Getting To Freiburg  

Arrival by train:

• Since Freiburg lies within the network of the European railway system and is also an Intercity Express (IEC) station between Frankfurt and Basel, it is readily accessible by rail from all directions –
  • 40 minutes from Basel;
  • 2 hours from Frankfurt
  • (see http://www.raileurope.com/us/index.htm  and http://www.bahn.de for more details).
• Look for connections with French railways (SNCF) via Strasbourg and Swiss railways (SBB/CFF) via Basel.
• Freiburg’s Hauptbahnhof (main train station) is located a block away from the Dorint Novotel. 

Arrival by car:

• Take the Rhine Valley motorway A 5 Karlsruhe-Basel, exit Freiburg-Mitte.
• From the east via the Bodensee motorway A 81 and the road B 31 (Bundesstrasse 31)..

Arrival by plane:

• Via EUROAIRPORT Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg in one hour by bus.
  • Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg EuroAirport lies just inside Switzerland’s borders with France and Germany.
  • In fact, EuroAirport is on French soil, connected to Switzerland by a customs road, and is shared with Mulhouse (France) and Freiburg (Germany).
  • Getting from the EuroAirport to Freiburg itself takes less than an hour.
  • EasyJet provide most of the incoming flights to the Euroairport - flying regular services to Liverpool, Luton, Nice, Barcelona, amongst others.
  • The Airport Bus runs almost hourly (see http://www.freiburger-reisedienst.de for details).
  • Car rental from various major companies is also available at the airport.
• Via the airports Zürich, Strassburg, Stuttgart or Frankfurt in 2 to 3 hours by bus or car.
  • For those arriving in Frankfurt: trains run hourly from the airport in Frankfurt directly to Freiburg.
  • For those coming from overseas: the EuroAirport does not service transatlantic or transpacific flights.
  • Flights into Frankfurt, Zürich, London, Brussels, or Paris with connections to the EuroAirport are the easiest to arrange.
• There is a rapid ICE/IC direct rail connection to Freiburg from Frankfurt Airport.

Arrival by bus

• Südbaden Bus GmbH (SBG) also offers a frequent shuttle bus service to/from Freiburg (the “Hauptbahnhof,” the main train station) from early morning to midnight (see http://www.suedbadenbus.de).
• SBG is based at the Central Bus Station, which is located next to the Hauptbahnhof (main train station) - just a block away from the Dorint-Novotel.