East West Hotel
Basel, Switzerland
Built 1843 · Last completed renovation 2015
East West Hotel in Basel was last renovated in 2015, and originally built in 1843. Its HotelChrono freshness score is 6.2/10 — every date linked to a cited source.
Renovation forecast · estimate
Likely due for renovation now
Past its typical ~8-year renovation cycle. A model estimate, not a sourced fact.
Location
Satellite view · Basel, Switzerland
Timeline
2015
Renovation completed
How this score is computed
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What changed in the 2015 renovation
“The brothers Christian and Markus Hüttenmoser had the hotel remodeled in 2015 and as 110 years ago at the 'Du Pont', the hotel got a new name, this time in English: EAST WEST.”— source · retrieved 2026-06-23
Scope is quoted verbatim from the cited source — we never guess what a renovation covered.
Facts
Stars
3★
Built
Sourced1843
Last completed renovation
Sourced2015
Sources
Our iron rule: no quote, no data. Every date links back to the exact sentence it came from.
“The brothers Christian and Markus Hüttenmoser had the hotel remodeled in 2015 and as 110 years ago at the 'Du Pont', the hotel got a new name, this time in English: EAST WEST.”
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When was East West Hotel built?+
East West Hotel (Basel, Switzerland) was built in 1843.
How old is East West Hotel?+
East West Hotel is 183 years old — it was built in 1843 and last renovated in 2015. Age measures the building; the Chrono Score measures how fresh it feels today.
When was East West Hotel last renovated?+
Its most recent completed renovation was in 2015.
What is the Chrono Score of East West Hotel?+
Its Chrono Score is 6.2/10 (Ageing) — a pure freshness metric, separate from its 3-star rating.