns ih de Theorie aber has ned emal Apezeller Urgstei verwende ghört lol

[@markzeman4219]

@@GeorgIGuess isch uralts Baaseldyytsch, hörsch also höchstens no vo e paar usem Daig.

[@blackvicekings8632]

Als deutscher hat mich das wort glacè komplett verwirrt

[@GeorgIGuess]

@@blackvicekings8632 euch verwirrt alles

[@yaroslavprotsenko4116]

i live in Basel and every week i go shopping in Germany and fishing in France

[@LucasEriksenTheOriginal]

Yeeeaahh! Finally a vid of my hood! It’s so weird seeing a yt video about the streets you walk and drive through everyday… but I’m glad you enjoyed your stay! 😊😊

[@einyoutubenutzer]

Fr

[@jonsye]

Its not a hood

[@Flaobiedu]

Fr Same here

[@LucasEriksenTheOriginal]

@@jonsye Switzerland is so small the whole country is a hood!

[@jonsye]

@@LucasEriksenTheOriginal you never been to Siwtzerland

[@tkautzor]

Basel is located 100% in Switzerland. Not France, nor Germany.

[@miliba]

Yes It just that the metropolitan region reaches over the border

[@HungryLoki]

Yup, that's why its airport is located across the french border.

[@DankAudioStash24]

It really depends what you mean, the metropolitan or agglomeration areas can absolutely be defined to reach across the borders to Weil am Rhein etc.

[@tkautzor]

@@DankAudioStash24 Basel stops at the border, there is no place in Germany or France called Basel.

[@DankAudioStash24]

​​@@tkautzor Not the city in a political sense, but look up Trinationaler Eurodistrict Basel for example. You can literally just walk by the Rhein and suddenly you are in France. You can cross a bridge from France and you are in Germany, where most people in the Rhein Center shopping mall will be Swiss. Look at a map, it's all very intertwined. Countless sources talk of the Basel metro area with more than half a million people. Also, Basel's public transport goes right across both borders and you don't even have to pay extra with the "U-Abo".

[@DankAudioStash24]

I loved your hunt for the ugliest postcard and agree that the one you found was very endearing!

[@UltimaDoge]

Hey, I live like next to Basel and worked there for years :) Its nice seeing my place in a Video

[@lisa.3585]

I live in Basel, and all I can say is congrats! You mention so many aspects and you have been to so many different places, culturally spoken, that you give people a really good and varied view of my city! No prejudices, no tunnel optics, just watching with open mind and telling us your personal experience- thx a lot 🙌🏼🩷

[@LG-bs1rs]

please give me greencard 😺 From U.S.A

[@dafuqster7274]

@02:04 FYI You can swim in the river like this in other Swiss cities like Zurich, Geneva, or Bern too.

[@markusstudeli2997]

Agreed, I'd even say the Aareschwimmen in Bern is more renowned than the Rheinschwimmen in Basel. But the Wickelfisch is unique to Basel and well designed indeed.

[@iqes]

lucerne also in the reuss

[@annepoitrineau5650]

and Schaffausen, Luzern...

[@miliba]

@@markusstudeli2997 The famous Aareschwimmen of Bern is known for its occasional drowning incidents. So always have travel insurance so your family can afford the repatriation

[@yumeobayashi7177]

As a French from Mulhouse, I absolutely love to come to Basel multiple times a year (it's litterally a 20 minutes train ride). I get to see the city all year round and it's numerus festivals and events. The start of the carnival is awesome for exemple and all of the museums were and still are captivating to me as an art student. The only downside is that is is insanly expensive espacially now that I'm not a student anymore. I'm glad you had fun there as I do when I visit!

[@autohmae]

Haven't been in Switzerland in a long time... definitely want to go back some day

[@loralightwood8729]

So cool to see my city advertised and enjoyed!

