Fondation Beyeler

The Fondation Beyeler near Basel is well worth a visit, not just if you’re a lover of classic modernism. This art museum shows the collection of late art dealers Ernst Beyeler and Hilda Kunz. Many of the 200 works by Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol and many others are permanently on show. They have temporary exhibitions that usually draw a lot of attention and quite a crowd. The museum was built in 1997 by Renzo Piano and is embedded in the Berowerpark in Basel’s suburb Riehen. To get there take a train to Basel, from there a tram takes you to the stop Riehen, Fondation Beyeler (change at Basel Gewerbeschule).