Freiburg's top 10 events

How do athletes in Freiburg top up their carbohydrate reserves before and after the marathon? Of course: with a Maultaschen party. This is included in the entry fee for the Mein Marathon, which over 12,300 runners take part in every year in April, starting at Messe Freiburg. If you want to run a shorter distance, you can also register for the 10-kilometre run or half marathon. And another charming and typical Freiburg extra: the sports event is also a music highlight: several bands and DJs heat up the runners along the way.

For six days in July, you can get to know the wine-growing regions of Baden in a very special way: at the wine festival around Freiburg Minster, you can stroll past the stands with a glass in your hand, which are set up by winegrowers from the Markgräflerland, Breisgau, Kaiserstuhl and other important growing areas in the region. You can sample over 400 wines and sparkling wines here - as well as regional delicacies from cheese spaetzle to tarte flambée and Black Forest gateau.

Participants in this marathon, which is exclusively open to women, feel like la reine herself, i.e. a queen. Starting in Freiburg city centre, the route covers either 100 or 170 kilometres through the Markgräflerland and Kaiserstuhl wine regions, finishing at the Schlossberg (castle hill) in the Kastaniengarten; regional specialities and drinks are offered at gourmet stations along the way. So that these can be savoured in peace and quiet, the time is not taken from start to finish, but on individual sections of the route.