[@kitsunespawz4004]

Basel is just a swiss city. The buildings on the german and french side are different cities. (Saint-Louis in france and Weil am Rhein in Germany) They might look like the same, since they're right adjacent, but Basel ends at the border. Even the tram lines stop right before the border, and if you wanna head to france to Saint-Louis for example, you just walk over the border. You'll be able to tell when you leave the country, there's tolling boots on the roads. And the thing about swiss people saying 'thank you' in swiss german & french at the same time is a national thing. I live in central switzerland and I say 'merci' (or 'salut' as 'hi') all the time, just the same as I throw random english words in my vocabulary. Good video (I definitely have to check out that Alchemist place) but for a video sponsored by Basel I can't help and be a bit dissapointed by the apparent lack of research.

That not true. The Tram lines go into Germany & France. You can go to the french train station in Saint-Louis with the Tram line from Basel. Same on the German side.

[@christianhaack3613]

Enjoyed your take on my beloved city a lot - thx. To put your question about the influences of the surrounding countries to a rest - it’s the other way around. Basel was the center of this region for more than 1000 years - so Basel has shaped the surroundings much more than any artificial politics or state’s boundaries where able to. That’s the beauty of this region where crossing borders is not going into a different country - it’s just a look at the border patrol with absolute surprise - what the heck you are doing here!

[@Alex_49_YT]

Hello from Basel. I guess the reasons why there is little German and French influence is partly because it’s too expensive to live in Switzerland. It is said you should work in Switzerland, live in France, go shopping in Germany. If you have a lower paid job that is definitely a way to save money. And then also I feel like Switzerland in general has a strong sense of own identity. And btw, Merci is just used in Swiss German everywhere in the country. Also, good video. You were in Basel at the wrong time, you were too early for ‚Herbstmesse‘ which is a large fairground in late october spread over five places in the city: Messeplatz, Barfüsserplatz, Münsterplatz, Kaserne and Petersplatz (at the University). Also too late Fasnacht in spring is very traditional.

[@90sshuffle]

lol I have binged watched so many of this girl's videos. Love this kind of humor. Hopefully more cities sponsor her!

[@banku320]

I've been there, and it's a beautiful city. The architecture, the natural watery forestry scenery-it's all wrapped up in a small, walkable area. 10/10 stars.

[@jfrancobelge]

Basel is in Switzermand only, across the border it's Saint-Louis in France and Weil-am-Rhein in Germany. Fun fact: the Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg airport is a unique tri-national airport that serves Mulhouse in France, Basel in Switzerland and Freiburg in Germany. But it actually sits in France. When you arrive on an international flight (flights between EU countries are considered domestic flights) you have to choose whether you want to exit through the French/EU or the Swiss customs. If going to Germany select the French/EU one. The airport is connected to Switzerland via a road that crosses the 3kms (less than 2 miles) of French territory between the airport and the actual Swiss border and it only connects to the Swiss road network. Germany is about 10 kms away from the airport across the Rhine River.

[@frankuslostson1453]

Just started watching, but I already know it´s a banger, thank you for another video.

[@abdellahlaouar1509]

I live on the French side and enjoy walking along the borders; it’s a wonderful place to be. It was great to see a video featuring all the places I've visited in the three countries, I really enjoyed it :)

[@stilobiic]

No, you can also swim in the river in bern actually (and probably other places). Water in switzerland is pretty clean

[@claudioleuch435]

Basel is also famous for its Zoo, called "Zolli" by the locals, its the oldest in Switzerland and one of the oldest in the world, it holds several endangered and rare species like Okapis, Snow Leopard, indian rhino or pygmy hippo

[@Aurirang]

It has also has wildly outdated enclosures like the sea-lion one, but they're slowly renovating them to be more animal friendly. They finished a really nice enclosure for the elefants a bit back, still a bit small, but they work with the space they have got in the middle of the city. Not so fun fact: The Zolli was one of the few European ones that held Africans at some point. There's still old fotographs of this. Luckily we're way past this level of ignorance and demeaning behaviour. (And omg, the pigmy hippos are so preciously cute!!)

