Basler Fasnacht: the carneval in Basel

It starts, Feb 14th, at 4am (local time), local time now is 11:40p.m. and lasts for 3 days.
Check out the live webcams…
http://www.fasnacht.ch/?pm_1=186&pm_2=188&mid=192
http://www.fasnacht.ch/?pm_1=186&pm_2=188&mid=190
http://www.fasnacht.ch/?pm_1=186&pm_2=188&mid=193
http://www.fasnacht.ch/?pm_1=186&pm_2=188&mid=191
http://www.fasnacht.ch/?pm_1=186&pm_2=188&mid=194
(if you’re using mozilla it may not instantly work, you’d have to click this: Hier klicken, falls das Bild nicht erscheint , you can see that written under the webcam-thingy, if you’re using the internet explorer it should work without you having to do anything)
these live, realtime webcams only work if you’ve got the windows media player 9 (or higher) installed on your machine, and a broadband connection, they deliver sound of what’s going on too. Somehow you can even direct the webcams with your own computer (of webcam 192-194), that is, if nobody else is already.

If you haven’t got broadband you might wanna try out the regular webcam:

http://www.basel.ch/?lang=en&ctool_page_id=663

Well, have fun…maybe… :smiley:

by the way, cameras 190 and 191 might give you the best impression, the best views, they can’t be manipulated by users either.


oh, one last edit…the main instruments you will hear are drums and piccolos..

I couldn’t get it to work…not that it can’t on my computer, I just don’t know how to do it :roll:
Hey, amar, you look like you’re playing poker in your new avatar (which, by the way, I am glad you changed!). The sunglasses and the cigar…I trust it’s a good cigar? :stuck_out_tongue:

can you tell I’m bored today? My flu has hit the ranks and they’re dropping like flies!

pic’s over two years old, but yes, it was a good cigar. :wink:
why doesn’t it work, izz? what sort of message do you get?
damn, i thought my instructions were good! :angry:


:wink:

I’m sure it wasn’t your instructions. :wink: If it requires Windows Media Player, then that’s why. I don’t have it on my Mac. I get this really cool looking cube with a blue question mark in it, and then something about it being a MIME application (I think…I’d have to try it again).
Ok, here:

The page “Basler Fasnacht Online” has content of MIME type “application/x-mplayer2”. You do not have a plug-in installed for this MIME type, but one should be available on this page:

http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/Downloads/Contents/Products/MediaPlayer/ >

So, it has to do with the fact that I don’t have Windows Media Player. Why can’t these things just work with Real Player? :stuck_out_tongue:

{still patiently waiting for my Basel piccolo}

My whistle tutor is grousing over missing Fasnacht this year. I think I’ll send him the link and let him mutter.

doesn’t look like I’ll be playing piccolo in the clique this year, but someday soon…someday soon. . .

Do they use a different kind of piccolo?

I don’t have broadband so I couldn’t see most of the cams. However, I was at Faschnacht in Zurich many, many years ago (1974). It was an amazing experience of delights for all the senses, including some senses I didn’t know I had. I was told then that for the real experience of Faschnacht you have to go to Basel because theirs is the best. Unfortunately I never made it to Basel. So, Amar, have a great time and don’t drink while doing surgery. :boggle:
Mike

you are right, the fasnacht in basel is tops, the one in lucerne is nice too, but basel takes the cake.
fortunately i’m doing geriatric medicine, no operations requiered on my behalf. :wink:

it’s that time again..(in 5 hours) :slight_smile:

http://fasnacht.ch/?pm_1=186&pm_2=188&mid=192
http://fasnacht.ch/?pm_1=186&pm_2=188&mid=190
http://fasnacht.ch/?pm_1=186&pm_2=188&mid=193
http://fasnacht.ch/?pm_1=186&pm_2=188&mid=227
http://fasnacht.ch/?pm_1=186&pm_2=188&mid=191
http://fasnacht.ch/?pm_1=186&pm_2=188&mid=194

A couple of years ago, I translated a documentary about Basel.

It was about a clock and watch making festival held there.

The watch makers have amazing skill.

Mukade