Those who defected to Zürich wanted to be in a place with a nice lake !

On the shores of the Zürisee you will find even electrical grill places kept up by the city

Thank you Adrian, I like your logical approach to the response, are you also a Project Manager by any chance?

yes of course I have friends but they have are almost all in Zurich or have gradually defected there from Basel over the years, the few remaining here have gradually been lost to the twilight zone called 'coupledom' and no longer seem capable of leaving home / their partner's side anymore, which is why I am being proactive to meet more people.

It's not like I want to be out dancing on tables every night, I'd just like the opportunity to know that there are somewhere in Basel tables to dance on should the urge strike me

Wollishoffener you seem as insomniac as me given the time of your posting yeah maybe it is the lake thing...... Lakes Geneva and Zurich seem so much sexier than the Rhein

Where has Colin Wheeler got to these days? He would be able to tell you all the Basel nightlife places.

Valid point about that coupledom syndrome.

And OP, you won''t believe to what extent to drive / meet up just to have KFC! Tis more for the companionship

The (original) Quest for a 6-Piece (KFC) -The Lib Event ( there are more threads )

Did someone call my name?

Nope! Thankfully, that seems to be a horrid, dull, job with long hours. I'm an IT/SAP Architect. Sounds nasty but I enjoy it

I've sent you a PM with details of a Facebook Basel social group and a couple of people on EF worth pinging whenever you fancy a that table dancing night out.

No. She said BASEL was utterly lame.

I think what she really meant was "Baslers are totally lame"....thus she's looking to relocate.

I mentioned the lake(s). In case of Geneva, Biel, Lugano, Luzern, Zürich, Rapperswil and Kreuzlingen-Konstanz, the lakes make a bit of an "ambiance" which other cities are lacking. Exceptions are places like Schaffhausen whose "oldworldliness" compensates a bit.

My knowledge of Basel is limited, centred on visits to the airport, and during 3 weeks spending my evenings in Basel-downtown (thanks to our "chief" declaring all of Basel-Stadt as "Ausgangs-Rayon" ) . Plus some adhoc visits enroute to the Elsass. Well, Basel some 160 years ago was the largest city of Switzerland, leading the pack in regard to science, university-education, banking, transport business etc . The nice Turkish restaurants in Türkisch Basel (I mean Klein-Basel) are however really remarkable whenever I prefer the Maghreb restaurants of Mulhouse, a city, whose ambiance is far more to my liking anyway

Ever looked at MDM?
That is nasty

Living & a own a business here 22+ years, originally from NYC... nope BS is not dull... just ticks different...
If you want to party 24/7... BS is not for you. If you do not speak a bit of (D) then BS can be boring... but as others have said...BS is what you make of it.
From BS I can travel to many other cities either by car or fly and its central to most of Europe.

Generally speaking from my experience in CH, the French speaking parts of Switzerland have a different attitude towards "Vie" aka "Life" as the German... Deutsch Schweiz live to work. French Suisse live to party... and the Italian Suizzera are in between both...

Integration, lingual and socially is a major factor wherever you live...
CH makes you just a bit more aware of it...

That's a bit harsh. I'm sure there's other lame people in Basel.

(party-loving-)Carlottina,

looking forward to meeting you on Saturday:
Basel Drinks & Social

Ciao!

so basel is not boring provided you don't like to party and also because you can easily leave it and go to other cities.

What's boring about Brussels?

Great food, beer, and chocolate, what's not to love?

Tom

Guys (and dolls) simply thank you for all the feedback, for the PMs, suggestions and invites to do things, you've all really helped

I do speak fluent French and German and I guess I thought that I would make local Swiss friends when I came so I never turned to the ex-pat community (when I lived in China most of the ex-pats were either drunken hash harriers or ladies who lunch so that put me off) and then the years slid by and sure I made some friends here but with being away so much for work then I just didn't make the effort to see what else Basel has to offer and now I am between contracts I have time and I really want to enjoy it and meet interesting people, do fun things so this has really helped give a kick start. I guess we don't find til we start looking and so I am happy to dip my toe into what would appear to be a much livelier social scene than I realised

We must have known the same people there!

Basel is just utterly lame Im afraid!

Yes, Basel is quite boring and small. Though, I like their old town. That might be a light in the tunnel. Also, the Rhine being right there, you can rent a boat or kajak and have much fun.