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DirectoryArts, Culture & RecreationCultural organisationBaselAllgemeine Lesegesellschaft Basel
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Allgemeine Lesegesellschaft Basel is a reading society with a library and reading rooms. It provides members with books, newspapers and periodicals for borrowing and reading, and organises public readings and cultural events.

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Allgemeine Lesegesellschaft Basel

Library
Library with around 80,000 books in German, English, French, Italian and Spanish, as well as audiobooks and film adaptations of literature; lending for members and subscribers, and a home-delivery service for members with mobility limitations.
Reading rooms
Three reading rooms with newspapers, magazines, reference manuals and new acquisitions; open daily for members and subscribers, with a quiet area, discussion rooms, and use of the copy machine and chess game.
Membership and subscription
Individual, couple, supporter, supporter-couple and group memberships, as well as subscriptions for school pupils, students, apprentices and university students; with voting rights for members and discounted access to the services.
Events
Public events with concerts, readings and book presentations; for members and subscribers as well, a free Advent event, sometimes with an aperitif and reduced admission.
Event hall
Rentable event hall for business and private occasions; space for around 80 people, with grand piano or piano, stage platform, chairs, tables, lectern, screen and lighting.
Guided tours
Guided tours for groups of up to a maximum of thirty people; duration and key content areas are adapted according to visitors’ wishes.
Children’s night
Event programme for children aged 8 to 12 with a children’s reading, treasure hunt, book gift, overnight stay in the reading rooms and breakfast; participation is free, registration required.
Online readings
Discounted access to online media from the GGG Stadtbibliothek Basel, in particular newspapers and magazines, regardless of location.
Poem of the month
Monthly sending of a poem by email to members and subscribers, plus a newsletter mailing; both can be cancelled on request.
Trust & reputation

ranQ Trust Score of Allgemeine Lesegesellschaft Basel: 4.3 out of 5.0

Trust Score4.3/ 5.0

Very high

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Data basis 88% · As of November 2026

Allgemeine Lesegesellschaft Basel scores 79.5 out of 100 points in the Reputation area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 42% of the weighting.
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  • Review quality: The average rating across all connected sources, smoothed against the industry mean. So 5.0 stars from three reviews do not outrank 4.7 from three hundred.78.124%
  • Review volume: The number of reviews across all sources. The scale is logarithmic: the first reviews count the most, and the maximum is reached at 50 reviews.76.210%
  • Review recency: The age of the most recent review. Two-year-old reviews deliberately sit in the middle, because that is normal for Swiss SMEs. Only after three years without a new voice does the value drop markedly.88.08%
Allgemeine Lesegesellschaft Basel scores 76.4 out of 100 points in the Substance area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 28% of the weighting.
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  • Establishment: No data point — the criterion is taken out of the weighting and does not lower the score.—12%
  • Company size: The headcount band, researched by ranQ or stated by the company. It is scored in steps rather than by head count, because the data only provides bands.82.07%
Allgemeine Lesegesellschaft Basel scores 88.3 out of 100 points in the Identity area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 22% of the weighting.
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  • Verification: Official register entry (commercial register with UID or professional-body record, 55 points), confirmed domain (20 points) and confirmed ranQ profile (up to 25 points, depending on completeness).88.322%
Allgemeine Lesegesellschaft Basel scores 61.0 out of 100 points in the Visibility area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 8% of the weighting.
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  • Website authority: Ahrefs' Domain Rating measures, on a scale of 0 to 100, how strongly a website is linked from other websites. For Swiss SMEs the range up to 40 is typical; the maximum is reached at 35.88.64%
  • Media authority: Quality and number of editorial mentions, weighted by the importance of the source, plus the recency of the latest high-quality mention.33.34%
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Allgemeine Lesegesellschaft Basel reaches a ranQ Trust Score of 4.3 out of 5.0 — rated «Very high». The rating draws, among other things, on 4.7 out of 5 stars from 19 customer reviews. The data basis is 88%, so the score is backed by part of the criteria. As of November 2026.

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Aggregated rating
4.7
of 5

Aggregated from 19 reviews across all connected sources

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Press

Media

May 27, 2026Media
Die Basler Lesegesellschaft öffnet ihre Türen
hochparterre.ch
October 18, 2022Media
Tag der offenen Tür : Diese Räume am Münsterplatz sind sonst nur Mitgliedern vorbehalten
bazonline.ch

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Location

Münsterplatz 8
4051 Basel
Opening hours
Mon
09:00 - 21:00
Tue
09:00 - 21:00
Wed
09:00 - 21:00
Thu
09:00 - 21:00
Fri
09:00 - 21:00
Sat
09:00 - 21:00
Sun
10:00 - 21:00

At a glance

Legal form
Association
UID
CHE-107.734.977
Last commercial register change
June 5, 2026
Employees
21 to 50

Active in 1 of 26 cantons · 1 municipality

  • BSBasel
Legal form: Graded by liability and disclosure. The weight is kept small: a sole proprietorship is not a dubious company, it is just liable differently.73.06%
  • Branch offices: Branch offices linked in the commercial register. Having none is normal and costs no points.70.03%
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