The German city of Freiburg is considered a pioneer in environmentally friendly urban development. DW Travel guide Lukas Stege explores the city on the edge of the Black Forest using sustainable transportation like a bike or a longboard. His trip through Freiburg leads him from the Münster Market to the Vauban district. Come and join him!

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  1. Vauban's Block-type thermal power plant being seen as sustainable is a quite old misconception isn't it? Haven't we clarified that burning wood isn't the "greenest" way to produce energy and definitely not co2 neutral?

  2. I lived in Freiburg until I was 18 (which is only 1,5 years ago) and I can confirm that it really is a very beatiful and modern city with many green parts and a great public transportation system. The biggest problems are, as mentioned, the very high rents, they are among the highest in all of Germany.
    9:10 This is NOT the way from Himmelreich to Freiburg! It´s the way from Freiburg to Günterstal (a part of Freiburg on paper, but it looks more like a village. You can see it at 9:25 in the background.) Anyway, good documentary about my home town 🙂

  3. Just to be clear, the uneven and messy appearance of the buildings in Vauban (shown here) has nothing to do with sustainability at all.

  4. I lived and studied in Freiburg for 3 years. I still want to go back and live there the rest of my life. I fell in love with this town

  5. I love Freiburg im Breisgau Munster is a historically monument in this beautiful students town universtyes, Thomas Morris school 🏫, Goethe institute is the best. Real natives are always kind and open hearts.(Feirling beer 🍺😉garden and Rothaus, Ganther beer are the best)

  6. Freiburg Germany always very paradise, wonderful, beautiful, safe, tidy and clean, that is, it is the best public transport 😍😍😍😍😍❤❤❤❤❤

  7. I was born and raised in Freiburg, and i moved to Stuttgart after 17years.
    I still love this city, and go there as much as i can.
    It is so different, in the way of living… everything happens outside, and you have so many options there.

  8. @Dw travel. I would like to put proposal for same under fact finding mission. To do
    Sustainable travel for 10-14 days ( probably create a photo series/ video series or a small conclusive document) in Freiburg or Cologne through walks, biking, trains/trams thus to know about city's sustainable architecture under SDG Goal 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities and to gather information on how they worked on the mission to "Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable".

    I need contacts and names of people like local Guides, or agency or better one point of contact from airport to airport helping in getting from sustainable hotels/ B&B s to city tours to fun activities to back to airport after the trip. Is it possible, if you can share some information as I will connect and put it in my proposal. Thank you.

  9. Don't take Nextbike bike rentals, if you come to Germany. I have been fined 20 $ twice !!, bad bikes that break down and you end up paying for it. Customer care is grumpy and rude … not at all what Freiburg stands for.

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