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    Art Basel, Basel

    Basel

    Armored vehicles for Art Basel

    The art market's most concentrated week. Collectors, museum directors and advisers at Messe Basel by day, private dinners and viewings by night.

    • From one full day with driver
    • Rates on request

    Armored vehicles for Art Basel give collectors, dealers and advisers a certified armored saloon or SUV with a trained security driver for the fair, 17 to 20 June 2027. Nero Line provides protection levels from VR4 to VR10 and plans each day around Messe Basel, the city's hotels and the private dinners and viewings that surround the fair. Basel is one of our Swiss locations, and the city is at its busiest during the fair, so early booking is recommended. Rates are on request in Swiss francs.

    What Art Basel is

    Art Basel is one of the most important fairs in the international art market, held each June at Messe Basel. Galleries from around the world show modern and contemporary works, and collectors, museum directors, curators and advisers come from around the world.

    Around the fair, satellite events, private collection visits and dinners fill the evenings. Significant works change hands, and the people involved value privacy as much as access.

    Why to book early

    During the fair, Basel's hotels are full and chauffeured cars are in short supply. If you travel with an armored vehicle every year, request it as soon as your dates are set.

    An early request gives you the widest choice of vehicle class and protection level, and lets us plan your days around VIP opening times and your private appointments.

    If you attend every year, tell us which arrangements worked last time: the hotel, the entrance you prefer, the hour you like to arrive. We plan from that.

    How the service works during the fair

    The driver meets you at EuroAirport or Zurich and stays with you for the fair. Drop-offs and collections at Messe Basel are planned around the opening hours and your appointments, and the vehicle waits nearby.

    Basel sits on the French and German borders, so private collections and dinners in Alsace or the Black Forest are easy to add. The vehicle crosses with you on a planned route.

    Many collectors also visit the satellite fairs and gallery openings across the city during the same days, and some combine Basel with a stop in Zurich or a private museum visit in the region. Tell us the shape of your week, including the evenings, and the driver builds a timetable that leaves room for the conversations that run longer than planned.

    Request

    Request an armored vehicle

    Rates on request. Tell us the essentials and we reply promptly with availability and a written offer. No payment and no commitment at this stage.

    Event: Art Basel, 17 June to 20 June 2027
    How will you travel? *
    Protection level

    No payment and no commitment at this stage. We use your details only to answer this request. Privacy Policy

    Questions

    Frequently asked questions

    Event calendar

    Plan around the big events

    Summits, congresses and festivals bring road closures and busy arrivals into a few days. These are the dates we plan for.

    Nero Line is independent of the event organisers. Event names are used only to describe the dates and places we serve.

    Protection levels

    Protection levels in plain words

    Civilian armored vehicles are commonly rated on the VR scale. The higher the number, the heavier the threat the body and glazing are tested against, and the heavier the vehicle becomes.

    VR4

    Handguns, up to .44 Magnum.

    Discreet protection for city travel. The lightest class, closest to a standard car in weight and handling.

    VR6 to VR7

    Rifles. VR7 corresponds roughly to the former B6 rating.

    Suited to executive and diplomatic travel where rifles are part of the risk assessment.

    VR9

    Military rifles. Corresponds roughly to the former B7 rating.

    High protection for elevated risk profiles. Heavy, with a licence requirement to match.

    VR10

    The highest level certified for a civilian vehicle.

    Available on request, subject to availability and longer lead times.

    Not sure which level fits your trip? Choose "advise me" in the request form and we will recommend one.