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mural of St George slaying the dragon and tram tracks running under its arches.
Schlossberg
(Schlossbergring; cable car one way/return €2.80/5; 9am-10pm, shorter hours in
winter)
The forested Schlossberg dominates Freiburg. Take the footpath opposite the
Schwabentor, leading up through sun-dappled woods, or hitch a ride on the recently re-
stored Schlossbergbahn
cable car
. If you're keen to do some serious hiking, several trails
begin here, including those to St Peter (17km) and Kandel (25km).
The little peak is topped by the ice-cream-cone-shaped
Aussichtsturm
(lookout tower).
From here, Freiburg spreads photogenically before you - the spire of the Münster soaring
above a jumble of red gables, framed by the dark hills of the Black Forest.
VIEWPOINT, WALK
Rathausplatz
(Town Hall Square;
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)
Freiburg locals hang out by the fountain in chestnut-
shaded Rathausplatz. On its western side, note the red-sandstone, step-gabled
Neues
SQUARE
Across the way is the mid-16th-century
Altes Rathaus
(Old City Hall;
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;
Universtitatstrasse)
, a flamboyant, ox-blood-red edifice, embellished with gilt swirls and
crowned by a clock and a fresco of the twin-headed Habsburg eagle.
attention with its covered cloister. Once part of a Franciscan monastery, the church was
severely damaged in WWII; it was rebuilt in the ascetic style typical of this mendicant or-
der.
Haus zum Walfisch
(House of the Whale;
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;
Franziskanerstrasse)
Across the street from the Martin-
skirche is its architectural antithesis, the marvellously extravagant Haus zum Walfisch,
whose late-Gothic oriel is garnished with two impish gargoyles.
LANDMARK
Archäologisches Museum
MUSEUM
