Fribourg

Fribourg (German: Freiburg or Freiburg im Üechtland, ofttimes Fribourg; Italian: Friburgo or Friborgo) is the uppercase of the Swiss canton of Fribourg together with the district of Sarine. It is located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss plateau, together with is an of import economic, administrative together with educational pump on the cultural edge betwixt High German together with French Switzerland (Romandy). Its Old City, ane of the best maintained inwards Switzerland, sits on a modest rocky loma higher upwards the valley of the Sarine.
 View of Fribourg

Transport

Roads
The town lies on the erstwhile primary route from Bern to Vevey, together with acts equally an access indicate to Payerne, Murten together with Thun. The connexion to the Swiss state highway network was established inwards 1971 amongst the opening of the A12 state highway from Bern to Matran, which was extended inwards 1981 to Vevey. The Swiss east-west A1 from the West Bern bypasses the town to the northward together with west, solely affecting the communities of Tälchen together with Chamblioux. The access points of Fribourg-Sud together with Fribourg-North are each almost 3 km from the metropolis centre.
 Valley of the Sarine close Fribourg

Railway
The connexion to the railway network, was accomplished inwards several stages from 1860. Initially, the railway business from Bern to Fribourg opened on 2 July 1860 amongst a temporary final at Balliswil almost four km northward of the city, equally the Grandfey Viaduct over the Saanegraben was non nevertheless finished. On four September 1862, the whole of the business from Balliswil to Lausanne via Fribourg opened, amongst a temporary station at Fribourg, until the permanent edifice opened inwards 1873. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 business to Payerne opened on 25 August 1876 together with to Murten on 23 August 1898.
 Fribourg Tour de Bourguillon

Public
A funicular railway has been operated from the Neuveville district to the upper metropolis since 1899 yesteryear the sewage works. From 1897 to 1965 inwards Fribourg in that location was a 6-kilometre (3.7 mi) long tram network inwards operation, amongst the trams replaced from 1949 amongst trolley buses. The electrical current jitney network is instantly operated yesteryear the Transports publics Fribourgeois, amongst connections to Bulle, Avenches, Schmitten, Schwarzenburg together with inwards the tourist portion Schwarzsee.
 Fribourg City Hall

Airport
The regional Bern-Belp Airport is an threescore minutes away from the area.
Maigrauge Abbey inwards Fribourg

Culture together with tourism
Fribourg is a hateful solar daytime trip destination for tourists who desire to view the sights of the city. These include the historic Old City amongst its Gothic Cathedral of Saint Nicholas renowned for its stained drinking glass windows designed yesteryear Józef Mehoffer, together with the museums. The Natural History Museum was founded inwards 1873, together with is instantly located inwards the natural sciences edifice at the University. The Museum of Art together with History, located inwards the Ratzéhof since 1920, has exhibits on ancient together with early on history, sculpture together with paintings, traditional tin figures, arts together with crafts, besides equally coin together with graphic collections. In the cathedral, a treasure sleeping accommodation has been on display since 1992. Other museums include the Swiss Museum of Marionnettes, the Swiss Sewing Machine Museum, the Gutenberg Museum together with a beer museum.
 Saane/Sarine river close the city

Cultural experiences include the festival of religious music, the international folklore convention, the jazz parade, an international cinema festival together with Cinéplus (since 1972).
 Zaehringen twosome crossing the Sarine

Like its sis metropolis Bern, Fribourg has preserved its medieval pump equally a whole that is instantly ane of the largest inwards Europe. It is located on a spectacular peninsula, surrounded on iii sides yesteryear the Saane/Sarine river. The architecture of the Old City appointment primarily from the Gothic period; it was built predominately earlier the 16th century. Most houses are built of the local molasse stone. Consisting of the neighborhoods Bourg, Auge together with Neuveville, its erstwhile town is rich inwards fountains together with churches dating from the twelfth century until the 17th century. Its cathedral, reaching 76 metres (249 ft) inwards height, was built betwixt 1283 together with 1490. The fortifications of Fribourg shape the most of import medieval military machine architecture of Switzerland: 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) of ramparts, fourteen towers together with ane large bulwark. The protections are particularly good preserved E together with southward of the city.
 TPF trolley jitney inwards Fribourg
Fribourg Hôtel Ratzé

































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