Brutal Basel: The Essentials Bike Tour

Brutal Basel, The Essentials Tour Bike Ride, Composite © Karin Bürki. Heartbrut.com
  • Private Tour
  • March – November
  • Architecture, Art, Culture, City Experience

Does your heart beat for Basel, striking brutalist architecture, contemporary art and culture? Do you enjoy city rides? Planning a team event or a relaxed day out with friends and looking for a unique Basel experience? Excellent! You have found your perfect tour!

Discover trailblazers of early 20th-century concrete modernism and brutalist masterpieces from the 1960s and 1970s. As you ride from urban Gundeldingen to the historic city centre soak up plenty of Basel vibes and experience why this city is Switzerland’s unrivalled cultural heart! Plus, look forward to exciting stories, insights and fun facts. Whether you’re a novice, expert or a local, expect to be wowed!

Your tour guide is Karin Bürki, Head of HEARTBRUT

HIGHLIGHTS

  • St Anthony’s Church
  • Theater Basel
  • École Brunnmatt
Schule Brunnmatt, Heartbrut x Open House Basel: Brutal Basel Ride 24.5.2025. Explore more on Heartbrut.com
Antoniuskirche, Karl Moser, Swiss proto brutalism icon, © Karin Bürki. Explore more on Heartbrut.com

STARTING POINT

Basel SBB

OVERVIEW

  • Bike tour
  • Packs: 6 stops
  • Distance: 9.2 km
  • Pure riding time: 36 min
  • Total duration: 2.15 hours
  • Tour with gentle inclines
  • Group size: max 15 people
  • Language: DE/ENG
  • Bring your own bike and helmet
  • Make it YOU: optionally top up tour with additional objects / special focus
  • Book at least one week in advance
  • Price: 500 CHF

BOOK TOUR

Ready to explore? Get in touch to plan your experience.

GOOD TO KNOW

Our walks and rides take place in all weathers. If a tour has to be cancelled due to particularly bad weather, we will contact you. Where possible, we will arrange an alternative date.

  • Don’t forget to pack drinks and snacks
  • Weatherproof clothing is recommended

You can safely ride a bike in the city. Participants bring their own bicycles, e-bikes and helmets. In Zurich, ‘Züri rollt’ offers free city bikes (with a deposit) and e-bikes for CHF 30 per day. Other rental options in Zurich and Basel include PubliBike and Rent-a-Bike. International guests should enquire at the local tourist information office about special rental offers.

Public tours: see programme.

Private tours: advance payment. In exceptional cases, we also accept a deposit. Please contact us regarding payment terms.

Participants are responsible for their own insurance covering accidents, illness, theft, cancellation costs etc.

  • Cancellations made between 120 and 60 days before the tour date will incur a service fee of 10% of the total amount.
  • Cancellations made between 60 and 30 days before the tour date incur a fee equivalent to 50% of the total amount.
  • Cancellations made fewer than 30 days before the tour date are not refundable.

 

If we have to cancel the tour due to unforeseen circumstances, such as very bad weather, illness or accident etc:

1. The tour takes place on the alternative date.

2. If there is no alternative date, you will receive a full refund of any payments you have already made within five working days of us cancelling your tour.