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Day Trip to Fribourg, Switzerland (29Mar08)
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Abahnya has been talking about going to Fribourg. We decided to visit Fribourg town itself especially the Old Town... It was beautiful and fantastic.. the town was built along hilly area and sungai called the Sarine river so the bulk of our time spent on turun bukit and naik bukit... luckily we brought along two strollers so that both Ashraf and Afif did not need to walk much... After few photo shots, we decided to head back to our parking place... tapi ibu tak larat nak naik bukit so we opted to take the furnicular train up... it was only two-minute journey but cantik tengok the old town sepanjang lereng bukit... very unique because the furnicular train operates using water... two furnicular trains balanced by each other...
More info of Fribourg from Wikipedia:
| Quote: | Fribourg (French), (German: Freiburg or Freiburg im Üechtland, often Fribourg) is the capital of the Swiss canton of Fribourg and the district of Sarine. It is located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss plateau, and is an important economic, administrative and educational center on the cultural border between German and French Switzerland (Romandy). Its Old City, one of the best maintained in Switzerland, sits on a small rocky hill above the valley of the Sarine.
Fribourg has an elevation of 581 meters (in the Old City), and is situated 28 kilometers southwest of Bern. It is located on the Swiss plateau, and extends on both sides of the Saane/Sarine River, which, in the vicinity of Fribourg, has cut deeply into the molasse. The Old City is located on a hill, only about 100 meters wide, which rises about 40 meters above the valley floor. Most quarters of the city are located on the High Plateau and the surrounding hills, which have an average elevation of 620m. The valley floor is only settled in the area immediately around the Old City.
Fribourg is a day trip destination for tourists who want to visit the sights of the city. These include the historic Old City with its Gothic Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, and the museums. The Natural History Museum was founded in 1873, and is now located in the natural sciences building at the University. The Museum of Art and History, located in the Ratzéhof since 1920, has exhibits on ancient and early history, sculpture and paintings, traditional tin figures, arts and crafts, as well as money and graphic collections. In the cathedral, a treasure chamber has been on display since 1992. Other museums include the Swiss Museum of Marionnettes, the Swiss Sewing Machine Museum, and a beer museum.
Fribourg has preserved its medieval center as a whole that is now one of the largest in Europe. It is located on a spectacular pensinula, surrounded on three sides by the Saane/Sarine river. The architecture of the Old City date primarily from the Gothic period; it was built predominately before the 16th century. Most houses are built of the local molasse stone. Consisting of the neighborhoods Bourg, Auge and Neuveville, its old town is rich in fountains and churches dating from the 12th century until the 17th century. Its Gothic cathedral, reaching 76 meters in height, was built between 1283 and 1490. The fortifications of Fribourg form the most important medieval military architecture of Switzerland: 2 kilometers of ramparts, 14 towers and one big bulwark. The protections are especially well preserved east and south of the city. |
Old Town Fribourg
Old Town Fribourg
Near one of the 11 historic fountain
Old Town Fribourg
One of the bridges over Sarine river
Another view of the bridge
Abah across Sarine River
Another view of the bridge
Old Town Fribourg
Bern Bridge
Sarine river
Old Town Fribourg
Afif n Ashraf dlm furnicular train
View from furnicular train
View from furnicular train
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