Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Winzerstüble €
(Hauptstrasse 18; Flammkuchen €6.50-9)
In the cobbled courtyard next to the tourist of-
fice, this wine tavern serves local produce and wine. Visitors can sample light, crisp
Flam-
mkuchen
with Müller-Thurgau and riesling wines.
GERMAN
Information
The
tourist office
( 930 143;
www.stadt-gengenbach.de
;
Im Winzerhof; 9am-5pm
Mon-Fri)
is in a courtyard just off Hauptstrasse.
Freiburg
0761 / POP 224,190
Sitting plump at the foot of the Black Forest's wooded slopes and vineyards, Freiburg is a
sunny, cheerful university town, its medieval Altstadt a story-book tableau of gabled town
houses, cobblestone lanes and cafe-rimmed plazas. Party-loving students spice up the loc-
al nightlife.
Blessed with 2000 hours of annual sunshine, this is Germany's warmest city. Indeed,
while neighbouring hilltop villages are still shovelling snow, the trees in Freiburg are
clouds of white blossom, and locals are already imbibing in canalside beer gardens. This
eco-trailblazer has shrewdly tapped into that natural energy to generate nearly as much
solar power as the whole of Britain, making it one of the country's greenest cities.
