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Basel is Switzerland's third most populous city, the inhabitants in the metropolitan area stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerland's second-largest urban area. Famous Basel hotels are: Mercure Hotel Europe Basel, Airport Hotel Basel, Dorint Hotel Basel, St. Gotthard Swiss Quality Hotel, Adagio City Aparthotel Bâle Centre, Radisson SAS Hotel Basel and Euler Hotel Basel.

Basel

Located in north-west Switzerland on the river Rhine, Basel functions as a major industrial centre for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. The city borders both Germany and France. The Basel region, culturally extending into German Baden-Württemberg and French Alsace, reflects the heritage of its three states in the modern Latin name: "Regio TriRhena". It has the oldest university of the Swiss Confederation (1460).

Basel has a reputation in Switzerland as a successful sporting city. The football club FC Basel continues to be successful and in recognition of this the city will be one of the venues for the 2008 European Championships, as well as Geneva, Zürich and Bern. The championships will be jointly hosted by Switzerland and Austria.

Basel features a large football stadium, a modern ice hockey hall and an admitted sports hall.

The largest indoor tennis event in Europe occurs in Basel every October. The best ATP-Professionals play every year at the "Swiss Indoors".

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