Café-Bar La Strada

Today we cycled to the Café-Bar La Strada on the Birs power plant island. The Rhine island is a recreational and meeting place in the middle of the Rhine.

The café consists of construction trailers and awnings and is super cozy.

The Birsfelden power plant is located between the island and the right riverside and harnesses the Rhine's hydropower through a low-pressure run-of-river power plant and delivers an average output of approximately 100 MW.

The power plant is equipped with two locks, each 180 meters long and 190 meters long and 12 meters wide, for Rhine navigation.

The footpath over the weir and over the power plant locks is the highest bridge or Rhine crossing in the city of Basel. The power plant island also serves as a local recreation area due to the large meadow in the center of the island and its proximity to the Birsköpfli mountain.Read more