See Freiburg by Bicycle

Its impossible to overlook, the people of Freiburg are cyclists. There are apparently more bicycles than residents in the city.

Housewives and househusbands with vegetables in their cycle baskets, mud splattered mountain bikers returning from the Schauinsland, or groups of students cycling to their next lecture.

For many visitors to the city the masses of bicycles parked around the University and the historic town centre are a typical memory of Freiburg which they take away with them.

The fact that students favour an economical form of transportation and that an emission free form of travel is preferred in German’s ecology city don’t, however, explain the phenomenon completely.

A decisive factor is that it is possible to cycle through the city in any direction within half an hour - and that, without encountering any hills worth mentioning. 160 km of signposted cycle paths make navigation easy.

The city has even created cycle streets with restricted vehicle traffic, one-way roads which permit cyclists to ride in both directions and so-called cycle queuing strips at some junctions.  

List of bicycle shops, rental firms and repair houses

Binninger Fahrradanhänger
Guntramstraße 11, 79106 Freiburg, Tel. (0761) 3884656

Die Fahrradwerkstatt
Habsburgerstraße 9, 79104 Freiburg, Tel. (0761) 52729, Fax (0761) 52790

Dynamo bikes & service
Erwinstraße 15-17, 79102 Freiburg, Tel. (0761) 34923, Fax (0761) 8962238

Extratour
Schwabentorring 12, 79098 Freiburg, Tel. (0761) 286733, Fax (0761) 286734

Fahrrad Ecke Herdern
Sandstraße 2, 79104 Freiburg, Tel. (0761) 555262

Fahrrad Metzger
Elsässerstraße 69, 79110 Freiburg, Tel. (0761) 83714, Fax (0761) 806909

Radhaus GmbH
Münchhofstraße 4, 79106 Freiburg, Tel. (0761) 280832, Fax (0761) 280838

Radieschen & Co.
Marie-Curie-Straße 1, 79100 Freiburg, Tel. (0761) 4014435, Fax (0761) 4014436

Wiesmann Custom Bikes
Karlsruher Straße 38, 79108 Freiburg, Tel. (0761) 507188, Fax (0761) 507189