Useful addresses Everyday life and living together
ADMINISTRATION AND AUTHORITIES
- Cantonal Administration Basel-Stadt www.bs.ch
- Community Administration Riehen www.riehen.ch
- Community Administration Bettingen www.bettingen.ch
- Customer Centre of the Residential Registration Office (Kundenzentrum Spiegelhof) www.bdm.bs.ch
- Motor vehicle inspection www.mfk.bs.ch
- Ombudsman’s Office des Kantons Basel-Stadt www.ombudsstelle.bs.ch
- Civic Community www.buergergemeindebasel.ch
- Waste www.aue.bs.ch/abfaelle
- Permits www.bewilligungen.bs.ch
- Energy and Drinking-water Supply www.iwb.ch
- Cross border questions www.infobest.eu
- Geoportal www.geo.bs.ch
- Radio and TV Licence fees www.serafe.ch
- State Arbitration Board for Lease Disputes www.mietberatung.bs.ch
- Statistical Office www.statistik.bs.ch
- Taxes www.steuerverwaltung.bs.ch
- Keeping animals www.veterinaeramt.bs.ch
- Customs regulations www.ezv.admin.ch
EMERGENCY
- Police Tel. 117, www.polizei.bs.ch
- Fire brigade Tel. 118
- First aid/ambulance, emergency transport and helicopter Tel. 144, www.rettung.bs.ch
- Poisoning: emergency Tel. 145
- MNZ – Medical Emergency Centre Tel. 061 261 15 15, www.mnzbasel.ch
- Emergency help for parents www.elternnotruf.ch
- Emergency pharmacy Basel www.notfallapothekebasel.ch
- University Hospital Basel: emergency service Tel. 061 265 25 25
- University Children's Hospital: emergency service Tel. 061 704 12 12
- ORTHO-Notfall Tel. 061 305 14 00, www.ortho-notfall.ch
- mediX toujours Tel. 061 500 11 00, www.medix-toujours.ch
- Vets: emergency service Tel. 0900 99 33 99
- Smells notification office Tel. 061 552 68 68
- Gas emergency/smell of gas IWB Tel. 0800 400 800
- Telephone help for children and adolescents Tel. 147
LIVING TOGETHER
MEN AND WOMEN
- Department of Equal Opportunities for Men and Women www.gleichstellung.bs.ch
- familea Women's Counselling with Legal Advice www.familea.ch
- Women's House www.frauenhaus-basel.ch
- Men's Office www.mbrb.ch
- HHomosexual Working Groups Basel – Advisory Office for all issues concerning LGBT* www.habs.ch
- professionnELLE – Career advice for women www.professionnelle.bl.ch
- Arbitration Board for Discrimination Issues www.geschlechterdiskriminierung.bs.ch
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
- Department for the rights of people with disabilities www.behindertenrechte.bs.ch
- Department of Services for the Disabled www.asb.bs.ch/alter-behinderung
- Disability Forum www.behindertenforum.ch
- Pro Infirmis Basel-Stadt www.proinfirmis.ch
- procap Region Nordwestschweiz www.procap-nws.ch
- IVB Disability Self-help www.ivb.ch
- Plusport - Disability Sports Basel www.bs-basel.ch
ALTER
- Department of Long-term Care www.langzeitpflege.bs.ch
- Graue Panther Nordwestschweiz www.grauepanther.ch
- Pro Senectute beider Basel www.bs-pro-senectute.ch
INTEGRATION
- GGG Migration www.ggg-migration.ch
- Counselling Centre for Bi-national Couples and Families www.binational-bs.ch
- BAS – Advice for asylum seekers www.bas-basel.ch
- STOPP Rassismus www.stopprassismus.ch
- Department for Diversity and Integration www.integration.bs.ch
- Customer service centre for Migration and Population Services www.bdm.bs.ch
Language courses
- Find language courses: www.deutschkurse.bs.ch
- Coordination: Adult education, Tel. 061 267 88 64
- Counselling: GGG Migration, Tel. 061 206 92 22
- Early German language training – Centre for Early Intervention www.zff.bs.ch
SOCIAL
- www.sozialesbasel.ch
- www.nachbarnetbasel.ch
- Office for Social Security Contributions www.asb.bs.ch
- Social Care www.sozialhilfe.bs.ch
- GGG Wegweiser www.ggg-wegweiser.ch
- Victim Support www.opferhilfe-beiderbasel.ch
- Plusminus Budget and Debt Counselling www.plusminus.ch
LEGAL ADVICE
- Collection of Laws www.gesetzessammlung.bs.ch
- Legal advice civil law Basel City – Inheritance www.erbschaftsamt.bs.ch
- Legal advice civil law Basel City – General civil law and family law matters www.zivilgericht.bs.ch
- Legal information of the Chamber of Advocates www.akbs.ch
- Office for Economy and Labour – Legal advice Labour contract law www.awa.bs.ch
CHURCHES/RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES
Churches and religious communities recognised under public law
- Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirche www.erk-bs.ch
- Römisch-Katholische Kirche www.rkk-bs.ch
- Christkatholische Kirche www.ckk-bs.ch
- Israelitische Gemeinde Basel www.igb.ch
Churches and religious communities recognised under private law
- Alevitisches Kulturzentrum Regio Basel Tel. 061 691 99 41
- Kulturvereinigung der Aleviten und Bektaschi Basel Tel. 061 271 81 98
- Die Christengemeinschaft Basel www.christengemeinschaft.ch
- Neuapostolische Kirche Basel www.basel.nak.ch
Other religious communities (Selection)
- Baptistengemeinde Basel http://basel.baptisten.ch
- Evangelisch-methodistische Kirche https://emk-basel-allschwilerplatz.ch; https://emk-kleinbasel.ch
- Basler Muslim Kommission (Dachverband islamischer Organisationen in Basel-Stadt und Basel-Landschaft) www.bmk-online.ch
- Russisch-Orthodoxe Kirche St. Nikolai Tel. 076 229 67 55
- Serbisch-Orthodoxe Kirchgemeinde Basel spc-basel.ch
- Bodhichitta Zentrum für Kadampa Buddhismus www.meditation-basel.ch