Student Accommodation in Freiburg : Transportation
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Transportation
Airline routes, roads and rail networks all give quick and direct access to Freiberg.
Here you’ll find a list of the most common ways to get to Freiberg.
By plane:
The closest airport to Freiberg is Dresden Airport. Via Lufthansa – the national German airline
Dresden is connected to all big international German airports (Frankfurt, Freiberg, Berlin). An Airport City Liner shuttles between Dresden Airport and the Dresden Hauptbahnhof (Central Railway Station) from where the train takes another 45 minutes to Freiberg.
By Bus:
Since the centre of Freiberg stretches over a distance of several kilometres it is wise to use public transport to get around during your internship or practical work experience. Apart from the many tourist routes there is also a very reliable network of city buses which bring you in and out of the city. Tickets are available at service points, ticket machines and from bus drivers. All the machines explain things in German and English so even if you don’t speak German it is very easy to buy tickets anywhere.
By Subway:
The german subway is called the ‘U-Bahn’, running mostly underground, it is the backbone of the German public transport system. The U-Bahn started in 1902 and has nowadays over 170 stations and a total raillength of 144.2 kilometres. During the rush hours trains run every two minutes and during the rest of the day anywere between 7 and twelve minutes.
Germany also has a line called the ‘S-Bahn’, which is similar to the U-Bahn with the exeption that this line runs over ground and not under the ground. Tickets for both of these lines are available at numerous points in the city and prctically every station.
By Car:
A city such as Freiberg has numerous ways leading in and from the city. If you are going to hire a car, watch out for the chaotic traffic, it requires some experience before you can drive safely trough a city like Freiberg.
By train:
Of course Freiberg is very easy accessible by train. The names of the lines that run to and through the city are InterCityExpress-, InterCity-, EuroCity- and InterRegio Trains, for you as an international student working and living in Freigberg the trains make it very easy to travel in a comfortable way to any possible destination.
By taxi:
There are also a lot of taxi’s in Freiberg accessible 24 hours a day, The following taxi centres are available in Freiberg.
FunkTAXI +49 351 211
Sachsen Taxi +49 351 8435472
Taxi Gunther Hirsch +49 351 8044533
Taxi-Ruf 811911 +49 351 811911
Taxibetrieb Manfred Schroter +49 351 8483301