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Elephants in Basel Zoo

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Elephants in Basel

For more than 130 years, elephants have been at the heart of Zoo Basel’s identity, reflecting the changing role of zoos in Europe from places of spectacle to institutions focused on conservation, breeding and animal welfare. Founded in 1874, Basel Zoo, known locally as the “Zolli,” initially focused on native European wildlife.

Centrepoint news

President’s words – June 2026 – Summer in Basel

The second half of May was already warm! Summer is back in Basel, with a lot of sunshine. Also at Centrepoint the sun is shining.

Workshop on iPhone picture taking techniques. Photo: Marcel Corpataux

Event report

iPhone Photography Workshop

Once again, the iPhone workshop organised by the Centrepoint Photography Club has attracted a great deal of interest. Over the course of three evenings, the enthusiastic participants were guided through everything from optimal camera settings and camera handling to comprehensive editing options.

Volunteer of the month

Olga Märkli, June 2026

This month Olga Märkli is our Volunteer of the Month. Originally from Lima, Peru, she studied architecture and urban planning before moving to Basel more than 30 years ago.

Centrepoint news

Pétanque on 17 June

Join the Centrepoint Pétanque group that plays at the Place de la Pétanque. Participants can bring food and drinks, if they wish. Centrepoint provides the balls.

Event report

Answering the Call

It was no surprise that Centrepoint had a large turnout for the exhibition “London Calling: Swiss-British Cultural Exchange” on April 23. As part of an international organisation in Switzerland with English as the common language, Centrepoint’s members are already part of the ongoing exchange.

Kalpana Patel, a dog. Photo: Kalpana Patel

Centrepoint news

Centrepoint’s new ArtWall and Vernissage on 4 June

Centrepoint regularly organises art exhibitions in its gallery ‘The ArtWall’  and is happy to announce that the next one is by Centrepoint members who have painted pieces of art and would like to showcase them to the public, both members and non-members.

Trips & tours

Jakob’s City Tour: “St. Alban Valley”

The domain of the first (Benedictine) monastery in Basel. This area saw Basel’s first Roman port and later in the late middle ages a thriving industry, including paper-making based on a cluster of ingeniously constructed water-driven mills.

Board meeting summaries

Board Meeting: 12 May

The key points from the Board Meeting on 12 May 2026 are provided.

Event report

Timeless Beauty at the Andreas Ernst Sammlung in Muttenz

While Bronwen Saunders (Centrepoint's Talks Coordinator) was searching for a solution to repair her heirloom clock, she came into contact with John Joseph, a timepiece repairer and restorer with over 40 years of experience. Trained in London, John moved to Bern in the 1990s and took over Hermann Schudel’s traditional workshop in Basel in 1998. John’s speciality is restoring timepieces – mechanical watches, pendulums, grandfather clocks and pocket watches – with special cultural or technical significance.

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