Freiburg

Freiburg, der schönste Stadt der Welt, or the most beautiful place in the world, as it has been described. Not only is it a very pretty place, but it is also the hottest place in Germany in the summer. I have visited Freiburg twice as part of an exchange with my school, once in year 10 and the second time, more recently in year 12. Both times I fully enjoyed my experience, and although only I was only there for 7 days both times, we managed to get quite a lot out of the region, one of the highlights being the trip to the Europaprk, a theme park not too far away from the city centre. Europapark can be reached from the main train station in Freiburg through a bus ...  Read the complete review

One of my favourite places in the world is Freiburg. When I was younger we used to go on holidays travelling all round Europe in our car, usually staying with Eurocamp, but occasionally splashing out on a hotel. Freiburg was one of the times (and a few times after this) that we "spalached out" on a hotel. A novotel to be exact, we're classy like that. ahem. Anyway, Freiburg is a beautiful city and from the times I've been it seemed to me to be very metropolitan. There are many shops there and hundreds of little back alleys where you find amazing shops full of old cuckoo clocks, or antiques or wonderful little restaurants. Guidebooks ...  Read the complete review