[@awkywoo]

yay sponsored trip!! Looking forward to more travel vids :)

[@nedludd7622]

Nothing like independent reporting. Influencers are sure known for that.

[@thefrenchguard6999]

"Klarrrrrr....a" I was not expecting that. I would have choked on my drink if the timing was worse.

[@mikedanyurs5126]

I’ve been missing vlogs by expats in Germany like Seth in Berlin and HelloErika, who haven’t been posting much lately, so seeing a new travel vlog by Hello Erika has me excited.

[@mikedanyurs5126]

Wonderful video, make me wish I could go back there now. You make such a great and spicy video host.

[@stephaniechbakingtraveler4262]

I live here in Basel and belated welcome to our city and i hope you had a great time.

[@helloerika]

@@stephaniechbakingtraveler4262 thank uu 🤗

[@stephaniechbakingtraveler4262]

@@helloerika you are always welcome

[@ae_sxkuraa]

cool that you made an video about my city

[@GBlockbreaker]

i used to work at the border region (german side) so Basel was always literally 1 train station away, i am so used to it that i sometimes forget how special this area really is also ovomaltine is not chocolate lol, it's malt

[@tonidiwan5142]

The neighboring Alsace (France) and Baden (Germany) are part of the same cultural region, which is Allemanic. We all speak a similar German dialect when speaking our mothers tongue. This might explain why you did not feel french or german influences. If you really cross the border, you might feel a difference though.

[@regatta2k]

Very honest, funny, and cute...as always :)

[@A_Whirlwind]

Your commentary is just amazing, worth watching every second

[@michel6117]

Do not cross the river when swimming! It is not only prohibited but also a bad idea. You most probably will not make it to the other side (before the river bends) and put yourself at risk to collide with a cargo vessel that can not give you way, if they notice you at all. Stay in near the riverbank and enjoy.

[@AdeolaJohnOlumide]

yayyyyyyyyy, i have been waiting for your video since forever!!!!

[@CapyRescuer]

I love your videos!!!!

[@lucianoanisio430]

The brazilian national anthem playing in the background in the alchemist bar part lol

[@JoaoPedroKF2013]

POIS É NÉ FIQUEI MALUCO

[@quinhavieri2178]

Mano... do nada! 😂

[@mrcazzovic7960]

@@O_Necromante of course not🤣🤣

[@volkerkoenigsbuescher2394]

There is a major misunderstanding. Basel is not trinational (maybe except for the airport and the train stations, somehow, but these special "trinational" places are missing in your video). You also did not visit what you meant to see as French or German "parts of Basel". But it is valid to say that Basel is a center of an urban agglomeration as the cities close to it in Germany and France have very close economic, cultural, and historical relationships, despite the borders. Basel and the foreign cities around it would not exist this way without each other.

[@FREEPALESTINEwesam]

YOOOOO MY NAME IS BASEL

[@florencelina9303]

3:01 this toblerone is EXPENSIVE holy

[@rekkoon-hd5vo]

yeah that cant be right?? what the hell? in my city one of those giant toblerone are like 20

[@DmytroOkhrimenko]

I saw it yesterday in Coop supermarket 4,5 kg = 139Fr. Around 150 € 🤯 that’s crazy

[@epicbob1978]

your videos are so soothing I can't stop from watching them keep up (love from Algeria)

[@daisycarbonell]

Haven't finished watching the video but I'm excited. I somehow never really connected the dots that its a tri-national city despite seeing it on the map, but this seems like a really great choice for a place to live in my future. I plan on living in germany for quite some time before moving to Switzerland, and the place I want to live in Germany would be very close to Basel anyhow.

[@shanwyn]

Usually the only 'bigger' city in Switzerland that gets attention is Lucerne. Most people outside of Switzerland think Grindelwald, St. Moritz and Jungfraujoch when they hear Switzerland, not realizing that the majority of swiss live in the "Lowland", from Geneva and Lausanne up to Berne and Basel to Zurich and St.Gallen. So it is lovely to see you go the lesser known route. Welcome to Switzerland, i hope you visit other cities too (Lausanne is very beautiful and often forgotten next to Geneva)

[@andrelehto152]

I see Basel, I like.

