Today, the Freiburg Bächle are used for the Bächle Boat Race, where competitors navigate the canals in handmade, wooden boats.

Freiburg’s Bächle (streams), a feature which define the city much in the way that wide canals define Hamburg, were first recorded in 1200 and historically were used to help fight fires and ...

Surrounded by orchards, farms and vineyards, the laid-back city of Freiburg im Breisgau may not have always featured on lists of culinary destinations around the world but it’s well worth your ...

Situated at the edge of the Black Forest, Freiburg is a vibrant university town in southwestern Germany. With a temperate climate, old world charm, a large farmers market, and culinary treats ...

These open runnels are better known as Bächle (“brook” in German) and, though designed in the 13th century to quench thirst and fight fires, they’re now used for sailboat races.

West Ham United return to southwest Germany to face SC Freiburg in the UEFA Europa League round of 16 this Thursday evening.

Other hallmarks of Freiburg include the Bächle, small water channels which run through the city. It's thought they served to fight fires and provide drinking water for cattle during the Middle Ages.

Much of Freiburg's charm comes from its Bächle: tiny "stream-lets" that have been running down nearly every Freiburg street since the 13th century.

Freiburg: the cherry on Germany's Black Forest gâteau Kathy Arnold finds that tradition, fine wines and eco-conscious technology work well in Freiburg, Germany's sunniest - and greenest - city.