Did you know that Switzerland has around 65'000 kilometres of hiking trails? That's about 1.5 times the circumference of the earth! A huge number of municipalities and volunteer organisations maintain the hiking trails and offer hikes in all the cantons.
Our first guest this week was Matthias van Stipriaan, founder of the School of Rock Basel. As the name implies, its focus is on rock and pop, among other genres, and you can learn to play electric guitar, piano, drums, electric bass, keyboards and more. Aside from music lessons, the school offers workshops as well as practice rooms for bands.
Author Ian Lane joined us in the studio today to talk about his Basel Trilogy. The Basel Formula, The Basel Exodus and The Basel Account are spy novels set mainly in Basel, with Fasnacht a backdrop in one of the books.
The Gay Beggars are an independent and non-professional theatre company specialised in the production of plays written in English. Founded by students of the Department of English at the University of Basel in the early 40s, the Gay Beggars have managed to keep up the long-standing tradition of staging at least one play a year.
Our "Queen of Green" Carrie Aikman talked to guest Hugo Hanbury about "Basel unverpackt", a new, package-free store opening up in Kleinbasel in Feldbergstrasse 26 on the Erasmusplatz.
Chris Morton is the keyboard player and lyricist for prog rock band The Synod, based in London and Basel. The band have released new songs on Jango. We heard two tracks: Sinister Ministers and Continuum. Chris came into the studio to talk about prog rock, the music business, and getting a live band together.
The International Women's Institute Basel (IWI) is hosting the Basel Bake Off, a cake and pudding competition, on Saturday, April 1st! Members of IWI and the public enter their finest home-baked goods to go under the scrutiny of the judges at 10:30. There will be cakes galore for the public to enjoy.
Our "Queen of Green" Carrie Aikman continues her series on sustainable living - everything you always wanted to know about being planet-friendly. In this segment, Carrie asks you to count how many different ‘personal care products’ you use before leaving the house. Now, that includes toothpaste and deodorant, too. Have a number yet? Still counting?
The Craft Room is a new craft school for adults in Basel. The school offers many different types of crafts classes for different levels of experience - whether it's crocheting, fabric and sewing classes, knitting, paper crafts, polymer clay and more.
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Our "Queen of Green" Carrie Aikman continues her series on sustainable living - everything you always wanted to know about being planet-friendly. In this segment, Carrie asks you to count how many different ‘personal care products’ you use before leaving the house. Now, that includes toothpaste and deodorant, too. Have a number yet? Still counting?