Where to live in Freiburg as a student

Ranking of Freiburg's 35 areas with CityPulse's “Student” profile. What matters most: services on foot, protected cycle lanes, public green space and tree canopy. Preferred density: high.

What is the best area of Freiburg to live in as a student?

According to CityPulse: Haslach (96), Stühlinger (90) and Brühl-Beurbarung (88).

Freiburg areas ranked

#	Area	Score	Strength
1	Haslach	96 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
2	Stühlinger	90 · excellent	Public green space
3	Brühl-Beurbarung	88 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
4	Landwasser	88 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
5	Weingarten	87 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
6	Rieselfeld	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
7	Waldsee	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
8	Vauban	85 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
9	Oberau	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
10	Betzenhausen	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
11	Oberwiehre	84 · excellent	Public green space
12	Carl-Sieder-Hof	84 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
13	Haslach-Egerten	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
14	Brühl-Güterbahnhof	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
15	Alt-Betzenhausen	83 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
16	Mooswald	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
17	Lehen	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
18	Sternenhof	82 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
19	Wiehre	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
20	Uffhausen	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
21	Unterwiehre-Nord	81 · excellent	Protected cycle lanes
22	Haslach-Haid	79 · good	Protected cycle lanes
23	Altstadt	78 · good	Services on foot
24	Haslach-Schildacker	76 · good	Protected cycle lanes
25	Unterwiehre-Süd	74 · good	Tree canopy
26	Zähringen	74 · good	Protected cycle lanes
27	Bifänge	73 · good	Protected cycle lanes
28	Welchental	72 · good	Tree canopy
29	Sankt Georgen	71 · good	Services on foot
30	Neuburg	59 · fair	Tree canopy
31	Sechzehn Jauchert	58 · fair	Services on foot
32	Herdern	58 · fair	Services on foot
33	Kappel-Neuhäuser	43 · fair	Tree canopy
34	Wendlingen	34 · poor	Services on foot
35	Wonnhalde	26 · poor	Protected cycle lanes

What it does not consider

The ranking does not account for rents and house prices, noise, safety, or distance from university or work. Use it to decide where to look, then check the individual address.

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Areas are named after OpenStreetMap neighbourhoods and have approximate boundaries: each hexagon goes to the nearest name. Values are residents' medians. Data updated on 2026-11-05. Method and sources