#Basel

[matthiasheiderich]

Werkraum Warteck, Basel, Switzerland.

[allthingseurope]

Basel, Switzerland (by Twjst)

[ladelbarrio]

Yuval Raphael 🇮🇱 on the turquoise carpet in Basel, Switzerland (source: esc on yt)

[petitworld]

Basel, Switzerland by Sandro

[random-brushstrokes]

Oswald Achenbach - View from the "Mittleren Rheinbrücke" on the Basel Minster (1889)

[eurovision]

Eurovision 2025 - Grand final Running Order

[anotherescsite]

KAJ

Sweden

[acrosscenturiesandgenerations]

▪︎ Drinking vessel belonging to Basel’s shoemakers’ guild.

Place of origin: Basel, Switzerland

Date: 1661

Medium: Leather, mouthpiece made of gold-plated silver.

[matthiasheiderich]

Helsinki Dreispitz, Münchenstein / Basel, Switzerland. Architects: Herzog & de Meuron. Photo: Matthias Heiderich

[peacefulandcozy]

Instagram credit: greykins

[ilcontephotography]

Werkraum Warteck renovation of a historic brewery, by Fabian Nichele and Stefan Eisele (2014).

Basel, Switzerland.

© Roberto Conte (2025)

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[germanpostwarmodern]

Kunstmuseum (1978-80) in Basel, Switzerland, by Katharina & Wilfrid Steib

[zocher]

Basel, Switzerland

[keepingitneutral]

Water Purification Plant, Muttenz, Basel-Lanschaft, Switzerland,

Oppenheim Architecture Europe,

Photography Börje Müller

[anotherescsite]

Pointless trivia about the final draw.

First and only time Norway has opened the show was in 1987.

Last time Luxembourg sang 2nd, the song that won sung first.

Sixth time Luxembourg has sung at 2nd place: 1957, 1967, 1969, 1982, 1984.

Israel and Lithuania are singing one after the other again.

Estonia has never sung this early in a final.

Spain is singing #6 at 5th time.

UK singing at 8th for the 3rd time - last time in 1978.

Austria is singing at 9th for the fourth time. The last time they sang 9th, they won.

The UK and Austria have sang one after the other on two other occasions: 1979 and 2002. Both times the UK scored better, Austria was last in 79.

The Netherlands are at #12 for the fourth time. 1974 (5th), 1987 (5th), 2019 (W).

Finland are singing at 13th for the 3rd time - notably 2nd in 2023.

In the long history of Eurovision, Netherlands and Finland have never sung one after the other. Finland has not sung prior to Italy either.

Italy are returning to 14th for the 3rd time. So far, 1956 (?), and 1966 (last).

This is the fifth occasion of Germany at 16th. Previously, 1968 (6th), 1987 (2nd), 2007 (19th) and 2011 (10th)

Lucky #17 has fallen to Greece for the 5th time also. 1981 (8th), 1997 (12th), 2003 (17th), 2022 (8th).

Germany and Greece have never sung one after the other either.

Armenia sang at 18th last year.

1981 was the only time the Swiss have sung 19th and they were 4th.

Malta has two occurrences at 20th: 1999 and 2002.

20th is the place of last years winner. 1975-6, 1977-8, 1985-6, and 2006-7 are the occasions the same slot has seen the winner back to back.

Very late draw for Portugal - never sung here. Latest drawn for Portugal is 23rd in 2010.

Last time Sweden sang at 23rd they were third, but it was also the last in the 1996 draw.

Denmark and Sweden in draw - 1962 1980 2005.

The third visit to 24th in the draw for France: 2005 and 2024 are the others.

Sweden-France in the draw: 1965, 1991, 2007, 2014.

[conformi]

Achille Castiglioni and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Taraxacum, Flos, 1960 VS Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Wrapped Trees, Fondation Beyeler and Berower Park, Riehen, Switzerland, 1997-98