The Region

The Freiburg region is situated in the heart of Europe: it is intersected by key trade routes from north to south and from east to west. At the crossroads of these routes it provides optimum links to the European economic regions. 

There are over two million people living in an area of 8,680 square kilometres, which includes the conurbations of Basle (North West Switzerland) Colmar, Mulhouse (Upper Alsace) and Freiburg (Southern Baden). These European industrial centres are directly served by the EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg. There are also a number of landing strips for private business flights.

The Upper Rhine area is well-connected to the international railway network.

Soon the three European high-speed rail links ICE /TGV/Bahn 2000 will also offer connections to the region. The construction of the new Alp transverse link with a Gotthard base tunnel also creates a new avenue for long-distance transport.

Timetables:

of Deutschen Bahn AG
of Swiss Federal Railways
of French state-owned railway company

The Netherlands, Germany, France, Switzerland, Italy and Spain can be reached via the motorways Hamburg - Frankfurt - Basel - Milan and Mulhouse - Lyon - Marseille - Barcelona.

15 million tons of goods are transported along the Rhine, Europe’s most important waterway, between nine ports from Basle to Strasbourg.