Culture and Media
City Library
The city library offers a wide range of newspapers and magazines in English, Italian, Spanish, French and Russian. You can find books for entertainment and information as well as books on German as a foreign language. In addition, there are many books for beginners in German and a selection of novels and short stories in English, French, Spanish, Turkish, Russian and Italian. You can read the books in the library or
borrow them to take home. The children's library offers books in German, French, English and Spanish.
The city library also offers CDs and CD-ROMs you can also borrow to learn German, but also other languages such as English, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Arabic, Russian and Chinese. The DVDs and Blu-Ray disks with different language options and subtitles are also interesting for people interested in foreign languages.
The music library offers CDs from different countries in the category "World Music". There are also 10 Internet workstations in the city library.
Who will help me find my way around the library?
There are regular orientation sessions in the use of the library. If you want to get to know the library as a group, please call (0761) 2 01-22 07 to make an individual appointment for an orientation session. You can find the opening hours and more information in the Official Journal of the City of Freiburg and on the Internet at www.freiburg.de/stadtbibliothek
Volkshochschule
The Volkshochschule (VHS) is Freiburg's largest educational institution. It offers affordable adult education courses on various subjects and for different target groups.
The free program brochure is published twice a year. It is distributed to all households and is available in the VHS classrooms. More information is available on the Internet at
www.vhs-freiburg.de
Intercultural Art and Culture
The artistic organization of intercultural diversity is an important task of city-wide cultural work. The City has its own centre to promote inter-cultural experiences and support the work of artists. Information and contact:
Culture Department of the City of Freiburg (Kulturamt der Stadt Freiburg)
Sachgebiet Interkulturelle Kunst und Kultur -
Municipal centre for artists in the area of intercultural relations
- Advice for artists in implementing project ideas
- Possible financial support (Arts Promotion)
- Organiser and partner of intercultural art and cultural events
Books, magazines and electronic media
City Library (Stadtbibliothek)
Provision and loan of media for recreational, educational and information purposes
- Books, magazines, newspapers, music scores, city maps, digital
media, DVDs, Blu-Ray disks, audio book CDs, music CDs, CDs and DVD-ROMs, console software and board games - The City Library is wheelchair-accessible
Please bring:
Please bring a valid identity card or passport to register for a library card.
Mobile Library (Fahrbibliothek)
Provision and loan of media for recreational, educational and information purposes
Various stops (see bus schedule at www.freiburg.de/stadtbibliothek)
- Books, magazines, digital media, DVDs, audio book CDs, music CDs, CDs and DVD-ROMs, console software and board games
- The Mobile Library is wheelchair-accessible.
Please bring:
Please bring a valid identity card or passport to register for a library card.
District Library Haslach (Stadtteilbibliothek Haslach)
Provision and loan of media for recreational, educational and information purposes
- Books, magazines, newspapers, digital media, DVDs, Blu-Ray disks, audio book CDs, music CDs, CDs and DVD-ROMs and console software
- The District Library is wheelchair-accessible
Please bring:
Please bring a valid identity card or passport to register for a library card.
District Library Mooswald (Stadtteilbibliothek Mooswald)
Provision and loan of media for recreational, educational and information purposes
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Books, magazines, newspapers, digital media, DVDs, Blu-Ray disks, audio book CDs, music CDs, CDs and DVD-ROMs and console software - The District Library is wheelchair-accessible.
Please bring:
Please bring a valid identity card or passport to register for a library card.
Rieselfeld District Media Library for Children and Youths (Kinder- und Jugendmediothek Rieselfeld)
Provision and loan of media for recreational, educational and information purposes
- Books, magazines, newspapers, digital media, DVDs, audio book CDs, music CDs, CDs and DVD-ROMs, console software and board games
- The children’s and youth media library is wheelchair-accessible.
Please bring:
Please bring a valid identity card or passport to register for a library card.
Newspapers and Magazines
InZeitung
A multicultural newspaper, published by Inforum e. V. Freiburg. It is published three to four times a year and is enclosed with the Official Journal.
Newspaper for Turkish Readers (Zeitung für türkeistämmige Leserschaft)
Baden Haber - For more information, go to
Quarterly magazine in Italian and German (Vierteljährliche Zeitschrift in italienischer und deutscher Sprache)
Il friburghese - For more information, go to
Magazine focusing on Brazil (Zeitschrift mit dem Fokus Brasilien)
Published twice a year by Brasilieninitiative Freiburg
Brazil News
For more information, go to
Original Films
Community cinema in the "Alter Wiehrebahnhof" (Kommunales Kino im alten Wiehrebahnhof)
CinemaxX
Friedrichsbau cinema (Friedrichsbau-Lichtspiele)
Harmonie Kino Freiburg
Foreign Language Broadcasts
Radio Dreyeckland
IAS editorial office – in other languages
SWR International
Editorial staff for migration and integration