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I have been living in Freiburg for about 16 years, and honestly, it was the best time in my life! Sine I had to move away I am missing that city and feel homesick when remembering Freiburg!
I also have been living in Freiburg for about 16 years and it wasn't the best time of my life at all. It seems to be a good town for students, eco-fundamentalists, wealthy pensioners and tourists, but not for open-minded normal people or for those who value a good cultural programme.
I'm from the Netherlands, and have been living in Freiburg for 4 years now. The rent is expensive and its impossible to buy a house in Freiburg. But that's a general problem in Germany and the Netherlands. Despite that, I like to live in the city a lot. It has everything a city has, but is small and sometimes feels village like. At the same time, although living in the city, in multiple directions one is very quickly in nature. Be it a mountains, lakes, forests, etc. Not far away at all. And there's lots of interesting cultural events. The only thing I hate about it is that it's so green (also politically) that it's extremely car unfriendly. Freiburg could really profit from modernising their traffic light system, crossroads etc. And above all create a ring for all the traffic that doesn't even want to be in Freiburg but just want to get to the other side. For some weird reason all the traffic has to go right through the city. Aside from that weirdness, having the Hochschwarzwald so nearby ist just magical :)
I'm from the Netherlands, and have been living in Freiburg for 4 years now. The rent is expensive and its impossible to buy a house in Freiburg. But that's a general problem in Germany and the Netherlands. Despite that, I like to live in the city a lot. It has everything a city has, but is small and sometimes feels village like. At the same time, although living in the city, in multiple directions one is very quickly in nature. Be it a mountains, lakes, forests, etc. Not far away at all. And there's lots of interesting cultural events. The only thing I hate about it is that it's so green (also politically) that it's extremely car unfriendly. Freiburg could really profit from modernising their traffic light system, crossroads etc. And above all create a ring for all the traffic that doesn't even want to be in Freiburg but just want to get to the other side. For some weird reason all the traffic has to go right through the city. Aside from that weirdness, having the Hochschwarzwald so nearby ist just magical :)
Fun little fact for horror fans: At 2:21, there is an archway across the street (on the right). If you walk through it, you stand right in front of the Dance School from the legendary horror movie Suspiria. I love walking past that building.
I am currently vacationing in Freiburg and would like to add, that the public transport system here is one of least pricey ones in all of Germany. I am staying in a small village in the vinyards ca 18 km outside Freiburg and can use a bus every 20 minutes which takes me to the nearest tram into the city at less than 7€ for a day-ticket with unlimited use of any public transport be it bus, tram, or metro. Even the cable to the top of nearby mountain Schauinsland is included in the ticket.
0:05 Münster in North Rhine-Westphalia has 600,000 bicycles but just 300k people So when you think of a bicycle city in Germany, you always immediately think of Münster and not Freiburg.
1:03 that's not correct "Freiburg has a total of 195 km of constructed cycle paths" But "The cycle path network within the city of Münster extends over a total length of over 300 km"
@@iodiimelita7999 nice, but when you are in debt you can't get it. Super sweet. I mean at least in Germany the guys check, whether you have Money or not, in opposite of the US😂
Public transport is comparatively cheap in Freiburg, even without the Deutschlandticket. Sure, 60€ for the Regiokarte every month might seem like a lot, in other cities the same thing costs double or triple the amount.
The one problem Freiburg has it's the price, though. Getting a flat can take you a year or two. Getting a payable flat is neigh impossible. For the 10 or so years I lived there disposable income was an unattainable dream.
I spend my youth there in the 90ies, came back a few years ago and I think it's horrible. Gentrification hit so hard I can reant a 3 room place in the next city for the same price of a sleeping box in Freiburg. All shops have been turned into affiliations of the same chains as everywhere. Half the grassed areas from the 90ies are now covered in concrete, the trees which gave shade are gone. Yes, the city did well on traffic, but failed at everything else. About noone who works there can afford to live there. Green-left do a lot of claims and promises but fail to deliver.
It’s a major case of the grass being greener on the other side. The city has potential but it’s ruined by its people. Before you take your pitchforks out, I’m not even talking about foreigners and refugees. Myself being a foreigner here, too.
I feel that city is pretty good for living, but junkies in Colombia park right over city center and near central station scare me. Moreover, allocation places are running low, prices for accomodation getting skyrocketed by amount of people who wanna settle down here. Soon or later it's gonna be overcrowded
@@arnodobler1096 That is admittedly a plus for Freiburg - Kaiserstuhl and Schwarzwald nearby, basically neighboring Switzerland and France. If one is into hiking it is a great place naturewise.
