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Overview

Sitting plump at the foot of the Black Forest’s wooded slopes and vineyards, Freiburg is a sunny, cheerful university town, its medieval Altstadt a story-book tableau of gabled townhouses, cobblestone lanes and cafe-rimmed plazas. Party-loving students spice up the local nightlife.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

  • Freiburg Minster cathedral night view

    Freiburger Münster

    Freiburg

    With its lacy spires, cheeky gargoyles and intricate entrance portal, Freiburg’s 11th-century minster cuts an impressive figure above the central market…

  • Augustinermuseum

    Augustinermuseum

    Freiburg

    Dip into the past as represented by artists working from the Middle Ages to the 19th century at this superb museum in a sensitively modernised monastery…

  • Schlossberg

    Schlossberg

    Freiburg

    The forested Schlossberg dominates Freiburg. Take the footpath opposite the Schwabentor, leading up through sun-dappled woods, or hitch a ride on the…

  • Rathausplatz

    Rathausplatz

    Freiburg

    Join locals relaxing in a cafe by the fountain in chestnut-shaded Rathausplatz, Freiburg's prettiest square. Pull out your camera to snap pictures of the…

  • Historisches Kaufhaus

    Historisches Kaufhaus

    Freiburg

    Facing the Münster’s south side and embellished with polychrome tiled turrets is the arcaded brick-red Historisches Kaufhaus, an early 16th-century…

  • Museum für Stadtgeschichte

    Museum für Stadtgeschichte

    Freiburg

    The sculptor Christian Wentzinger’s baroque townhouse, east of the Historisches Kaufhaus, now shelters this museum, spelling out in artefacts Freiburg’s…

  • Archäologisches Museum

    Archäologisches Museum

    Freiburg

    This archaeology-focused museum is inside the neo-Gothic Colombischlössle. From the skylit marble entrance, a cast-iron staircase ascends to a stash of…

  • Colombischlössle

    Colombischlössle

    Freiburg

    In a sculpture-dotted park sits the neo-Gothic Colombischlössle. Built for the Countess of Colombi in 1859, the whimsical red-sandstone villa now houses…

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With the enviable claim to fame of being Germany’s sunniest city, Freiburg is also one of its most eco-friendly. Here are the top things to do.

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