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 Sun-Ship solar-powered
building by Nemorino
Behind it is a "solar community" consisting of "plus-energy houses" that generate their own energy from regenerative sources. The goal of "plus-energy" construction is to cover the total energy requirement of the house in a regenerative way and even to produce a surplus. Leave a Comment
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 Construction site on Eichhalde by Nemorino
This particular house, on a street called Eichhalde which is part of the Freiburg Bicycle Loop Trail, is being built with (they say) a "small power plant in your own house", using Stirling technology in combination with solar panels. Leave a Comment
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 Speciality of Alsace -
Flammenkuchen by Zandra
In the brochure there's a map with all the Straussen marked out, but it is not very detailed, and even if you have another map, it can still be tricky to find the way to the Strausse you have picked out, so be sure to give yourself plenty of time to find it. The Straussen can look a little bit different, but at least the ones I've been to were cozy basement Straussen with robust farmer's furniture, located in small picturesque villages. As I mentioned earlier, these restaurants are small, narrow and crowded, thus it gets warm and loud, but that's all part of the charm!
The food is very simple (usually only products from the farm are used) and there are not many dishes to choose from, but most of them taste very good, and they are cheap too! My favorites are the 'Bibelskäse', a kind of fresh soft cheese served on dark bread, and the 'Flammenkuchen' (served on a wooden platter), which is similar to pizza, but the topping consist only of bacon, onion and sour cream.
Last but not least: DON'T try to order a beer; in a genuine Strausse only wine (the house wine) is served! You might want to try the 'Traubensaft' (grape juice) though, it's delicious. Also the 'Apfelsaft' (apple juice) is really good.
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 "draw breath by god" by chancayLeave a Comment
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You will see the typical houses of Black Forest / Schwarzwald mainly in the outskirts of Freiburg and in the nearby villages : These extra-high roofs are typical for the Schwarzwald-houses, and they made sense because the winters used to be strong and the snow would slide down easyly. Another quite interesting detail are the balconies that run around the houses, mostly totally covered by the overhanging roofs of the building.
On my 4th picture you can see the typical kind of Schwarzwald-facade : thin pieces of wood, fixed like shindles. Leave a Comment
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Close to Freiburg you will find one of the best specialists for restoring vintage cars of all types :
British Classic Cars in D-79286 Glottertal - Talstraße 14
I have been there several times, admiring these wonderful cars, that are unfortunately totally out of my financial range. To a certain extent you may take a look at these cars, when you are lucky to find a nice soul letting you into the big hall. A few cars are also standing outside of the Garage.
In any case, for car-enthousiasts there is also one of the best collections of rare vintage-cars close to Freiburg :
The Schlumpf-Collection in Muhouse/France
just a bit more than 1 hour to drive from Freiburg : The world's largest collection of rare Bugattis, a giant collection of racing-cars and a lot more. The brothers Schlumpf had spent all of their fortune buying cars and restoring them, finally they were bancrupt and had to flee the country
Enlarge my other pics and you will see some of their best cars on my self-made-postcard, using my best pics of the museum or click here for my Mulhouse-page Leave a Comment
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 Fasnacht by chancayLeave a Comment
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In Ravenna-Schlucht, where Goethe did walk and made some of his drawings you will see some large machineries, like they were used in order to cutting the trees of the black Forest. Using the woods in order to build furniture was the main income for the local people of Black Forest / Schwarzwald for many centuries. In Ravenna - Schlucht, quite close to Hofgut Sternen you can see this interesting machinery, cutting the wood, as a part of various exhibits about local industry of former centuries !
This exhibition is totally free of charge and you can see it any time ! Leave a Comment
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Baechle is the local expression for a tiny river and also for this interesting system of tiny artificial "waterways", that you will find running through the centre of Freiburg.These Baechle are just about 30cm wide and 5-10 cm deep, big enough to step inside accidentially, while crossing the street. The water comes from a natural small river, that was totally replaced by these artificial waterways in the centre of town and led back to its natural bed outside of the centre again.
Stepping in is not so very dangerous, your shoes will get wet, BUT NOT filled with water, the bigger problem is that you might stumble and fall, so be carefull ! Leave a Comment
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 Alte Wache - Haus der
badischen Weine by Loeffle
Recently I read somewhere that wines from Habsburg have the best price/quality relation in Europe. Well, either these words come from a bit patriot or someone who never tasted wine from Baden. How could bad quality soil mediocre climate wine compete with wine who grows under medieval climate on volcanic soil?
Besides wine from Baden never were never part of any "quality faking scancals" like some wines of Austria, Hungary, Italy and France - not to mention those from oversea which are not always controlled due to European standard.
So if you don't travel by car (or have some days to spend in the region) I recommend you to go to Alte Wache - House of Baden's Wine and taste some of it. Anyway you have to make a reservation there before "tasting" your wine, because preparations have to be done. They offer several types of wine tasting (six or nine different wines), as well as some small regional dishes in addition. Wine tasting is possible every day AFTER reservation in advance.
After wine tasting you are also able to buy the wine you liked best (prices from 4 ? to ...). But you can also order online, of course. If I may recommend the "Probierpäckle" (see link" for you to get a first taste of Baden's wine.
If you don't like a formal wine tasting in a group, just go to one of the (small!) wine shops in old town, and ask if you can taste one of their wine. Of course they hope you will buy some of it afterwards ...
Enjoy it ...! Freiburg is not like Black Forest a pure beer region, here wine rules as well!
Alte Wache can be found easily on Münsterplatz just right behind the Münster church. Leave a Comment
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