Freiburg im Breisgau is famous in planning spheres for its high rates of biking, walkable suburbs, and green ways of building. Mike Eliason has sung the praises here of the German Black Forest city for its Baugruppen housing approach and famed Vauban. Intriguingly too is that though Freiburg was originally a Medieval city, it was rebuilt after World War II and mostly doubled down on the old form of city building. Jason Slaughter of Not Just Bikes recently visited to highlight what it’s got going for it and what other cities can learn from it.
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