Mr. Hummel, you will retire in August 2019 after 49 years of training and working as an architect. Are you looking forward to it? It's good now. I took early retirement at 60, but then realized that I really missed the contact with people. That's why I started again with a reduced workload. Have you prepared for your retirement now? No,

Vacations for senior citizens? I was on vacation, even though I am already retired and - as is often said - "always have a vacation". Prompted by a comment from Alexis Weil, the founder of Seniors@Work, I started to think about this. Do senior citizens need vacations at all? There are pensioners who stay at home. They appreciate it,

If a person has spent their whole life passionately doing work that was not only a job but also a calling, then retirement is certainly not easy. I can understand the need to continue to contribute the knowledge they have acquired to society. Of course, there are various opportunities for voluntary work in different professional groups. But luck and the right network of contacts are also part of this.

I meet up with Astrid Eisenhut-Sattler in her café in the town hall. It's very hot and we drink "Hahnenburger", cold tap water, together. Astrid Eisenhut-Sattler has been running the "Stadthauscafé" at Stadthausgasse 13 for 10 years now. It's wonderful there in summer, especially when you can while away the time in the beautiful inner courtyard of the listed Stadthaus (the seat of the civic community of the city of Basel).

Fast lane? "In old age, the fast lane is free." So says the Swiss author and aphorist Kurt Haberstich. For me, the word "fast lane" is associated with speed, fast driving, competition. "Fast lane" in connection with "old age" doesn't quite fit for me. Because I enjoy being a little less fast, a little more leisurely on the road. Of course, I don't lose sight of the need to stay awake and

I took the trouble to find out how many of the 100 members of the Grand Council are of retirement age. I counted a total of 17 men and 2 women who are already of retirement age. That makes 19 % of the cantonal parliament. Let's compare this with the resident population of the canton of Basel-Stadt: As at the end of 2018, the canton comprises 200,256 people. Of these

If you look at the Seniors@Work homepage, you will see that Pro Senectute beider Basel is listed as one of the first cooperation partners. Pro Senectute is THE specialist and contact point for questions relating to old age. Over 130 advice centers throughout Switzerland offer a wide range of help and services for older people and their relatives. The growing number of members gives this organization the

Interview with Hanspeter Kraft from May 7, 2019 Since the start of the "GGG Digi-Coach" project in December 2018, Hanspeter Kraft has spent one afternoon a week at the Gundeldingen library on Tellplatz. He welcomes people seeking advice and advises them on computers, programs, cell phones, tablets, online forms and much more. Hanspeter Kraft is a retired mathematician from the University of Basel. His connection to the digital