[@markusstudeli2997]

Good timing to present Basel, as it has just been chosen to host the next ESC! I like that you uncover some hip places unknown to me as a GenX. There would have been some hotels fitting better your style, like the Nomad, for example.

[@Aurirang]

I just hope they don't take the Messe-Area as the location. My school is located like 50 meters from there and the chaos will be absurd.

[@DankAudioStash24]

​​@@AurirangSince it's big concerts, it will probably be at the St. Jakobshalle.

[@fabulously695]

I love this city, I went last year for the first time, and I can't wait to go back. I'll be moving to my native land of Alsace and learning Alsatian, and I've been told by many Basel inhabitants that they consider baseldütch and Alsatian to be the same language :)

[@Rabarach87]

I wouldn't say the same but we understand each other without many problems 😄

[@RuthM.-to3ll]

I love how the ovomaltine variations went out of control lately 🤣 Everytime, they come up with a new one I'm so glad to try out.

[@mariaromanova3271]

Great video

[@BenjaminSonnleitner]

Please get your self a gimble cuz the picture is always so shaky😅,but love this video

[@Life_is_a_beach_4042]

Didn‘t knew there is a botanic garden in Basel. Was living close there for a long time (in Lörrach and later Eimeldingen) and we have been in Basel very often. It’s a multi-cultural area. And if you work in Switzerland prices are not so much a problem. That video gave me great memories. Thanks. Btw, i life in Switzerland now. 😅 It is by far the best country in the world. If someone is visiting Switzerland Basel is one of the cities you should have on your list. The surrounding landscape there is nice too. And you can make trips to Germany and Alsace (France). The Rhine valley is very beautiful.

[@Aurirang]

A few years back the botanical garden was in a major hubbubb and everywhere in the newspapers because they managed to make a special, tropical flower (the 'Titanwurz, no clue about the English name) bloom. Which was apparently a very big deal.

[@finagler]

Always great videos that make me chuckle, and also make me want to visit.

[@Itimux]

Im from Lucerne(Switzerland) and I didn't know that Swiss Cities do Sponsorships like that, I think that's great :D I hope you enjoyed your stay in Switzerland.

[@helloerika]

@@Itimux yess, was a great time 🤗🫡

[@rekkoon-hd5vo]

sponsored by our tax money*

[@GeorgIGuess]

@@rekkoon-hd5vo For encouraging tourism? Btw if you don't live there, it's not your taxes :)

[@miliba]

Some Swiss influencers get paid by the most expensive hotels to stay over

[@sinizzl]

yeah, enjoy paying for Stacy's city trips.

[@lynhru6854]

Basel, Zurich are among top 7 richest regions in Switzerland. And Hamburg-Basel train runs a lot everyday so you can expect many German go to Basel for work.

[@fernandotabora]

Hotel....naa Gets a water bottle: this iss sickkk!! 5/5!

[@relo-kin]

Very cool video, very cool city.

[@300001111]

Basel is Switzerland only! The only exception is our airport which geographically is in France but legally a part of it is considered Switzerland. There is no German part of Basel (thank god)😂 But both countries (France and Germany) are close, 10-15min drive from the city and u are there

[@Switzerleando]

I live in Basel and that^s it. It's fun to get drag by the river in the summer and yes this summer was awful in terms of the Rhein river levels, so no getting drag by the river this year for me.

[@anthonyllido9720]

Erika , I truly wish for you greater wealth and success in every possible way. I love your video

[@karinlinakrauchi65]

...Lidl is a german shop...spreading out in Switzerland... swimming in rivers... Aare, Rhein, Limmat and many more...😊

[@leshiq4214]

I'm definitely coming to visit this city! Thanks!

