Fribourg Old Town
Fribourg / Freiburg
A bilingual old town on the edge of the Saane gorge, home to the Gothic St. Nicholas Cathedral and a funicular. It is one of Switzerland's best-preserved medieval towns.
Fribourg straddles the German-French language boundary. Its old town is built along the steep gorge of the Saane River and preserves more than 200 medieval buildings. Visitors can climb the tower of St. Nicholas Cathedral, which contains Art Nouveau stained glass. In the lower town there are an old bridge and a covered wooden bridge. A funicular dating from 1899, counterweighted with sewage, links the upper and lower towns. The Tinguely–Saint Phalle Museum is also here. The train from Bern takes about 25 minutes, and it makes an ideal half-day trip.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Murten / Morat
- Gurten
- Aare River Swim & Marzilibad
- Tierpark Dählhölzli
- Federal Palace & Bundesplatz
- Käfigturm
- Kunstmuseum Bern
- Swiss Alpine Museum