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4. Basel’s Dreiländereck monument marks the exact point where the three neighboring countries — France, Germany and Switzerland — converge.

5. While the German is official language of Basel, the majority of the 177,654 residents speak Basel German or Baseldytsch, as their mother tongue. The average Basler understands and speaks fluent Baseldytsch, German, English, and often French.

6. Basel’s international airport – officially named the EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg – is only a 2.1 mile drive from Basel, Switzerland but is actually located in France. Due to its international status, EuroAirport has three IATA airport codes: BSL (Basel) is the Swiss code; MLH (Mulhouse) is the French code and EAP (EuroAirport) is the neutral code.