[@sabi_diary]

It's a good day when HelloErika posts a new video 🎉❤

[@radio_marco]

Ach ja Basel. Yeah Basel is great. Greetings from Thun.

[@IvanIvanovicIvanov]

Greetings from Slovakia, very lovely video

[@gustavo9971]

What a relaxing video! Really really nice, new subscriber here. Just couldn't help myself by being a brazilian and noticing that you put our national anthem instrumental to play hahah. Starting at 9:18

[@oguching]

I always love watching your travelogs. Cheers.

[@skywalker_music3421]

hallo Erika!! Been waiting soooo loong

[@aoilpe]

Crossing the Rhine River by swimming is not recommended because of the ship traffic… The yellow Rivella is with Soja serum- it’s quite not the same as milk serum. To my knowledge Rivella blue was one of the first “Diet” drinks, since the mid-1970’s…

[@c_rava3250]

Basel it self is 100% in Switzerland. But the suburbs expands also into Germany and France.

[@cajundragon]

Lidl and pindakaas sponsorship next! ;) Enjoyed the video. Thanks peanut.

[@hypernewlapse]

Basel is all in Switzerland! even if the conurbation extends past the brders

[@monacurkovic9420]

You can swim in every river in Switzerland and in every lake. our water is highly controlled and protected.

[@wissenistmacht8930]

The rivers are not long in Switzerland

[@mrcazzovic7960]

@@wissenistmacht8930kommt drauf an wo du startest du "wissender" 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@fujihh4513]

nice video, at the cocktail part, you put a brazilian anthem, I'm from brazil and this suprised me kkkkkk

[@maryamfallah78]

My favorite KZbinr ❤

[@zeisselgaertner3212]

When you compare Basel to other Swiss cities you should at least recognize the cultural and architectural orientation of Basel to the north into the upper rhine trench. So in cities like Frankfurt, Mainz, Mannheim and Straßburg you will find countless examples of commum evolution in the choise of building materials and architectural characteristic.

[@premiumhostel1932]

keep going. make more videos. i love your videos. maybe more vlogs. a day in the life kinda videos maybe

[@JessicaDonnelly-he2kj]

Love your videos Erika! (Greetings from Manchester, UK 🇬🇧)

[@helloerika]

@@JessicaDonnelly-he2kj thank uuu 🤗

[@alexalexis7461]

4:54 that's because Strasbourg was part of Germany before WW2

[@jfrancobelge]

Wrong. Strasbourg was French from 1918 till 1940. Actually Strasbourg, originally a city of the Holy Empire (thus its old German architecture) has alternated no less than five times between France and Germany from 1681 until until 1944. France: 1681-1871, 1918-1940, 1944-nowadays. Germany: 1871-1918, 1940-1944. That's why Alsace is an interesting mix of French and German cultures.

[@alexalexis7461]

@jfrancobelge good history lesson 👍

[@chiefinspectoremhyr]

awesome video. Thank you🙏🏼💛

[@codeblue9004]

You can swim in the river in Zurich, and lots of other places.

[@winniewen7917]

I went to Basel for the Tattoo Parade and man, now I want to go back for the things you did

[@pablomartins2160]

How do you get a city to sponsor you? That seems like a dream to me (I'm a photographer, that's why hahaha)

[@flaneurpainter]

Hey I live there 🎉

[@kaloyanbogoslovov497]

The video was great!!!

[@davidhill4603]

Great tour! I didn't know this city existed.

[@Feds_the_Freds]

Swiss here (from basel) I'm confused, you "obviousely" went to a lidl? You have to go to a coop or migros when in switzerland ;) Coop has the headquarters in basel and migros in zürich, so coop would have been the most basel supermarket. And yes, I work for coop :D But that has nothing to do with this haha

[@yumeobayashi7177]

I think the point was to compare with something she already knows in her own country. Like when you go to a McDonalds because you know it is everywhere but you want to see if it is different from home.

