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Deyanira Ortiz Rusterholtz, May 2026
Deyanira Ortiz Rusterholtz is a Venezuelan-Swiss citizen and has been living in Basel since 2000.

Open Wine Cellar Days / Offene Weinkeller / Caves Ouvertes
Recently,Centrepoint members were offered complimentary passes to the Basler Wymärt thanks to the generosity of Centrepoint member Bras Barão, who presented a wonderful array of organic wines from Portugal at the Markthalle.

Willam Tell and All That
How did a poor, mountainous backwater turn into such a formidably successful and innovative nation state?

Bee Wise
Responses to the talk Bee Wise – Life Lessons from Inside a Beehive on 9th April 2026.

Jakob’s City Tour: ‘Women, Walls & Towers’ with the Spalentor
Asked to include facts and stories about famous and interesting women in Basel, Jakob developed a second tour running along the West Plateau and centred around Basel’s biggest and most prestigious remaining city gate, the Spalentor.

Talk about the Landschaftspark Wiese
Silvan Aemisegger, Project Manager at the Department of Public Works and Transport in Basel-Stadt, came to Centrepoint on 25th March to give a talk on the Landschaftspark Wiese, an area of natural beauty straddling the Swiss-German border that many of us know and love.
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