2025
Where to go when you get there
(lower level, all the way at the end: GYM 4/D)
Schedule (TBC)
To bring:
- Sun cap, at least the street racket session will be outside (later afternoon)
- Bathing suit if you want to join us for the swim in the Rhine.
Wifi:
- There is free Wifi at the conference location, but it can be spotty, good to set up roaming on your phone.
ID: Pfaffenholz
Password: centrepfa:2015
Location & Venue
The conference is located literally on the Swiss-French border. For best navigation,:
coming from any Swiss or German location, enter:
Sport Center Pfaffenholz, Im Burgfelderhof 60, 4055 Basel, Switzerland
coming from any French location,
enter:
Centre sportif Pfaffenholz
5 Rue Saint-Exupéry, 68300 Saint-Louis, France
Travel
By plane
Flying to BSL (EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg)
If your hotel is in Switzerland, EXIT on the Swiss side of the airport BSL.
If your hotel is in France, EXIT on the French side of the airport BSL.
Flying to ZRH (Zurich) or other airports
Take the train to 'Basel SBB'
The train station in ZRH airport is inside the airport (lowest level)
(see details under coming by train)
By train
Take the train to 'Basel SBB'.
Then take Bus No 50 (direction Basel EuroAirport).
Exit at Friedrich Miescher Strasse.
5-minute walk to the conference location.
1-minute walk to the conference hotel.
By car
coming from any Swiss or German location, enter:
Sport Center Pfaffenholz, Im Burgfelderhof 60, 4055 Basel, Switzerland
coming from any French location,
enter:
Centre sportif Pfaffenholz
5 Rue Saint-Exupéry, 68300 Saint-Louis, France
Parking: There is gated parking available right in front. You can exchange your ticket for a day pass at the reception at the entrance (much cheaper), or use street parking a little further away.
Local Transportation
Conference Location Sportcenter Pfaffenholz
Swiss Tram No 3
Exit at 'Burgfelderhof'
2 minutes walk
Schedules:
https://www.bvb.ch/en/
Conference Hotel 'Airport Hotel Basel'
Swiss Bus No 50
Exit at 'Friedrich-Miescher Strasse'
Across the road
The hotel and the sports center are only a 5-minute walk apart.
Schedules:
https://www.bvb.ch/en/
Apps for local transportation tickets
Get the 'TNW tickets' app for easy ticket purchasing of public transport
the logo looks like this:
Or get the 'SBB' app for easy ticket purchasing of trains and public transport
The logo looks like this:
Friday Night Activity
Good weather: Jazz Festival
Meeting Point: Marktplatz, in front of City Hall (red buidling)
www.embebbisyjazz.ch/programm
Bad weather: Markthalle Street Food
Steinentorberg 20, 4051 Basel
Meeting Point: Main entrance, Persian Food Truck
(50 food trucks of different cuisines, from Swiss, Turkish, Thai, Persian to South African, Ethiopian, Spanish, Peruvian to Everything).
Saturday Night Activity
Good weather: Swim through the city
Meeting Point: 8.00 pm at
St. Alban-Rheinweg 195, 4052 Basel.
(right below the Saturday night dinner restaurant/ Showers are available/ bring flip-flops to walk back).
Dinner: Le Rhin Bleu
https://www.lerhinbleu.ch/
Address: St. Alban-Rheinweg 195, 4052 Basel
Let us know if you will join us, either for dinner, appetizers, or drinks only. We need to reserve tables.
Dominique's WhatsApp No +4178 868 5017
