With a sister-in-law in Basel, it’s rapidly become my favourite Swiss city, even though most of the tourists head elsewhere. There are lots of interesting spots to visit but one of the most curious is the Tinguely Museum.

This collection of art and sculpture was set up by Jean Tinguely who’s best known for his “kinetic art” sculptures – basically that means he created unusual things out of junk and put the mechanics in place so that they move if you hit a button. It’s quite eye-opening to see what kind of odd contraptions he was able to come up with.

The Tinguely also puts on regular exhibitions from other artists – for example, over this summer, they have displays from Tschau Sepp (until August 10) and Pavel Schmidt (until September 14).

At 15 Swiss Francs to get in, it’s not the cheapest place, but then nothing in Switzerland is especially cheap. If you combine a train ticket with entrance to the Tinguelly you can save 10%; ask at a station if you can’t read the German information.

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