Venue

Congress Center Basel
Messeplatz 21
4058 Basel

Basel, located in Switzerland at the heart of Europe, is a congress city with conveniently situated facilities. The Congress Center Basel enjoys a downtown location, situated directly adjacent to Basel Exhibition Centre. Travel times are short, and the historic old town, the shopping areas and the many museums and parks can be reached comfortably on foot or in a few minutes by public transport. The Congress Center Basel and its facilities are located directly alongside Messe Exhibition.

Travel Information

Take tram no. 1 or 2 from the Swiss or French (SBB/SNCF) railway station; you will reach Basel Exhibition in 10 minutes. From the German Railway (DB) station (Badischer Bahnhof) you will be at "Messeplatz / Exhibition Square" in 5 minutes by tram no. 2 or 6.

If you stay in a hotel in Basel, you will receive the free Mobility-Ticket, which gives you unlimited access of all public transport in and around the city for the duration of your stay.
You will receive the Mobility-Ticket when checking in the hotel. 

Basel public transport online timetable


By train

By car


By plane

Basel is an international rail hub with direct ICE, IC and EC daytime and nighttime connections from Germany, Austria, Italy France and the Benelux countries.

All three of Basel’s railway stations – SBB (Switzerland)SNCF (France) and DB (Badischer Bahnhof, Germany) – are within 5 to 10 minutes of the Basel Exhibition Centre.

Train schedule

Use public transportation
for free!

If you stay in a hotel in Basel, you will receive the free Mobility-Ticket, which gives you unlimited use of all public transport in and around the city for the duration of your stay. When you check into the hotel, you will automatically be given a Mobility-Ticket. No waiting around or puzzling over vending machines – because you’ve got the Mobility-Ticket!

Basel is the point where the Swiss, French and German motorway networks meet.

Messe Basel and the trade-fair grounds have their own motorway exit.
The "Messe" exit from the A2 motorway leads directly to the fair and congress ground.
There is a multi-storey car park with space for 1200 vehicles at Exhibition Square.

Parking details

Parking Messe Basel
CHF 3.- during the day, day pass CHF 50.-

Routing to Parking Messe Basel

Other car parks near Messe Basel

Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg Airport is 15 minutes’ drive from Congress Center Basel. Further, there is an easy connection from EuroAirport to the exhibition center in downtown Basel by public transport (Bus Nr. 50), via the central Swiss railway station (Bahnhof SBB). From Bahnhof SBB the tram line no. 2 serves Basel Exhibition square directly.

There are frequent trains between Basel SBB station and Zurich taking less than an hour, and direct services to and from Zurich Airport.

 Train schedule from the airport

Public transportation schedule