Dreiländereck — Attraction in Basel

This is a must visit spot in Basel, easily accessible from the No 8 tram, but the 15 minute walk from the tram to the Dreiländereck itself is rather dull, unless, like I do, you like trains! In which case it's paradise! We went after the port was closed so I got to get "rather close" to several locos and wagons on the way there and took more photos of trains than I did the landmark. We were fortunate in that as we arrived an Oompah band appeared from nowhere and started playing. I half expected Jeremy Beadle to appear as a result but it turned out they were booked to board a party boat at 8:30 so it wasn't a prank. We danced, we sang and had a merry old time until they boarded and sailed off into the sunset. Oh, I almost forgot, this is also the spot where you can visit Switzerland, Germany and France in a matter of seconds which is rather a nice thing to do and there certainly aren't many places in the world you can easily do that from within a tram's ride of a town centre. Must visit when in Basel, especially if you're like me and don't like paying to...

it was raining when we went there. its quicker to get there by ferry thru germany. we went there around 6 or 7pm, there were no more ferries available then, so we had to walk around thru the port. It was approx a 15-20min walk from the last stop in Basel. We missed our stop and ended up in Germany. Make sure to bring your passport with you as they do random border checks. The Triangle could use some upgrade or maintenance care. Maybe they could put a stall at the Basel part of triangle where you can get a 5 page "Border Triangle Passport" and have it stamped "Germany", "France", "Switzerland".And, at the last page of the passport is written "I have been to 3 countries in _ seconds." Then you fill it in with the time you were able to ran around The Triangle. I think that would be an awesome souvenir.😊👌 Whoever will start this business, please credit me to it ...and you are...

The monument where the three countries meet is a large iron pylon in the shape of a rocket with the flags of France, Germany and Switzerland on the tails.

Technically, the tripoint where France, Germany and Switzerland meet is in the middle of the Rhine river. But since we can't really put up a monument there, the Swiss have put up the Dreiländereck on the Swiss side of the border which is as close as you can get on dry land.

Interesting to the map nerds, this is one of only 157 national tripoints worldwide and the only one in a major city.

The spot is part of the Swiss freight port but is accessible by car and via a footpath that is only about 1 km from...