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Basel Border Crossing

2 reviews of Basel Border Crossing

A special place

We passed the border between France and Switzerland at Mulhouse and Bale. It's a special place because it's actually a triple border. There is an airport in the middle, Bale, Mulhouse, Freiburg, and there you are actually between France, Switzerland and Germany. By car, you can cross the border very quickly because most people have daily passes. Most people work in Switzerland to make more money, but live in France because rent is cheaper in Alsace. The only concern for customs after seeing our English license plate was to sell us the highway pass for 35 euros annually. The only problem is that there is nothing cheaper for just a week.

They didn't even ask to see our passports or car registration, but I imagine that from time to time they ask for them. Switzerland is not part of the European Union, but the European Economic Area, so you can live and work there without any problems.
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We spent the Swiss border up to...

Nous avons passé la frontière suisse a l...

Nous avons passé la frontière suisse a la hauteur de Mulhouse – Bale. C´est un endroit spécial car c´est en réalité une triple frontière. Il y a un aéroport au milieu, Bale – Mulhouse – Fribourg et on est entre la France, la Suisse et l´Allemagne. En voiture, le passage de la frontière se fait très rapidement car la plupart des gens sont des transfrontaliers qui habitent en France pour les loyers pas chers de l´Alsace et travaillent en Suisse, où les salaires sont plus hauts. La seule préoccupation de la douanière, en voyant notre plaque de voiture anglaise, a été de nous vendre le pass pour les autoroutes, pour 35 euros il permet d´emprunter toutes les autoroutes du pays durant un an. Le seul problème, il n´y en a pas pour une semaine, tant pis. Elle n´a pas vérifié les passeports, ni les papiers de la voiture, on avait sans doute une bonne tête. La Suisse ne fait pas partie de l´Union Européenne mais de l´espace économique européen, on peut donc y vivre et y travailler sans problème
We spent the Swiss border up to Mulhouse - Bale. This is a special place because it is actually a triple border. There is an airport in the middle, Basel - Mulhouse - Freiburg and is between France, Switzerland and Germany. By car, the border crossing is very fast because most people are living in France border for cheap rents of Alsace and work in Switzerland, where wages are higher. The only concern of customs, seeing our English car plate was to sell us the pass for highways, for 35 euros you can borrow all the highways in the country for one year. The only problem there is not for a week, so be it. She did not check passports or papers of the car, it was probably a good head. Switzerland is not part of the European Union, but the European Economic Area, we can live and work without problem
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