Mainstream Sports
Basel is a city that loves sport. No wonder, because the opportunities for recreational sports are limitless and the facilities excellent. In addition to the largest football stadium in Switzerland, a large, multi-purpose sports hall and a state-of-the-art ice hockey stadium, the St. Jakob sports centre also offers a multi-sport swimming pool complex, an athletics stadium and numerous sports and grass courts. The historic old town of Basel is also regularly turned into a sports arena: the traditional “Stadtlauf”, in which thousands of men, women and children take part, is staged In the pre-Christmas period, and public sports event are regularly organised on the Barfüsserplatz. The car-free “slowUp” Movement and Experience Day also takes place every year in the Basel Region.
Numerous public swimming pools, ice rinks, golf courses, fitness centres and tennis clubs complement the well developed infrastructure, and the "Gsünder Basel" organisation organises free movement courses in the public parks every summer. More
The "Manor Run to the Beat Basel" marathon takes place every year. The marathon and the half-marathon start from the St. Jakob Park, with the finish in the Marktplatz in the Basel old town.