Getting To Freiburg PDF Print E-mail

Arrival by train:

  • Freiburg is within the network of the European railway system
  • Freiburg is an Intercity Express-station between Frankfurt and Basel.
  • So Freiburg is readily accessible by express from all directions, e.g. from Frankfurt in about 2 hours.

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.