Fribourg (French pronunciation: [fʁiˈbuʁ]; Arpitan: Fribôrg or Friboua [fʁiˈbwa] ) or Freiburg (also called Freiburg im Üechtland [ˈfraɪbʊrɡ ɪm ˈyːəçtland] for disambiguation from Freiburg im Breisgau; Swiss German: Frybùrg [ˈfrib̥ʊrɡ̊]; Italian: Friburgo or Friborgo; Romansh: Friburg) is the capital of the Swiss canton of Fribourg and the district La Sarine. It is located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss Plateau, and is a major 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.
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| Name | Since | Distance | |||
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| Urbirun Bern en fr | 26.4km | site_izi | |||
| Urbirun Yverdon-les-Bains de en fr | 39.7km | site_izi | |||
| Klingende Sammlung | 2019 | 26.9km | site_ao | ||
| St. Peter’s Island | 2019 | 29.4km | site_ao | ||
| Taxidermy Whale of Fribourg | 2019 | 1.5km | site_ao | ||
| Méret Oppenheim Fountain | 2019 | 26.7km | site_ao | ||
| Cattle Breeders Association (today: Swissherdbook) | 1968 | 30.8km | site_brutalism | ||
| Church of the Holy Cross (Heiligkreuzkirche) | 1967 | 28.8km | site_brutalism | ||
| Boiler Factory (Müller AG) | 1956 | 35.7km | site_brutalism | ||
| Siedlung Halen | 1955 | 26.6km | site_brutalism | ||
| Brunnadernstrasse Houses | 1970 | 27.3km | site_brutalism | ||
| Musée International d’Horlogerie | 41.2km | site_brutalism | |||
| Palais des Congrès | 1961 | 37.1km | site_brutalism | ||
| Row Houses “Flamatt 1” | 1957 | 14.6km | site_brutalism | ||
| Temple de Fontenay | 40.7km | site_brutalism | |||
| Old City of Berne | 1983 | 27km | site_whs | ||
| The Swiss language that few know | 2019 | 0.9km | post | ||
| Beer in Bern | Spotted by Locals blog | 2019 | 26.2km | post |
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