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Quick Q for CH based folks - NAT mainly...

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    Quick Q for CH based folks - NAT mainly...

    I need to be in Belp CH (near Bern Airport) Tue. flights there are crap so going to Basel first, how's the trains/drive Basel/Belp? Looks fairly ok, but local knowledge appreciated...

    90 mins?

    #2
    Number 50 bus to Basel SBB (regular and frequent). Basel to SBB also has regular trains - takes about an hour. Basel/Bern by car is like the M25 on the A1 section, so I don't recommend it.

    SBB: Switzerland’s biggest station.
    Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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      #3
      Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
      Number 50 bus to Basel SBB (regular and frequent). Basel to SBB also has regular trains - takes about an hour. Basel/Bern by car is like the M25 on the A1 section, so I don't recommend it.

      SBB: Switzerland’s biggest station.
      I'd have given a fellow CUKer a lift, you selfish &^*.

      I've taken MP to loads of places when she visited Bradford recently. Ask her

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        #4
        Originally posted by FatLazyContractor View Post
        I'd have given a fellow CUKer a lift, you selfish &^*.

        I've taken MP to loads of places when she visited Bradford recently. Ask her
        no she is still too traumatised. Also she asked what a 'Bunk up' was. I explained it was a bit like making love but takes under 30 seconds instead of 3 hours, she seemed happy with the answer.
        Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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          #5
          Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
          Number 50 bus to Basel SBB (regular and frequent). Basel to SBB also has regular trains - takes about an hour. Basel/Bern by car is like the M25 on the A1 section, so I don't recommend it.

          SBB: Switzerlandâ€[emoji769]s biggest station.
          Cheers, forgot to say landing in Basel 22:00 ish roads ok then?

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            #6
            Originally posted by stek View Post
            Cheers, forgot to say landing in Basel 22:00 ish roads ok then?
            Assume cost doesn't matter so much - definitely hire a car. The roads will be clear and easy. At that time, it'll take about 2 hours to get to Belp by train - and if your flight is delayed there is a risk of missing the last train. By car, no more than an hour and half.
            Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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              #7
              Where is the best place for him to buy chocolate and cuckoo clocks?
              What happens in General, stays in General.
              You know what they say about assumptions!

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                #8
                Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
                Where is the best place for him to buy chocolate and cuckoo clocks?
                Chocolate - any supermarket has a good selection, though there are specialists.

                Cuckoo clocks? Dunno. Try the Black Forest in Germany - that's where they come from. Most "Swiss" cuckoo-clocks are made in China - though I think there's one Swiss company that's decided to cash in on the ignorance of foreigners.
                Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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                  #9
                  Quick Q for CH based folks - NAT mainly...

                  Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
                  Where is the best place for him to buy chocolate and cuckoo clocks?
                  Chocolate? Belgium.
                  Belgium is famous for 2 things, one is chocolate and the other part of this joke is inappropriate on a family forum.

                  Cuckoo clocks? Vienna. So long, Holly.
                  …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by NotAllThere View Post
                    Assume cost doesn't matter so much - definitely hire a car. The roads will be clear and easy. At that time, it'll take about 2 hours to get to Belp by train - and if your flight is delayed there is a risk of missing the last train. By car, no more than an hour and half.
                    No, we got a car, e-Golf!

                    And I found 110 CHF in my Jew box (can u say Jew box nowadays - means a secret box where you stash bits of money away, zanachka in Russian I think), so that'll last about 4 seconds.

                    Is it still 18 CFH for a jacket potato?

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