Freiburg, Germany - My first glance at the eco sustainable city, July 2010 - Alessandro Passetti photography

Freiburg, Germany - My first glance at the eco sustainable city, July 2010

Countryside on the North-East of Freiburg

Korn fields between Wildtal and Heuweiler

The good bicycle rented at the "Cafè Velo" in the centre

"Connected to the sun", Kaiserstuhl (North-West of Freiburg)

"Connected to the sun #2", Kaiserstuhl

Vineyards in Kaiserstuhl, also called "The little Tuscany"

Lines in Kaiserstuhl

How to convert an old farm roof to something even more useful

The wind turbines in Rosskopf

Light rays on ferns, somewhere in the Black Forest (Schwarzwald)

View on Freiburg from Schlossberg terrace

Freiburg's roofs

Ice cream under Aristotle, Uni of Freiburg

Drinking on tables and benches taken into the river, Dreisam Ufercafé

Reading and relaxing on the Dreisam river

"Haaaa! my music...", Augustinerplatz

Bicycle lift!

Freiburg Hauptbahnhof and the solar tower on the right

Particular of the Solar tower's South facade

"Mobile" bicycle station and "Café Velo"

Solar panels powering the whole bicycle station

The tram and pedestrian bridge over the rail station

Freiburg Hauptbahnhof

Dog and Bächle

Rathausplatz

Freiburg historical centre traffic

Historische Kaufhaus

Chatting in Augustinerplatz

Along one of the channels

Eastern part of the centre and the Black Forest on the background

The bicycle path along the Dreisam river's bank

Seepark

Turtle and Water Lily flower at Seepark lake

Ducks at Seepark

Japanese garden nearby Seepark

The Schlossberg hill, beside the Black Forest hostel

Walls

The bicycle path along the Dreisam river's bank

Joe, bike-trial in Freiburg

Bike-trial in Freiburg

Bike-trial in Freiburg

Skating in the square behind the Uni

Let's go to Vauban...

Quartier Vauban - "We create the world as we like" (or something)

In Vauban

"You need mum or the school bus to move?" "Nahhh! not in Vauban!"

Gathering at the nice stream beside the houses in Vauban

Refreshing on the stream beside Vauban

Blue dragonfly on the stream

Playing at the lovely stream

Mums, bicycles and trailers

"Do your job as well!"

One of the several cars parked around Vauban for car-sharing

Bins for white glass only

Everything can be carried if you have a bike

Green on the passive houses in Vauban

"You're heavy!!" - "Yes dad!" :-P

Postwoman by bicycle in Vauban

The Sun Ship

Internal view of the Am Schlierberg district with "PlusEnergy" houses

Particular of a PlusEnergy house's photovoltaic roof

"Traffic" and signs in Am Schlierberg

The Heliotrope; the whole house follows the "sun rotation"

The Heliotrope from below

The road which links Vauban to the centre of Freiburg

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