Optomat Workshop
Join a hands-on Optomat workshop at Museum Tinguely in Basel, exploring kinetic sculpture and robotics in an educational setting. Through guided activities and demonstrations, learn how mechanical art comes to life and spark your creative engineering ideas.
Optomat Workshop
Join a hands-on workshop at Museum Tinguely Basel to co-create the Optomat artwork with artists Felix Fisgus and Niklas Roy, set among Jean Tinguely’s kinetic machines. Explore playful mechanisms, salvaged parts, and movement to build a collaborative piece and experience art making in real time.
Sourdough Fermentation & Cloth Printing Workshop
An afternoon workshop at Ausstellungsraum Klingental exploring sourdough fermentation, building a starter, watching dough rise, and printing cloth with stamps and edible colors. A tactile, thoughtful bread-and-print experience.
Nature excursion: The fascination of landscape
Join a guided outdoor workshop at Fondation Beyeler and Landschaftspark Wiese, blending perceptual exercises with natural history and creative tasks led by an art educator and a ranger for a 3.5 km landscape conversation.
Typo all over
Participate in Typo all over, a hands-on typography workshop at Basler Papiermühle. Create posters using large letter stamps in a playful mix of art and wordplay. The open session is included with museum admission and welcomes adults and children, with no registration required.
It's blooming!
Join Basler Papiermühle for an open, family-friendly workshop where participants of all ages craft imaginative flowers from colorful paper. Included in museum admission with no registration required, the session welcomes children, teens and adults, offering a playful, creative activity inside Basel's historic paper-mill venue.
Wednesday matinee: On the "passage of time"
Explore Basel's Historisches Museum Basel – Haus zum Kirschgarten with a guided tour of its clock collection, watchmaking craft, and a hands-on clock workshop where you design and take home a functional timepiece.
Workshop for Children
In a kid-friendly workshop at Fondation Beyeler, children aged 6–10 explore the museum, then bring what they’ve seen to life with playful, artist-inspired techniques and take their creations home.
Führungen durch den Tierpark Lange Erlen
Three Tuesday morning guided tours of Tierpark Lange Erlen, part of VHS Basel's program, 10:00–11:00, starting May 5, 2026. Explore wildlife, habitats, and urban nature with friendly guides in an outdoor, family-friendly learning atmosphere near Basel.
Origami – Papierfaltkunst zum Ausprobieren
Join a hands-on origami workshop at Volkshochschule beider Basel to learn paper-folding techniques, create decorative figures, and enjoy a relaxed classroom setting with fellow craft enthusiasts.
C1 Letture, conversazione e sorrisi
An Italian language workshop for C1 learners at Volkshochschule beider Basel, focusing on readings and conversation to boost fluency. Weekly Tuesday evenings, 18:00–19:30 in Basel, in a friendly, small-group setting.
Pilzglück – Einstieg ins Pilze sammeln
Five-session beginner course on mushroom foraging at VHS Basel. Learn safe identification, foraging ethics, and practical field techniques during evening sessions starting August 24, 2026 (Mondays 18:15–20:45) at Volkshochschule beider Basel.
Alte Handschriften lesen
German-language course at Volkshochschule beider Basel in Basel, teaching paleography and reading old manuscripts. Four sessions starting 01.09.2026, Tuesdays 18:15–20:00, Basel, combining hands-on script work with historical context in an accessible, scholarly setting.
Grundkurs Rechtschreibung, Konversation und Grammatik
Foundational German course at Volkshochschule beider Basel covering spelling, conversation, and grammar. Weekly Tuesday sessions from 18:30–20:30 in Basel, starting after an intake discussion; ideal for improving everyday communication and building confidence in language use.
A2.1 Deutsch
German A2.1 language course at Volkshochschule beider Basel (Basel) from 14.04.2026, Tuesdays 19:40–21:10, 17 sessions — a practical, classroom-based introduction to everyday German.
Oxymel – die Kraft aus Honig, Essig und Kräutern
Hands-on workshop at Volkshochschule beider Basel (Hochwald) exploring oxymel: a healing blend of honey, vinegar and herbs. Learn blending, flavoring and practical uses in a 13:15–15:15 session.
Grundkurs Rechnen
A 15-session basic arithmetic course at Volkshochschule beider Basel, meeting Mondays 18:00-20:00 in Basel. Designed for adults to build a solid math foundation for daily life, budgeting, and problem-solving.
A1/A2 English Basics with Fun
Beginner English course A1/A2 'English Basics with Fun' at Volkshochschule beider Basel in Basel. 16 sessions from 15 Apr 2026, Wednesdays 16:00–17:30, offering practical, friendly English practice in a modern VHSBB classroom.
A2/B1 Kaffee oder Tee? - Konversation am Morgen
Join a morning German conversation session (A2/B1) at Volkshochschule beider Basel. Improve speaking skills in a friendly, small group at VHSBB Basel, with sessions each Wednesday morning (08:30–09:30).
Bekannte, unbekannte Region Basel
Join a one-day winter hike in the Homburgertal around Läufelfingen, exploring known and little-seen Basel regions from Teufeln to Seidenfäden. A Basel VHS outdoor course offering guided, active exploration for adults.
Biodiversität auf Schritt und Tritt
Join a one-off educational forest walk on biodiversity in Thierstein, hosted by Volkshochschule beider Basel. Explore local ecosystems, species, and conservation ideas during a practical outdoor session on Saturday, 14 Jun 2026, 08:30–12:00.
B1/B2 ¡Hablemos!
Join a guided Spanish conversation course at Volkshochschule beider Basel to build grammar and conversation skills toward B2, with Monday 18:30–20:00 sessions; practical, classroom-based learning in Basel’s VHB.
A1.1 Brasilianisch-Portugiesisch
Introductory Brazilian Portuguese course (A1.1) for beginners, 16 sessions from 15 Apr 2026, Wednesdays 18:00–19:30 at Volkshochschule beider Basel in Basel; ideal for newcomers to Brazilian Portuguese.
Besuch bei den Nachtigallen in der Petite Camargue Alsacienne
Two-session VHS Basel course exploring nightingales in the Petite Camargue Alsacienne. German-language evening sessions (Thursdays 18:15–19:45) in Basel, starting 23.04.2026, blending natural history with guided birdwatching in a city setting.
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