Water sports events Basel

The people of Basel make the Rhine their own all year round, and each has his or her own way of doing things. But there's one particular day when everyone jumps into the water, and that's in summer, for the traditional "Basler Rheinschwimmen". It's a big swim organized by friends. You don't dive into the Rhine, you enter it... You have to swim along, taking care to stay on the right bank. The whole of Basel swims with its head resting on a waterproof buoyancy bag, the famous "Schwimmsack".