The Basel Youth Hostel is located close to the Rhine inside a classicist factory building, built for a silk ribbon factory in 1850 / 1851. It was converted into a Youth Hostel in 1979 and the outer facade was kept almost unchanged. It now offers around 250 beds in different room configurations.
A bridge over the St. Alban pond leads to the Basel Youth Hostel
Jugendherberge Basel in the former silk ribbon factory
The building was renovated in 2010 according to a design by the Basel architectural practice Buchner Bründler. Since then, a bridge across the St. Alban pond leads to the main entrance and a wooden walkway leads to a quiet terrace.
Jugendherberge Basel
Jugendherberge Basel wooden walkway
Jugendherberge Basel - a windows in the reception area open the view to the neighbourhood
The vaulted hall of the former dye cellar which is now used as the dining hall.
dining hall in the vaulted hall of the former dye cellar
Jugendherberge Basel
Jugendherberge Basel corridor
Jugendherberge Basel staircase
Jugendherberge Basel staircase
Jugendherberge Basel staircase
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