Photos of Fribourg (Freiburg) in Switzerland

Fribourg (Freiburg) is a beautiful city with the largest number of medieval buildings in Switzerland

Fribourg (Freiburg) is a beautiful city with the largest number of medieval buildings in Switzerland — ideal for photos and sightseeing.  The Swiss city Fribourg (Freiburg), capital of the similarly named canton, is a beautiful city with many lovely historic buildings set in the meandering valley of the River Sarine (Saane). Fribourg claims to have … Read more

Visit La Maison du Gruyère Cheese-Making Show Dairy in Switzerland

Gruyère Cheese Rounds in the Maturity Cellars in Switzerland

La Maison du Gruyère Fromagerie de Demonstration is a cheese-making dairy factory open to visitors near the popular wall-enclosed old town and Gruyères castle in Switzerland. Gruyère is one of the world’s best-known cheeses and named after the Gruyères region in the Swiss canton Fribourg. At its heart is the small, wall-enclosed hilltop town Gruyères, … Read more

Visit the HR Giger Museum (Aliens) in Gruyeres Switzerland

Entrance of the HR Giger Museum

The largest collection of works by the Swiss surrealist artist HR Giger is in his museum of science fiction and fantasy art in Gruyères. The four-century-old Château St Germain in the small wall-enclosed medieval town Gruyères in Fribourg, Switzerland, is the unlikely setting of the HR Gigermuseum. This museum has the largest permanent collection of … Read more