Basel provides a large number and wide range of hotels, which you can book on the usual online sites.
Here are a few recommendations
BaselCard (free public transport and more) is only available in Hotels in Basel-City. All recommendation below include BaselCard. With your BaselCard you can use free public transportation to travel to the workshops venue (FHNW Muttenz) and the main conference venue (Congress Center Basel), so be sure to take advantage of this!
Low Budget / Hostel
- Hyve Hostel Basel
(starts at CHF 26/night in shared dormitory, if booked from their website )
Close to train station (SBB). You can take tramway #2 to go to the congress center (~15 minutes) or urban train S1 or S3 to Muttenz (1 stop) for Workshops (~15 minutes).
Ideal for Workshop/Sprints & Main Conference
- Basel Backpack
(starts at CHF 31/night in shared dormitory,)
Close to train station (SBB). You can take tramway #2 to go to the congress center (~20 minutes) or urban train S1 or S3 to Muttenz (1 stop) for Workshops (~20 minutes).
Ideal for Workshop/Sprints & Main Conference
Budget/Midrange
- Apaliving - Budgethotel **
(~CHF 76/night for a single room)
Walk ~10 minutes to train station (SBB) or take tramway #16 to "Bahhofeingang Gundeldingen" (2 stops). From there take tramway #2 to go to the congress center (~10 minutes) or urban train S1 or S3 to Muttenz (1 stop) for Workshops (~10 minutes).
Ideal for Workshop/Sprints & Main Conference
- Ibis Budget Basel City *
(~CHF 80/night)
1 tram stop to train station (SBB). From there take tramway #2 to go to the congress center (~10 minutes) or urban train S1 or S3 to Muttenz (1 stop) for Workshops (~10 minutes).
Ideal for Workshop/Sprints & Main Conference
- Hotel City Inn ***
(~CHF 100/night)
Located at train station (SBB).
From there take tramway #2 to go to the congress center (~10 minutes) or urban train S1 or S3 to Muttenz (1 stop) for Workshops (~10 minutes).
Ideal for Workshop/Sprints & Main Conference
- Hotel Alexander ***
(~CHF 92/night)
Ideal for Main Conference (walk ~3 minutes to Main Conference, ~30 minutes to Workshop/Sprints)
Mid to high range
- Ibis Styles Basel City ***
(~CHF 99/night)
1 tram stop to train station (SBB). From there take tramway #2 to go to the congress center (~10 minutes) or urban train S1 or S3 to Muttenz (1 stop) for Workshops (~10 minutes).
Ideal for Workshop/Sprints & Main Conference
- Motel One Basel ***
(~CHF 142 / night)
~10 minutes to congress center (tramway #6), ~25 minutes to workshops (tramway #8 then S1/S3)
- swissôtel le plaza ****
(~CHF 150 / night)
Building next to congress center (~30 seconds walk)
Ideal for Main Conference [~30 minutes to workshops/sprints]
- HYPERION Hotel Basel ****
(~CHF 155 / night)
At exhibition square, 2 minutes to congress center
Ideal for Main Conference [~30 minutes to workshops/sprints]
No breakfast at the conference
Please note that we will not serve breakfast; only a light lunch will be provided.
