How much is the Storchen car park in Basel?

Monday to Saturday from 8 am to 7 pm CHF 4.– per hour, charged per half hour started. From 7 pm to midnight CHF 2.– per hour, from midnight to 8 am and on Sundays CHF 1.– per hour. 2 hours by day cost CHF 8.–.

What is the entry height at the Storchen car park?

1.90 metres at most. For taller vehicles City, Steinen and Elisabethen are better; they allow 2.10 m.

When is the Storchen car park full?

Mostly on Saturday afternoons: at 2 pm it was full in 44 of 54 weeks, at 3 pm in 85 % of weeks. On weekdays at 2 pm on 43 % of days, hardly ever at night.

Does the Storchen have a day rate?

No. The tariff list only has a flat fee for lost tickets of CHF 40.–. A working day from 8 am to 6 pm therefore costs CHF 40.–, at the Steinen CHF 25.–.

Where is the entrance to the Storchen car park?

At Fischmarkt 10, Basel, 40 metres from the Schifflände stop.

How much is a lost ticket at the Storchen?

CHF 40.–, CHF 30.– at City, Elisabethen and Steinen.

Can I pay in euros at the Storchen?

Yes, with 5, 10 and 20 euro notes. Also francs (coins and notes), debit and credit cards, ParkingPay and Twint.

Practical Guides

Storchen car park Basel 2026: prices, free spaces live

Key takeaway

Storchen car park, Fischmarkt 10, right in the old town: CHF 4.– per hour (Monday to Saturday, 8 am to 7 pm), CHF 2.– in the evening, CHF 1.– at night and on Sundays. 142 spaces, entry height 1.90 m maximum. On Saturday afternoons it is usually full; the ConvivaPlus Car Park Calculator shows the free spaces right now.

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How long are you staying?

CHF 8.–for 2 hours at the daytime rate

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Kanton Basel-Stadt, Parkhäuser Basel-Stadt: Hausseite, checked 09.11.2026. Calculated from the published tariff and your entry time. When the rate changes, each started interval is charged at the rate in force when it began. Public holidays are not calculated. The pay machine on site is authoritative.

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A small silver car drives through the narrow entrance of an underground car park in a red sandstone building, just beneath a black-and-white height bar hanging on two chains, with the barrier and ticket post on the left

Saturday 2 pm: full here 4 weeks out of 5. And 380 m away?

Stay up to	Total fee
30 minutes	CHF 2.–
2 hours	CHF 8.–
3 hours	CHF 12.–
4 hours	CHF 16.–
8 hours	CHF 32.–

💰 Storchen prices ↓

A working day from 8 am to 6 pm costs CHF 40.– here, CHF 25.– at the Steinen. The Storchen has no daily cap and is full on Saturdays more often than any car park nearby. Here is when it pays off, when it doesn't, and where to go instead.

Updated 10 November 2026· Tariff: Parkhäuser Basel-Stadt (bs.ch) · Occupancy: Open Data Basel-Stadt, CC BY 4.0·

💰 Storchen prices: CHF 4.– per hour by day

By day the Storchen costs CHF 1.– more per hour than City, Elisabethen and Steinen: CHF 4.– here, CHF 3.– at each of them.

You pay per half hour started, so CHF 2.– for each half hour between 8 am and 7 pm (Monday to Saturday). In the evening until midnight it's CHF 2.– per hour, at night and on Sundays CHF 1.–. The table shows each rate as published.

When	Price
Open	around the clock
Sundays and public holidays	CHF 1.–
Montag bis Samstag, 08.00 – 19.00 Uhr	CHF 4.– / hour
Montag bis Samstag, 00.00 – 08.00 Uhr	CHF 1.–
Montag bis Samstag, 19.00 – 24.00 Uhr	CHF 2.–

Wording of Parkhäuser Basel-Stadt (canton, in German), checked on 09.11.2026. The pay machine on site is authoritative.

🗓️ All day at the Storchen: CHF 40.– instead of CHF 25.–

From 8 am to 6 pm you pay CHF 40.– at the Storchen and CHF 25.– at the Steinen. The Storchen's tariff list has no day rate, only a flat fee for lost tickets.

For an hour of shopping at the Marktplatz the difference is small: 1 hour costs CHF 4.–, 2 hours CHF 8.–. From 4 hours the City-Parking is worth the walk: CHF 16.– here, CHF 12.– there.

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In town all day?

At the Steinen (about 760 m) the day rate caps the fee at CHF 25.–. The Storchen has none, every half hour adds up.

🟢 Free spaces: when the Storchen is full

On Saturdays at 2 pm the Storchen was full in 44 of 54 weeks. The City-Parking, 380 metres away with 1,114 spaces, was full at the same hour in 1 of 54.

