I would like to find a day hike close to Basel. Pref. no more than 1 hours drive.

Where should we go?

Regards, Meju

Hi,

There are plenty of hikes in Baselbiet (trans: Basel connurbation) accessible by public transport.

Here is one of my favourite routes:

http://www.rebgasse.com/reblog/?p=22

Also try taking the train out to Waldenburg and then following the Wanderweg signs to Waldweid which takes a couple of hours. The Berghut (trans: Mountain Hut) there run by volunteers from the Swiss Alpine Club is a nice place to have a kraftbrühe (trans: broth) and a beer while looking at the Alps and hearing the Alphorn players who occasionally turn up.

From Waldweid it takes 30 mins to walk to Wasserfallen - on the route I gave - where you can take the cable car or descend to places like Reigoldswil.

Alternatively have you looked at the Jubliaeumsweg (trans: celebratory footpath) - http://www.wandersite.ch/Jubilaeumsweg.html . This is a roughly 60km trail created to celebrate Basel being 500 years in the Swiss Confederation. The route takes you through different parts of the area and is a good way to discover other interesting walking routes. The trail is divided into 5 sections, each of which may be completed within a day or half-day. We did this over several weekends when we first came to Switzerland and it was a great way to get the lay of the land.

Cheers,
Nick

Thank you so much for your help.

We decided on Etape 4: Reinacherhof - Pfeffingen. It was a good introduction to the Baselland-landschaft and we enjoyed it.

Due to your warm recommendations we have other walkingtrips to plan.

The waldenburg hike was great! We just got back. We saw llamas, cows, sheep, goats, waterfalls, etc. The restaurant at the top of the mountain was good too. Their sausage was homemade and well worth the trip. On the way down you have 3 choices: the cable cars, renting mountain scooters (basically just scooters fitted with sturdier wheels and hand breaks) or walking. We walked and were so glad we did. We would have never seen the waterfalls if we had taken the cable cars. We then walked through a town before we picked up the bus. A few of the houses sell homemade jams, cider, and syrups. All in all a very fun day.