Okay, now I’ve finished telling you about New Zealand, it’s about time I recorded my last few outings for #take12trips 2016 (in case you missed it, I’m redoing the take 12 trips challenge).
There are two branches of the Müller drugstore chain in Basel that I know of, and both are equally awkward for me to get to! But sometimes I really want to, because they sell things that I can’t necessarily get at the supermarket (and also their shower gel is cheaper). One of those Müller branches is juuust in Allschwil, a town in the canton of Basel-Landschaft that borders on the Basel-Stadt (the city). (I promise there is a point to this story!). Usually I get there by walking to near the zoo, taking a bus that goes through part of Basel city and then walking for another 15 minutes to cross the border into Allschwil, but one day I decided I was going to walk as far as I could then take a bus the rest of the way. The result was that I ended up on a bus that went through the centre of Allschwil and discovered that it’s actually quite a pretty little town. I knew then that I would have to go there one day with my camera. The opportunity to do so came one day when Jan and I had been to IKEA, which meant I had a day ticket. Jan had a choir practice in the afternoon so I decided to make use of said day ticket and go an explore Allschwil. It was a fairly rainy day, but that actually worked to my advantage – fewer people around to tell me off for taking photos of their houses! (Not that that’s ever happened but I’m always afraid it will!). Here are some photos of the town centre:
I thought there were people standing outside the church, but when I got closer I saw that they weren’t real!
More photos:
Once you get away from the town centre, the buildings become fairly “ordinary” and there isn’t really anything to photograph, but it was worth the trip to see the half-timbered houses photographed. There is also a water tower in Allschwil, about a 25 minute walk from the centre. For the price of 2 CHF you can take a lift up and enjoy a view of Basel, the Black Forest and other surroundings. It’s only open on Sundays and bank holidays though, and my trip to Allschwil was on a Saturday so no water tower for me!
I enjoyed my trip to the centre of Alschwil, but I was left with just one question… why don’t I live in such a pretty house?!
Today I’m linking up to Monday Escapes with My Travel Monkey and Packing My Suitcase.
Confuzzledom 
Looks like a quaint little town! 🙂 #MondayEscapes
It’s very quaint, in the centre at least 🙂 I actually looked at a flat there but more on the outskirts so I had no idea those gorgeous buildings were even there!
Ah too bad! I’m actually beginning to think it’s more interesting to live there than Regensburg!
I’ve never been to Regensburg so I can’t comment on that 😉
Another German town worth visiting! https://caliglobetrotter.wordpress.com/2012/09/02/the-historic-town-of-regensburg/
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Very cute 🙂
I never get tired of these gorgeous little villages and half-timbered houses. Water wheels, chapels, churches, cobblestone roads, miniature half-timbered houses…
Me neither! I could look at them forever.
It is SUCH a pretty town! I love it! And good use of your ticket!
It is really pretty. I had no idea it looked like that.
I think it is cool to discover picturesque places even if they are small. I see the “people” you mentioned in the church photography. Are they statues? One looks like it has a red shirt.
Yeah, statue/sculpture things. A man and a woman. Not sure why.
I love buildings in that style!! So pretty.
Me too 🙂
Ah, mini houses! I love these houses, I haven’t seen any (maybe one or two, I can’t remember) like that before. I feel like I need to get closer to the German border to see that kind of thing.
I must say, Switzerland sounds kind of complicated in terms of what everything is called with Basel-Landschaft and Basel-Stadt.
Haha, it’s not really! They’re just cantons – the Swiss equivalent of federal states. It wouldn’t be confusing if I said a town in America was in Florida 😉
Amazing buildings.
Ahh! It looks like a fairy tale…so beautiful!
Ohh yess, these houses are certainly worth the trip, they are gorgeous!! So beautiful!!
Happy to have you on #MondayEscapes 😀
Such a good little town! I’ll definitely miss the architecture and historic buildings when we leave Europe.