Log on to RailEurope.com or eurail.com for train tickets from international European destinations, or bahn.com to book train tickets to Freiberg on the German rail network.
Select your departure station and dates of travel to find rail tickets to Freiburg.
Enter your credit card information to buy tickets from Frankfurt, Mannheim/Karlsruhe, Höllentalbahn or Basel on express trains, all of which stop at the Freiburg station.
Purchase tickets at main train stations, including the Frankfurt airport, in person on the day of travel if you want to give yourself some flexibility.
Show your ticket to the train conductor once on board.
Walk east for about 10 minutes into the city center.
Book a flight to Frankfurt, Zürich, London, Brussels or Paris on an international carrier, if flying from overseas.
Book a flight from one of those cities to Freiburg on EasyJet, British Airways, Air France, Lufthansa, Air Berlin, XL Airways or Swiss Air, all of which serve the small "Euroairport," located centrally between Mulhouse in France, Basel in Switzerland and Freiburg.
Buy a ticket on the airport bus, the Freiburger Reisedienst, at the bus station attached to EuroAirport.
Rent a car from Europcar or Avis, alternately, to drive yourself to Freiburg. Follow the A5-E35 across the German border and into Freiburg, a 50-minute journey from the airport.
Rent a car from the airport or city you are coming from and buy a road map of the German Autobahn.
Drive north or south on the A5 for access to Freiburg. This route passes just west of the city.
Take A81 west from eastern Germany and exit onto B31, which will take you to Freiburg.
Exit the motorway at the Freiburg-Mitte exit point.