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2026

Event report

Bee Wise

Responses to the talk Bee Wise – Life Lessons from Inside a Beehive on 9th April 2026.

Trips & tours

Jakob’s City Tour: ‘Women, Walls & Towers’ with the Spalentor

Asked to include facts and stories about famous and interesting women in Basel, Jakob developed a second tour running along the West Plateau and centred around Basel’s biggest and most prestigious remaining city gate, the Spalentor.

Board meeting summaries

Board Meeting: April 2026

The key points from the Board Meeting on 14 April 2026 are provided.

Trips & tours

London Calling: Swiss-British Cultural Exchange from 1598-1798

An exhibition at the University of Basel looks at the exchange of visitors and ideas between Switzerland and England during the 17th and 18th centuries.

Photo: Bronwen Saunders

Event report

Talk about the Landschaftspark Wiese

Silvan Aemisegger, Project Manager at the Department of Public Works and Transport in Basel-Stadt, came to Centrepoint on 25th March to give a talk on the Landschaftspark Wiese, an area of natural beauty straddling the Swiss-German border that many of us know and love.

Photo: Brigitta Hanggi

Centrepoint news

Introducing Gonca Yalcinkaya, Members Coordinator

Gonca was born in Izmir located on the west coast of Turkey. She guesses that’s why she cannot stay away from the deep blue Aegean Sea for long.

The ArtWall and exhibition of works by Anisa Zafar
The ArtWall at Centrepoint.

Behind the scenes

The ArtWall Team

The Centrepoint walls are graced with beautiful art thanks to the ArtWall Team. The new coordinator is Cherylanne Morgan, who took over from Peta Hysen. Cherylanne has featured before but she is a part of a dedicated team in this role.

Centrepoint news

Centrepoint at the Expat Expo 2026

This year's Expat Expo (14 March 2026) was a tremendous success for Centrepoint.

The pond. Photo: Kathy Hartmann-Campbell

Event report

A Taste of the Tropics

The recently renovated Tropical Greenhouse at the Basel University Botanical Garden features an impressive collection, split between one section for plants from hot, humid regions and another for plants from tropical cloud forests.

Volunteer of the month

Joanna Lonergan, April 2026

Joanna grew up in London and came to Basel in 1973 to work for the BIS. She joined Centrepoint in 2007, after enjoying a city walk as a guest of a friend who was a long-time member.

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