Planning a Trip

Getting There

By Train -- Frequent trains connect Freiburg to major airports in Basel (Switzerland) and Stuttgart. Daily trains arrive from Frankfurt (trip time: 2 hr.) and Hamburg (trip time: 8 hr.), as well as from Berlin and Zürich, Switzerland. For information, call tel. 01805/996633 or visit www.bahn.de.

By Bus -- Long-distance bus service is provided by Südbaden Bus GmbH, Central Bus Station, Freiburg (tel. 0761/3680388; www.suedbadenbus.de), with service from Freiburg to EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse; and by EuroRegioBus (tel. 0761/3680388), which has a bus between Freiburg and the French cities of Mulhouse and Colmar.

By Car -- Access by car is via the A5 Autobahn north and south.

Visitor Information

For tourist information, contact Freiburg Tourist Board, Rathausplatz 2-4 (tel. 0761/3881880; www.freiburg.de). The office is open June to September Monday to Friday 8am to 8pm, Saturday 9:30am to 5:30pm, and Sunday 10am to noon (Oct-May Mon-Fri 8am-6pm, Sat 9:30am-2:30pm, and Sun 10am-noon).

Getting Around

Freiburg is well served by buses and trams, the latter running in the inner city. A one-way fare costs 2.10€; a 24-hour day pass is 5.30€. For schedules and information, or to buy passes, go to Plus-Punkt, Salzstrasse 3 (tel. 0761/4511500), in the Altstadt. Hours are Monday to Friday 8am to 7pm and Saturday 8:30am to 4pm. Most of the city's public transportation network shuts down from 12:30 to 5:30am.