Direct connections mean you can get to Freiburg quickly and comfortably without changing trains. Here’s a selection of direct connections – you can find more by checking the timetable.

• From Basel SBB: journey time around 40 minutes; direct connections in the online timetable.
• From Bern: journey time around 2 hours; direct connections in the online timetable.
• From Chur: journey time around 3 hours; direct connections in the online timetable.
• From Zurich main station: journey time around 2 hours; direct connections in the online timetable.
• Other direct connections.

Services on the train.

The SBB EuroCity offers the following services:

SBB Restaurant

The ICE offers the following services:

• Free WiFiLink opens in new window.
• Free entertainment on the ICE PortalLink opens in new window.
• DB RestaurantsLink opens in new window.

Buy tickets.

Get advice at the ticket counter or buy tickets online. If you buy tickets online, it’s best to do this on a laptop or PC and to take your time. Find the best prices under ‘Find saver offers’.

• Buy tickets online
• Find stations
• Find saver offers

You can find information on booking group travel to Freiburg on the group travel help page.

Interrail is an inexpensive and flexible way to travel to Freiburg. Tip: Discover the city as part of an Interrail trip through Germany or across several countries – you’ll often travel cheaper than with Point-to-Point Tickets.

Combining your train and hotel? No problem!

Book your train travel and your hotel easily and directly yourself.

Thrilling chaos at the Münstermarkt farmers market.

In the morning throughout the week there’s a lot going on at the city’s enormous landmark, the ‘Münstermarkt’. Here you can savour fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers and lay your hands on the ingredients you need to make seasonal dishes.

Relax on the Adelhauser church square.

A hidden oasis can be found away from the rush of tourists: the Adelhauser church square, one of the oldest and most charming squares in Freiburg im Breisgau. Listen to the splashing of the fountains and give your energy a boost by finding a shaded bench to sit on. You can get to the Adelhauser square by taking tram line 1 and getting off at the Oberlinden stop.

Fact or fiction? Freiburg Living History.

True to the motto “We give history a face”, actors transform into eccentric characters from the city. They slip into the roles of Berthold Schwarz, an alchemist and the inventor of gunpowder, a vagabond or the witch of Freiburg. In this quite unique type of city tour, you can experience first hand what it was like to live in Freiburg im Breisgau in the Middle Ages.