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The main tourist information desk in Basel is in the Stadt Casino at Barfüsserplatz and is open weekdays 8:30-6:30, Saturday 9-5, Sunday and holidays 10-4; there is also a branch located in the Bahnhof SBB train station on Centralbahnstrasse.
Basel Tourismus (Stadt Casino, Steinenberg 14, Altstadt, Basel, 4051. 061/2686868. www.basel.com.)
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