Augst - Roman Museum Musée Romain

Leave Basle on the east and join the highway (N2/N3) which crosses the Rhine. After crossing the river Birs we arrive in 3.5km/2mi at the exit for the Basle suburb of Birsfelden, on the north bank of the Rhine. Here there are port installations and a power station built in 1950-55 (visitors' gallery). We continue along the south edge of the Hard forest and through a tunnel, beyond which the southern slopes of the Black Forest can be seen on the left.

6.5km/4mi: Liestal-Augst exit. 6km/4mi south is Liestal; 1km/0.5mi north is Augst (alt. 275 m/902ft), on the left bank of the Ergolz, which here flows into the Rhine and forms the boundary between the cantons of Basel-Land and Aargau. In Griebenbacherstrasse a Roman museum has exhibits from Augusta Raurica and the silver treasure from Castle Kaiseraugst (public transit directions/opening hours given).