The city of Basel is located in Switzerland. It is the main city of the canton Basel-City. With 173,000 inhabitants, it is the third-largest city of Switzerland. At the same time, it is also a major industrial center for the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. The city has a number of universities and is considered to be Switzerland’s cultural capital. According to a study, Basel offers the highest quality of life throughout Switzerland. Basel’s Museum of Art ranges under the top 5 museums of art worldwide. The city is often called the “small cosmopolitan city”. Through the Rhine, the city is moreover connected to the North Sea and it is easily accessible via the EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg.