Basel

Where you take the test in Basel

• Kantonspolizei Basel-Stadt

  Motorfahrzeugkontrolle Basel-Stadt (MFK)

  Handles: licence issue

  How to book: A first Lernfahrausweis application must be handed in personally at the counter on the second floor.

  Clarastrasse 38, 4058 Basel

  Holders of an existing licence adding a category may complete the application online and post it.

• Motorfahrzeug-Prüfstation beider Basel (MFP)

  MFP beider Basel

  Handles: theory test · practical test

  How to book: You register and cancel the theory test directly with the MFP; your driving instructor registers you for the practical test.

  The MFP is run jointly by Basel-Landschaft and Basel-Stadt; practical tests are held only at Münchenstein.

Source: Kantonspolizei Basel-Stadt, checked September 2026

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