Basel, Switzerland
Street scenes, architecture, and city life in Basel, Switzerland — photographed during the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. Images include the Basel Münster cathedral, the Rhine riverfront, Messe Basel, and the city transformed by Eurovision fans and decorations. Black and white and colour photography by Wade R. Sharp.
EuroClub 2025 at MesseQuartier Basel, Switzerland, 10–17 May 2025. Eurovision fans gather outside Messe Basel ahead of the nightly EuroClub fan party, the official Eurovision Song Contest 2025 fan club event. Basel, Switzerland.
EuroClub 2025 at MesseQuartier Basel, Switzerland, 10–17 May 2025. Eurovision fans gather outside Messe Basel ahead of the nightly EuroClub fan party, the official Eurovision Song Contest 2025 fan club event. Basel, Switzerland.
Mittlere Brücke (Middle Bridge) over the Rhine, Basel, Switzerland, decorated with Eurovision Song Contest 2025 flags and banners. One of Basel's oldest and most iconic Rhine crossings, with the medieval Old Town visible on the left bank. Basel, Switzerland, May 2025.
Basel city centre transformed for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, Switzerland. Tram tracks painted turquoise — the contest's signature colour — line the pedestrianised Freie Strasse shopping street, decorated with Eurovision banners and colourful bunting. Basel, Switzerland, May 2025.
Basel city centre transformed for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, Switzerland. Tram tracks painted turquoise — the contest's signature colour — line the pedestrianised Freie Strasse shopping street, decorated with Eurovision banners and colourful bunting. Basel, Switzerland, May 2025.
Messe Basel, Basel, Switzerland. The undulating aluminium diamond-panel facade of the Herzog & de Meuron-designed convention centre, opened 2013. Messe Basel served as the Eurovision Village and fan zone during the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. Black and white architectural photography.
A bell in the tower of the Basler Münster (Basel Cathedral), Basel, Switzerland. Built between 1019 and 1500 in Romanesque and Gothic styles, the Münster is Basel's most iconic landmark. The cathedral's most historically notable bell is the Pabstglocke (papal bell), commissioned by Antipope Felix V during the Council of Basel. Black and white photography.
View from the tower of the Basler Münster (Basel Cathedral) over the Rhine River toward Kleinbasel, Basel, Switzerland. The Mittlere Brücke (Middle Bridge) and the Novartis campus towers are visible in the background. The cathedral's Gothic red sandstone towers, built between 1019 and 1500, offer one of the finest viewpoints in the city. Photography from the Basler Münster tower platform.
The iconic diamond-patterned glazed tile roof of the Basler Münster (Basel Cathedral), photographed from the cathedral tower, Basel, Switzerland. The colourful geometric tile work is one of the most distinctive features of the medieval cathedral, set against the turquoise waters of the Rhine. The Münster sits on a terrace above the river at the heart of Basel's Old Town.
View from the tower of the Basler Münster (Basel Cathedral) looking upstream along the Rhine River, Basel, Switzerland. The Wettsteinbrücke crosses the foreground, while the two landmark Roche Towers — designed by Herzog & de Meuron on the F. Hoffmann-La Roche pharmaceutical campus — dominate the skyline on the left bank. Photography from the Basler Münster tower platform.
View from the tower of the Basler Münster (Basel Cathedral) looking north across the Rhine River toward Kleinbasel and the Novartis pharmaceutical campus, Basel, Switzerland. The tip of the Münster's iconic diamond-patterned glazed tile roof is visible in the foreground. The Novartis campus, home to several landmark buildings by world-renowned architects, rises above the rooftops of Kleinbasel in the background. Photography from the Basler Münster tower platform.
The Rhine River and Kleinbasel riverfront, Basel, Switzerland, with the two landmark Roche Towers — designed by Herzog & de Meuron on the F. Hoffmann-La Roche pharmaceutical campus — rising above the city rooftops. The St. Chrischona transmission tower is visible on the hillside in the background. Photographed during the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, Basel, Switzerland.