The Basler Messeturm (Basel Trade Fair Tower), located in Basel, is Switzerland's tallest building. It has 32 floors and is 105 m (344 ft) tall. It was completed in 2003. Basel (English traditionally: Basle , German: Basel , French Bâle , Italian Basilea ) is Switzerlands third most populous city (188,000 inhabitants in the canton of Basel-City as of 2004; the 690,000 inhabitants in the conurbation stretching across the immediate cantonal and national boundaries made Basel Switzerlands second-largest...
A bar called "Bar Rouge" ("red bar") can be found on the top floor, providing excellent views of the city. The Ramada hotel chain operates a 200-room four-star hotel in the building, which also includes offices.
See also: Skyscraper, List of skyscrapers Taipei 101, the worlds tallest skyscraper by roof height on high rise. ... This is a list of skyscrapers: Top 200 skyscrapers by structural height Woolworth building Adapted from [1], and ranks buildings by the highest architectural detail, and does not include the height of structural components that may look like a spire, but are not classified as such. ...
The green-colored local trams and buses are operated by the BVB (Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe).
The yellow-colored buses and trams are operated by the BLT (Baselland Transport), and connect areas in the nearby half-canton of Basel-Land to central Basel.
Basler Zeitung (BaZ) is a regional newspaper, published in Basel, Switzerland.
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