[@Feds_the_Freds]

@@yumeobayashi7177 Yeah, I'm just joking around. It's just really confusing that she said "obviousely" :D Like, if I would go to the us and want to test out sweets, I "obviousely" test toblerone :D or smth like that

[@sihamwh]

Great vlog and you’re so funny. Basel was hands down my least favorite visited place ever. Brought my mum for mothers day (we are not from Europe), got followed by security guards in shops, and when we asked a gentleman to take a souvenir picture in the city his girlfriend snatched the camera, gave it back to me and just said “no”. Was so weird and anticlimactic. The city sure is lovely though.

[@erics.1149]

Gentleman and his girlfriend must have been tourists or expats for sure ;-)

[@stevenhansel2601]

Finally another video 🎉

[@elgrazo82]

6:30 fun fact, Tom Scott did a video about those ferries a couple of years back -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGfYpXqQhp6GodU

[@helloerika]

@@elgrazo82 i didnt know :D that is so interesting!

[@kaopa4977]

Great video! Will you be making a video about living i Switzerland? I want to live and work in the beutiful Schweiz :))

[@Yoseph-ph7hh]

leonhard euler"s city

[@sacroyalty]

Nice I’m moving out to that area from America soon. Thanks in part to your videos. Keep it up. Also going to start making YT vids because I need a creative outlet lol. Love the humor

[@BasilPunton]

Restaurants in Switzerland have menus in French, German, and Italian. I have no real skills in these, but I know enough words amongst these to work out what was available. When the waiter came to ask if I had a problem. My reply was to explain my problem and solution, his response was that it would be a good idea to have a menu in English. I think that would help most travellers who had different languages.

[@rekkoon-hd5vo]

thats not true, not all cities have menus in all 3 languages. Only in cities who are very close to other language regions like Basel, but in most restaurants in the german region of Switzerland (from my experience) only have it in german.

[@performingartist]

Too bad you didn't get to use the Wicklefisch. It really is fun and relaxing on a hot day when there are hundreds of people floating

[@val91201]

Where can you find the best dumplings and tacos? In Basel, of course!

[@miatx6818]

I always had this question about Basel. How does Basel Airport work? I mean that the airport of the city lies in France. But the citylimits are only on the swiss side. But it extends in France and Germany. How does it financially work there. Do you still have to purchase in Swiss prices or french prices. Is the airport only speaking french language because it in France or does it also do German, but its also not in Germany but the city extends in Germany. This city confuses me so much.

[@AmarthwenNarmacil]

I'm no expert, but I've flown a few times from there. The airport is separated in a French part and Swiss part. I've never seen the French part, so I don't know how it is over there. There's one road leading from Switzerland to the Swiss part. The prices in the shops are in Swiss Francs, signs are in German (I think French and English as well) and I think announcements too. The staff is mostly French though, which can be a bit annoying because they often don't speak English. Other than that, it doesn't really feel like you're outside of Switzerland. When you arrive, there's two exits/customs, so you have to pick the right one or you end up in the wrong country.

[@fiedelmina]

@@AmarthwenNarmacil I think the shops and restaurants accept Euros as well.

[@fiedelmina]

it's a small airport. Very nice, no long queues.

[@AmarthwenNarmacil]

@@fiedelmina Probably, I never really payed attention to that. But I'm pretty convinced they don't accept Swiss Francs in the French part.

[@markmuller7962]

Yes cities tend to be clean and safe here 😄 (Zurich a little bit less lol)

[@JoaoPedroKF2013]

10:30 whats that melody in the background? it REALLY looks like brazilian national anthem lmao

[@ArfanKhalid-c5f]

AND MERRY CHRISTMAS 🤓😎

[@knisterkultur476]

Your hotel was not just a hotel. In fact it is a christian mission which educated and then sent european missionars (for example the parents of Hermann Hesse) to Africa, since 1820. Today it's still an evangelikal charity organisation doing development aid in lots of countries.

[@fiedelmina]

they run the building as a hotel though and a very nice restaurant as well