According to ConvivaPlus's analysis of occupancy since 01.11.2025, the fullest hour is Saturday at 3 pm (85 % of weeks). On weekdays at 2 pm it is full on 43 % of days, hardly ever at night, on Sundays in at most 26 % of weeks.

The grid below shows every hour of the week. The figure right now is at the top in the calculator, straight from the parking guidance system.

	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	19	20
Mon				30	41	23
Tue		42	42	32	46	44
Wed		33	25	38	34	33				21
Thu		42	40	43	50	40			37
Fri		51	43	45	44	42	25		25	37
Sat	20	68	78	78	81	85	72	59		28
Sun						26

Number = share of measured weeks in which the car park was full at that hour (red from 50 %). Series: Open Data Basel-Stadt: Zeitreihe der Belegung öffentlicher Parkhäuser Basel (Parkhäuser Basel-Stadt, CC BY 4.0), 01.11.2025–09.11.2026.

🅿️ If it's full: car parks nearby

The nearest is the City-Parking, about 380 m away, with 1,114 spaces and CHF 3.– per hour: bigger, cheaper and almost never full on Saturdays. The Kunstmuseum (about 700 m) was full on Saturdays at 2 pm in 0 of 54 weeks.

Each card leads to the car park's entry, with its figure right now.

this car park

Storchen car park

CHF 8.– for 2 hours

City6 min walkCHF 6.–Clarahuus8 min walkCHF 4.–Rebgasse10 min walkCHF 6.50 Kunstmuseum11 min walkCHF 6.–Steinen12 min walkCHF 6.–

Walking minutes: straight-line distance × 1.3, 80 m per minute. Prices only where the City or the operator publishes the tariff (source per car park), weekdays during the day, capped by the day rate per 24 hours. Free spaces: Basel parking guidance system.

↕️ Storchen height: 1.90 m, charging, payment

The entrance allows 1.90 metres at most. On the ground floor there is one charging space for electric cars. Pay in francs, euro notes, by card, ParkingPay or Twint.

Public spaces	142
EV charging spaces	1
Entrance height	1,90 m
Opening hours	around the clock
Payment	Münzen / Noten Franken: 0.50, 1.–, 2.–, 5.–, 10.–, 20.– Euro: 5.–, 10.–, 20.– Debit- und Kreditkarten ParkingPay Twint

Spaces: Open Data Basel-Stadt, as of 09.11.2026. Height, hours, payment: car park page of Parkhäuser Basel-Stadt (canton, in German), checked on 09.11.2026.

Roof box or van?

At 1.90 m the Storchen is lower than City, Steinen and Elisabethen, which allow 2.10 m.

8 am to 6 pm: CHF 40.– at the Storchen, CHF 25.– at the Steinen. The Storchen has no daily cap.

📍 Fischmarkt entrance: how to get there

The car park is on the Fischmarkt, 40 metres from the Schifflände stop and 150 metres from the Marktplatz. Everything for arriving is in the table. Heading to the Advent market? Dates and times are on the Basel Christmas markets page, Sunday shopping days under Sunday shopping in Basel.

Address	Fischmarkt 10, Basel (Parkhäuser Basel-Stadt: “Parkhaus Storchen”)
Tram and bus	Schifflände stop, 40 m as the crow flies
Marktplatz	150 m as the crow flies
Entry height	1.90 m maximum
Open	24 hours, 365 days

Christmas markets BaselMünsterplatz and Barfüsserplatz, dates and times Sunday shopping Baselthe Sundays when shops open Canton of Basel-Stadtthe whole canton on one page

Sat-nav tip

Enter “Fischmarkt 10, Basel”. The entrance is in the old town by the Rhine. This page is not legal advice; the signs on site are binding.

🎫 Lost ticket: CHF 40.–

Lose your ticket and you pay CHF 40.– at the Storchen, CHF 30.– at City, Elisabethen and Steinen. The tariff list calls it the “Tagespauschale für verlorene Tickets” (day rate for lost tickets).

Around Basel's old town

Where to walk from the Storchen, and more on Basel.

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💎 Only here

This page shows when the Storchen is full, hour by hour, from occupancy since 01.11.2025, next to the price of your stay and the City-Parking that has space at the same time. Tariff from Parkhäuser Basel-Stadt, checked on 09.11.2026.

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Price, height, entrance and when it's full, answered from the tariff list and occupancy data.

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	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	19	20
Mon				30	41	23
Tue		42	42	32	46	44
Wed		33	25	38	34	33				21
Thu		42	40	43	50	40			37
Fri		51	43	45	44	42	25		25	37
Sat	20	68	78	78	81	85	72	59		28
Sun						26

	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	19	20
Mon				30	41	23
Tue		42	42	32	46	44
Wed		33	25	38	34	33				21
Thu		42	40	43	50	40			37
Fri		51	43	45	44	42	25		25	37
Sat	20	68	78	78	81	85	72	59		28
Sun						26