Fribourg
Fribourg is a city in Switzerland that is also the canton's capital and economic centre. The city was founded in 1157 by Herzog Berthold IV of Zaehringen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cathedral of St Nicholas and BCF Arena.
Cathedral of St Nicholas
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fribourg Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Fribourg, Switzerland, built in the Gothic style, on a rocky outcrop 50 metres above the river Sarine, dominating the medieval town below.
BCF Arena
Stadium
Photo: Stynn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
BCF Arena is an indoor sporting arena in Fribourg, Switzerland. Built in 1983 and then completely rebuilt from 2018 to 2020, the capacity of the arena is 9,262 spectators.
Fribourg/Freiburg railway station
Railway station
Photo: Lloyd, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fribourg/Freiburg railway station serves the municipality of Fribourg, capital of the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. Opened in 1862, it is owned and operated by SBB-CFF-FFS.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villars-sur-Glâne and Marly.
Villars-sur-Glâne
Town
Photo: DidiWeidmann, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villars-sur-Glâne is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Villars-sur-Glâne is situated 3½ km southwest of Fribourg.
Marly
Village
Marly is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Its German name is Mertenlach, but this is no longer common, although still in regional use.
Fribourg
- Type: Locality with 38,200 residents
- Also known as: “CH2196”
- Location: Sarine District, Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
46.8042° or 46° 48′ 15″ northLongitude
7.1597° or 7° 9′ 35″ eastPopulation
38,200Elevation
554 metres (1,818 feet)Open location code
8FR9R535+MVGeoNames ID
7285870
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Fribourg” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فريبورغ”
- Arpitan: “Fribôrg”
- Basque: “Friburgo”
- Belarusian: “Горад Фрыбур”
- Bulgarian: “Фрибур”
- Catalan: “Friburg”
- Chechen: “Фрибур”
- Chinese: “弗里堡”
- Esperanto: “Friburgo”
- French: “Fribourg”
- Galician: “Friburgo”
- Georgian: “ფრიბური”
- German: “Freiburg im Üechtland”
- Hebrew: “פריבור”
- Icelandic: “Freiburg”
- Italian: “Friburgo”
- Japanese: “フリブール”
- Javanese: “Canton Fribourg”
- Korean: “프리부르”
- Latin: “Friburgum Nuithonum”
- Latvian: “Fribūra”
- Lithuanian: “Fribūras”
- Lombard: “Friburgh”
- Neapolitan: “Friburgo”
- Persian: “فریبورگ”
- Piemontese: “Friborgh”
- Polish: “Fryburg”
- Portuguese: “Friburgo”
- Romansh: “Friburg”
- Russian: “Фрибур”
- Serbian: “Фрибур/Фрајбург”
- Sicilian: “Friburgu”
- Spanish: “Friburgo”
- Tosk Albanian: “Freiburg im Üechtland”
- Ukrainian: “Фрібур”
- Volapük: “Freiburg”
- Western Panjabi: “فریبرگ”
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