- Tourist Information
- Map
- Freiburg Christmas market location
- Opening times
- What to buy
- What you can see
- Freiburg Münster (Minster of Our Lady | Cathedral of Freiburg)
- Münsterplatz
- Schwabentor
- Historical Merchants’ Hall
- Freiburg Bächle
- Augustiner Museum
Tourist Information
Type | Christmas market |
Getting there | Airport: “Euroairport” Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg (IATA: BSL, MLH, EAP) Train: Freiburg Hauptbahnhof Freiburg is an Intercity Express-station between Frankfurt and Basel. Car: Freiburg is connected to the German autobahn system via autobahn A 5 Bus: FlixBus.de and DeinBus.de connect Freiburg with the rest of the country and other European cities. |
Freiburg Tourist Office | Freiburg Wirtschaft Touristik und Messe GmbH & Co. KG Rathausgasse 33 79098 Freiburg im Breisgau Tel: (0761) 388101 Fax: (0761) 3881398 E-Mail: touristik@fwtm.freiburg.de |
Location | Baden-Württemberg, Germany, Europe |
Map
Freiburg Christmas market location
Located in the very heart of Freiburg’s beautiful old historical quarter, the Freiburg Christmas Market is held on the Rathausplatz, the Franziskanerstraße, the Unterlindenplatz, and the Kartoffelmarkt.
Opening times
19th November – 23rd December
Monday – Saturday: 10 am – 8.30 pm
Sunday: 11.30 am – 7.30 pm
What to buy
The Freiburg Christmas Market offers visitors a wide range of traditional arts and crafts from the Black Forest region, including straw shoes and colorful wooden toys.

What you can see
Freiburg Münster (Minster of Our Lady | Cathedral of Freiburg)
Freiburg Münster, with its towering height and Gothic architecture, is the city’s most distinctive landmark.
Location: Münsterplatz, 79098 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Open: Monday–Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm, Sunday from 1 pm to 7 pm
Münsterplatz
Surrounding the minster is a pedestrian square, surrounded by historic monuments and scenes of a market that trades every day of the week except Sundays. There are 96 regional produce stalls on the north side, and 65 on the south side selling anything from exotic spices to handicrafts.
Schwabentor
One of two remaining old city gates
Historical Merchants’ Hall
Also on the south side of Münsterplatz is a magnificent Renaissance building constructed as a market storehouse.
Freiburg Bächle
Small canals crisscross the streets of the inner city.
Augustiner Museum
On Augustinerplatz a former Augustinian monastery has been converted into a stylish gallery for art from the Middle Ages to the Baroque.