Flight diverted? Seize the opportunity to discover a surprising new place
by Simon Calder
Jan 24, 2024
3 minutes
Behind the cloisters of Basel’s grand cathedral, the Munster, stands a viewing platform that commands one of the finest urban views in Europe. Beneath you flows the Rhine, with handsome townhouses on the far bank and the pines of the Black Forest beyond.
Three hours earlier, when the Boeing 737 had taken off from London Stansted, I had no idea I would be in later that morning. My ticket asserted, and. But Baden-Baden is a fog-prone airport.
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