• Look, don't paddle: the pool is only about 19 cm deep, but bathing is not allowed and the water is not for drinking
• Ten named machines with Basel-dialect names like the Spider, the Shoveler and the Flute Player, so kids can hunt for each one
• Runs all winter, since the water is not drained in the cold months, so it is worth a stop in any season

Jean Tinguely built this fountain in 1977 where the stage of the old city theater once stood. Ten metal machines, some made from the theater's old stage parts, turn, wobble and spray water across a wide, shallow pool, driven by electric motors.

Stone benches ring the pool, so parents can sit while kids watch the sprays up close.