By Air

Airports nearest to Liestal are sorted by the distance to the airport from the city centre.

Basel/mulhouse Basel Bad - Railway Airport (distanced approximately 5.7 km)
Herten Rheinfelden Airport (distanced approximately 9.6 km)
Fricktal-Schupfart Airport (distanced approximately 17 km)
Basle-Mulhouse Airport (distanced approximately 20 km)
Mulhouse/basel Euroairport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg Airport (distanced approximately 21 km)

By Train

Liestal situated on the international railway line Cologne - Basel - Chiasso - Milan.Intercity and express trains connect at short intervals with Liestal Switzerland's main cities as well as Milan.Also keeps the line of the S3 S-Bahn Regio Basel.Liestal is also the starting point since 1880 Waldenburgerbahn.

By Bus

Regional buses of bus Liestal AG (AAGL) serve Liestal agglomeration and the valley to Reigoldswil like the Ergolz and the Rhine along the places up to Basel.Post buses (post bus) connecting the hilly hinterland of Liestal.

By Road

The highway connects H2 Liestal Sissach on the highway A2 and also forms its bypass.The section Liestal - Augst (port A 2) is currently under construction.

Liestal Carnival, Chienbase Event, Santichlaus-Yluute, Banntag Festival, Poet Museum Liestal, Museum.BL in Liestal

Liestal Carnival

The Liestal Fasnacht is very much on the Basler Fasnacht marked, albeit with much local color.It begins with a few Vorfasnachtsveranstaltungen - the date of the old "Burefasnacht 'following - the Sunday before the Morgestraich big one with the Basel carnival street parade.This is after the Cortege the Basel carnival is the largest in northwestern Switzerland.A concert of various Guggenmusiken on the eve shortens the waiting time until Chienbase.On the following Monday and Tuesday the Yakko's singing instead, while the Wednesday afternoon, the day the child is in turn with a big street parade and masquerade.The carnival is on next Saturday, six days after the start of the carnival ended with a concert Gugge called Cheruus (clean sweep).

Chienbase Event

On the evening of Shrove Sunday from Fohrenscheiten be bound "broom" of 20-100 kg weight carried by the burning town.Highlights of the move are chariots of fire and chariots of iron, carrying several tons of burning wood.The flames rise particularly high after passing under the water gate.The event attracts 30,000 to 50,000 each to spectators from all over Switzerland and abroad.

Santichlaus-Yluute

On 6 December by 17 clock gather the Liestaler children in the alley.The procession is led by the traditional blue Santichlaus.Follow him - from larger school children carried on their heads - colored illuminated Yffeln and finally behind a huge bell on the worn yoke of children.Each child wears a bell.At the finish of the parade will receive all of Chlaus a fragrant Grattimaa (also called Grittibanz).

Banntag Festival

As in many communities Baselland in Liestal the Banntag belongs firmly to the year end.On the Monday before Ascension Day, the men of Liestal in four factions in order to pace the boundaries of the municipality.As one of the last communities in the train is traditionally accompanied by Vorderladergeknalle.In recent years came to a violent pounding this controversy, including legal skirmishing.In protest against the all-male-festival attracts some years a fifth gang four days later going on Ascension the alternative family Banntag.

Poet Museum Liestal

known since the merger poet and city museum is Liestal, a at the 7th July 1946 in Switzerland Liestal opened, regionally and nationally known authors dedicated to museum literature.The basis of its holdings, the poet owes a museum gift from Marcel Herwegh.After the death of his mother Emma Herwegh (1904), in addition to her husband, the German Vormarzdichter Georg Herwegh is buried at the Liestal cemetery, he had by him managed and partly published by estate of his parents, the community left Liestal, before he even 1937 died. With the donation, the idea of a memorial Herwegh was connected to the already Emma Herwegh inspired.But the material was originally housed in an otherwise unused floor of City Hall in boxes.On 9 June 2001 moved into the museum under the name of poet and City Museum's new building, where it occupies several floors.The ground floor houses the Antiquarian Poete-Nascht and the museum entrance.On the first floor of different exhibitions, the poet estates, to which was that of Hugo Marti has been added to wirdmet the second floor.History and traditions of Liestal and the work of artist Otto Plattner and Martin Disteli be documented on the third floor.

Museum.BL in Liestal

The Museum.BL the Canton Museum of the Canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.It is centrally located in the historic center of the canton capital Liestal in the premises of the former armory and another belongs to Basel's museums.The museum focuses mainly on the nature and culture of the region and sees itself as next to an open forum for a lively and critical engagement with the environment, history and present.In the permanent exhibitions can find answers to the industrial history, particularly the silk ribbon weaving, to nature, landscape and life in the cities and countryside of the canton.In addition each year there will be three or four temporary exhibitions, which take up current issues.On the ground floor there is a small art performances and exhibitions of all kinds-used room.

April - July

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