Basel Autumn Fair

Every year since 1470 Basel has held a their annual autumn fair. It is held across the city in 7 different locations. Each location has food and rides and some even have markets to buy hand made items. It was in the low 40's today so we just hit the high-lights: Barfuser Platz, Munster Platz and Peters Platz. Peters Platz has the best market with everything from pottery to puzzles and vegetable peelers to window squeegees. They have tons of food booths and we tried cheese quiche, wurstli (sausage) and magenbrot (literally stomach bread). It was all very tasty and we soaked up all the kids enjoying the rides while we walked thru the other areas. Munster platz has a GIGANTIC farris wheel that can be seen from all over the city. After 537 years, they must get something right - it was a great way to spend the afternoon! See lots of pictures from around Basel here.