Moving Berlin – Freiburg: Route Duration & Checklist
From Berlin to the Breisgau
Long-distance move to Freiburg: 810 km right across Germany
Route, driving time, schedule
A long-distance move to Freiburg is one of the longest moves within Germany: from Berlin it is around 810 km by road to Freiburg im Breisgau – meaning the city in Baden-Württemberg, not Freiburg im Üechtland (Fribourg) in Switzerland. By lorry, that is about 12.5 hours including breaks, more than one day's driving time. We therefore plan two drivers or an overnight stop. Further information on our range of services can be found on our Private move page.
Freiburg lies on the western edge of the Black Forest; the French border on the Rhine is only a few kilometres away, and Basel around 50 km as the crow flies. For a move within Germany, customs plays no role; what matters are driving times, the Sunday driving ban for heavy lorries and the parking ban in front of your new home. We quote the fixed price after a survey; we are liable for your belongings under § 451e HGB. Call us on 01625978461 – the route is described on the page Moving Berlin – Freiburg.
Request a fixed price for your move to Freiburg
Survey in Berlin, fixed price all the way to the Breisgau
Take advantage of our free survey on site or by video to receive a binding fixed-price quote for your long-distance move. It lists the distance, second driver or overnight stop, parking ban and reassembly separately. Contact us by phone on 01625978461 or find out more on our Long-distance moves page.
Offers available individually, depending on effort, scheduling and the scope of services required.
What we handle on a long-distance move to Freiburg
A long route, properly planned
We have no branch in Baden-Württemberg; instead we drive our lorry from Berlin-Moabit all the way to Freiburg. With around 810 km, we plan two drivers or an overnight stop, schedule the journey on working days and apply for the parking ban in front of your new home in good time in line with the city's requirements. We quote the fixed price after the survey. Places with their own pages can be found under Locations. We are liable for your belongings under § 451e HGB at €620 per cubic metre of loading space.
Packing service
Office move
Senior moves
Furniture transport
What the long route involves
The price of a long-distance move to Freiburg depends on volume, distance and additional services. With around 810 km, driving times, drivers and the date also come into play – these points determine your fixed price.
Two drivers or an overnight stop
Driving on working days
Parking zone on time
Planned backwards
Storage to bridge a gap
Arrive and register
Not much to move? Part load!
With a part load, you share the loading space with other consignments on the same route south, which saves costs for smaller moving volumes to Freiburg. This suits students or commuters who are not taking all their household goods; in return, a time window applies.
From
planning to assembly
This guide is about the long route of a move to Freiburg: the route via the A9, A4 and A5, driving times under EU law, the Sunday driving ban for heavy lorries and the schedule for the last few weeks. It also covers the parking ban in front of your new home, the exemption permit for the pedestrian zone and the formalities after moving in. What the districts are like is in the Freiburg guide; here it is about the way there.
Planning safely and calmly
Furniture, boxes, carrying routes
Costs, timing and special cases
Common questions
Formalities when moving to Freiburg
A move from Berlin to Freiburg is a move within Germany: customs plays no role, even though the French border on the Rhine is only a few kilometres from the city limits. However, anyone moving to Freiburg im Üechtland (Fribourg) in Switzerland needs a customs declaration for their household goods – this page refers to Freiburg im Breisgau.
The classic formalities include registering with the registration authority within two weeks with the landlord confirmation (Wohnungsgeberbestätigung), re-registering the car (the Berlin number plate may be kept) and giving your new address for the broadcasting licence fee (Rundfunkbeitrag), to your bank and insurers. A Deutsche Post mail forwarding order lasts no more than six months. That way you will not forget any important step on your move to Freiburg.
Process and costs of your long-distance move to Freiburg
A long-distance move begins with a free survey in which we record the moving volume and special features. You then receive a written fixed-price quote covering packing, transport, loading and unloading and, optionally, furniture assembly. On moving day we load in Berlin, drive around 810 km with two drivers or an overnight stop and unload in Freiburg – usually on two consecutive working days.
The costs depend on volume, floor, accessibility and additional services such as a parking restriction zone; we do not give a flat range, because households vary greatly. Our guide prices by number of rooms and the per-kilometre price can be found in the price overview. Detailed information on our services can be found on our Private move page.
Moving costs set out transparently
- 1-room flat: from €339
- 2-room flat: from €584
- 3-room flat: from €884
- 4-room flat: from €1,324
- House/villa: individual quote
- Long-distance move: from €3.85/km
Get no-obligation advice – arrange a free survey.
Moving price calculation: what counts
- Moving volume
- Number of kilometres from €3.85/km
- Floor and lift
- Need for a parking restriction zone
- Additional services: furniture assembly, part load
Our services in detail
You can book these services for your long-distance move to Freiburg individually or together.
- Company relocation
- So that your business can get back to work quickly.
- Moving with assembly
- Complete service including furniture assembly.
- Part load
- Affordable transport thanks to shared loading space.
- Private move
- For your private change of home – stress-free and reliable.
- Clearance
- We clear out quickly and reliably.
- Furniture transport
- Safe transport of single pieces of furniture.
More routes from Berlin
We plan moves from Berlin (Stromstraße 21), right across Germany and abroad. Places with their own pages can be found in the locations overview, and more on long routes under Long-distance moves.
Berlin – Freiburg: route, lorry driving bans and schedule
The long-distance move from Berlin to Freiburg im Breisgau runs from our location in Berlin-Moabit (Stromstraße 21) around 810 km via the A9, A4 and A5 to the south-west. Including breaks, that is about 12.5 hours for the lorry; the exact schedule is determined by loading and the unloading date.
For heavy removal lorries, § 30 (3) StVO imposes a driving ban on Sundays and public holidays from 0:00 to 22:00 for lorries over 7.5 tonnes permissible total weight used for commercial goods transport. Nationwide public holidays include New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, 1 May, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, 3 October and both Christmas holidays. Corpus Christi and All Saints' Day also apply in Baden-Württemberg. We time departure and arrival so that the lorry does not have to drive on Sundays and public holidays.
On top of this come the EU driving times under Regulation (EC) No 561/2006: a maximum of nine hours a day, ten hours on two days a week, and a 45-minute break after four and a half hours of driving. These requirements are built into the route planning so that you receive a clear arrival window.
A useful checklist for the last few weeks: apply for the parking ban, clarify access, label boxes and furniture by room, transfer electricity and internet. How a move to Freiburg works is explained in the moving guide for Freiburg, and life on the ground in the newcomers' guide.
Access in Freiburg: applying for a parking ban zone and the pedestrian zone
The city's traffic authority is responsible for the removal van in Freiburg. You apply for a parking ban zone (Haltverbotszone) via the online form on formulare.freiburg.de; no documents are needed. The application must be submitted at least two weeks before the date. The city issues the order no earlier than six weeks beforehand. The signs must be in place four days before the move and be set up by a specialist company, as the city does not provide signs. According to the city, the fee under the GebOSt is 30 euros per day for private individuals and 50 euros per day for businesses. If vehicles park in the zone despite the signs, they can be towed away at the owner's expense.
For moves in the pedestrian zone you need a separate exemption permit for parking. You also apply for this online, at least two weeks in advance. The city states 15 euros per day. The permit only applies to the vehicle for which it was issued and must be clearly visible in the vehicle; the StVO rules remain unaffected. Explain in the application why the vehicle has to park in the pedestrian zone. According to the city, set times apply there for delivery traffic up to 7.5 tonnes, depending on the street.
On request, we help coordinate these steps. The guide to the parking restriction zone and our parking restriction zone service show the process, and background on the city is provided on the page Moving in Freiburg im Breisgau.
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