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This is a great way to get to know new and existing Centrepoint members in a well-known Basel Stadt social environment.  Please let us know if you plan to come along by contacting Peter Berrie, below.  Peter will be sitting indoors and upstairs.

Place: Grand Cafe Huguenin, Barfuesserplatz, upstairs

Time: 10:00 - 11:30

Cost : Pay for your own coffee (and cake if you wish)

Who: All members welcome

Book: Email Peter here to book

We have revised our opening hours.  Our new opening hours will apply from Monday, 28th September 2015 as follows:- 

Monday, 28th September - CLOSED

Tuesday, 29th September - 09:00 to 13:00

Wednesday, 30th September - 09:00 to 13:00

Thursday, 1st October - 09:00 to 19:00

Friday, 2nd October - 09:00 to 13:00

Saturday, 3rd October - 11:00 to 13:00

This event is a wonderful opportunity for Centrepoint members, families and friends to make a behind the scenes visit to Manor in Kleinbasel.  The evening will start at 19:00 with an apero in the logistics area at Rheingasse 7 followed by a brief presentation and a tour of the logistics area, the food and menswear departments.  From 20:00 we will have exclusive use of the Manora Restaurant and roof terrace for a choice of three fresh risottos, a wine and cheese degustation and coffee.  There will also be the opportunity to order wine for home delivery.

The cost of the event is CHF 20 per person.  Where else can you get a Friday night out for this price in Basel? 

Please note that Centrepoint cancellation policy will apply to this event.  Any cancellations after 8th September will be charged at the full event price of CHF 20.

Click here for full details of our cancellation policy (login required).

Book by Friday 11th September.

Coffee Morning at Café Huguenin from 10:00-11:30.  Held once a month in the historic Café Huguenin on Barfusserplatz.   This event is open to new members who have joined within the last year.  It provides an opportunity to meet new friends and get some tips about Basel and Centrepoint.  Please let us know if you would like to join us by emailing so that we sit at a large enough table.  We will be sitting upstairs.

Artwall Vernissage: DAVID GUNZENHAUSER

Event: Meet the Artist
Date: Thursday, 3rd September 2015
Place: Centrepoint Artwall/Library
Time: 18:00 to 20:00
Cost: Free to members and friends
Please book your place by 31st August by emailing 

David Gunzenhauser is a Landscape, Macro, Lifestyle & Street Photographer from the United States, who now lives in Switzerland and "wants to share the experience (or feeling) of being in that same spot and seeing the subject the same way he does when taking a photograph". Currently, he only shoots digital in a very high resolution to find the exact expression his own eyes see.

His artistic photos are shown on the Artwall in Centrepoint from July through the end of September.

For more information, take a look at our Facebook Page: centrepointbasel.

To see some of David's work, see: http://www.davidgunzenhauser.com/index.html and: http://www.frontofbicycle.com/david-gunzenhauser-gallery.ht…

After the reduced front desk opening times in July and August, normal opening times resume from Tuesday, 1st September, as follows:

Tuesday 0900 - 1300, Wednesday 0900 - 1900, Thursday 0900 - 1300, Friday 0900 - 1300 and Saturday 1100 - 1300.

Are you curious to know what your face reveals about your personal health? If so then please come along and share in a fun evening where Howard will introduce you to the fascinating world of Chinese Face Reading. Discover for yourself what facial shapes, lines and other features of your face reveal and what it says about your personality. Learn how to apply some of this ancient knowledge to gain more awareness of your health, find the ideal partner or to facilitate face to face communication with people that you encounter in your daily life. Learn about some of the superfoods that can nourish and maintain healthy facial skin.

Free for members.  10.00 CHF for non members.  RSVP by Friday 21st August 2015 to Howard Austin by phone 061 401 0519 or by email here

Presenter: Howard Austin (Dip TCM) is a registered Practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine with a prive practice in Oberwil. He enjoys sharing his passion for helping people lead healthy and confident lives through discovering the secrets of Chinese Face Reading.  For more information visit the website

Tag der Stadttore will be held on August 22nd from 10:00 to 16:00.  There are free guided tours at 10:30, 12:00, 14:00 and 15:30 at the Spalentor, St Johanns-Tor, St Alban-Tor and two military sites on the old preserved city wall.

For full details please visit the website http://www.stadttorebasel.ch/

The Friday Coffee Morning will run very Friday in August from 10:30 to 12:30.

Would you like to have fun and meet new people from different countries, find friends with similar interests, learn and share in what is happening at Centrepoint, Basel and its surroundings?  There is always a good group of people gathered at Centrepoint on Friday mornings for a delightful cup of tea and coffee.  Everyone is welcome!  Feel free to bring some goodies to share.

Kaffee auf Deutsch will run every Wednesday in August from 10:30 to 12:30.

Would you like to practise your German?  Or would you be willing to help others improve their German?  Come and join us in the Library on Wednesday mornings for a cup of coffee or tea, and some German "Geplauder". Don't be shy, just use whatever German you have.

Feel free to bring some goodies to share.