Friedrichshafen

Friedrichshafen is a city on the northern shoreline of Lake Constance in Southern Germany, near the borders of both Switzerland and Austria. It is the district capital (Kreisstadt) of the Bodensee district in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg. Wikipedia

Population 62,781 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Germany

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Germany
Daylight 8 h 27 in Dec, dark by 16:30 · 15 h 58 in Jun
  1. January: 8 h 51 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 16 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 51 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 37 of daylight
  5. May: 15 h 07 of daylight
  6. June: 15 h 58 of daylight
  7. July: 15 h 37 of daylight
  8. August: 14 h 19 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 37 of daylight
  10. October: 10 h 55 of daylight
  11. November: 9 h 20 of daylight
  12. December: 8 h 27 of daylight
Tourist office · 440 m Tourist-Information

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Markets

  • Wochenmarkt

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: 08:00–13:00
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: closed
    7. Sunday: closed

    08:00–13:00

    100 m from the centre

  • Wochenmarkt

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: 07:00–13:00
    6. Saturday: closed
    7. Sunday: closed

    07:00–13:00

    470 m from the centre

  • Schlemmermarkt

    Opening hours

    Sa 09:00-14:00; Apr-Oct Sa[1] 09:00-15:00

    470 m from the centre

  • Flohmarkt Friedrichshafen

    1. Monday: closed
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: 09:00–16:00
    7. Sunday: closed

    09:00–16:00

    1.5 km from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 34 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

More train stations: Löwental 1.7 km, Friedrichshafen Ost 1.7 km, Friedrichshafen Landratsamt 2.1 km, Friedrichshafen Flughafen 3.9 km, Friedrichshafen-Manzell 3.9 km, Eriskirch 4.6 km, Friedrichshafen-Fischbach 5.0 km

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