Shop opening hours in Freiburg city centre Monday - Friday from 9/9.30/10a.m. until 6.30/7/8p.m. Saturday from 9/9.30/10a.m. until 6p.m.(some until 8p.m.) during the pre-Christmas period generally until 8p.m. Freiburg’s lively old town is always worth a stroll. Enjoy browsing through large department stores, boutiques, leather shops, perfumeries, jewellers, bookshops, arts and antiques shops, and toy shops. You are sure to find a postcard perfectly conveying Freiburg’s charms in one of the many souvenir shops. There are numerous alleyways leading off the main shopping streets - Kaiser-Joseph-Straße, Rathausgasse, Bertoldstraße and Salzstraße - inviting you to explore Freiburg’s historic parts and culinary delights. For example, you will come across the typical Freiburger Bächle, a system of gullies running throughout the old town. Take a stroll through the market (weekdays from 7a.m. to 1p.m.) on Cathedral Square, visit the colourful Rotteckring, where you can buy goods from North Africa and India, or go on a shopping spree in one of the malls such as "Schwarzwald-City" (Schiffstraße), "Karlsbaupassage" (Karlsplatz) or the glass-roofed "Atrium" on Augustinerplatz.