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Basel sits where three countries meet, and a move across the border into Germany or France is closer to routine than exception here. Add the narrow streets of Kleinbasel and the tram lines running through them, and access can become the whole job if the company does not already know the city.
In Basel everything lies close together: Grossbasel and Kleinbasel, the Gundeli and St. Johann, and right behind them Germany and France. Distances are short, but not always simple. In Kleinbasel and the old town the streets are narrow, many houses have no lift, and the tram runs where a van would like to stop. On the Bruderholz or in Riehen there is more room, but the road goes uphill.
What is typical of Basel is the move across the border. Living in Weil am Rhein, Lörrach or Saint-Louis and working in Basel is common, and many of the region's moving companies drive these routes every week.
For a move within Basel you should generally expect around 800 to 2,500 francs. A room or a studio is at the lower end, a family flat over several floors with assembly at the upper end. These are guide values, not fixed prices: what your move costs is only settled in the quote.
What makes the difference:
Even if it is only a few kilometres, the household crosses a customs border. Anyone moving into Switzerland declares it as household effects and needs a form and an inventory for that; used household goods for your own use are generally free of duty. In the other direction the rules of the destination country apply. Companies from the region know the procedure and the opening hours of the customs offices. Say in your request which country it is going to.
In the densely built districts the van usually needs an approved no-parking zone. It is applied for at the responsible cantonal office, one to two weeks ahead. Many moving companies take care of it. Handing over the flat includes the final clean, which numerous companies offer with a handover guarantee.
In Basel-Stadt, notice can generally be given for the end of any month except the end of December. Moves are therefore spread more evenly than elsewhere, but still bunch in the last days of the month. During Fasnacht the city centre is barely passable for vans, and on big trade-fair days traffic is heavy. A weekday in the middle of the month is usually the best choice.
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