Drove down Saturday morning with the intention of seeing the exhibition of Impressionist paintings at the Augusteiner Museum before it closes on 30 NOV. Stayed at the Marriott Courtyard, which is perfectly located near all the museums, the planetarium, and the holiday market. This was the first weekend for the market this year.
The market is spread out, with the main concentrations being near the Archäologisches Museum Colombischlössle (on both sides of the RR tracks), by the Rathaus and by the Fischbrunnen. The normal Saturday was still running around the main cathedral, although they did have some holiday stuff there. Primary lights are purple and white, with some green, red, and yellow depending on the streets. There was a lot of "Black Forest" themed stuff for sale, with some bleed over of stuff from the Alsace. I think the best carvings were offered down by the Unterlinden square. If you collect the holiday glasses you need to know that some of the different vintners have their own, so instead of just one "city" glass, there are several available. Also, something becoming rarer now days, they are actually glass and ceramic, not plastic.
For anyone interested in what else there is to do the Archäologisches Museum has an excellent collection of materials from the neolithic to Roman times with very well laid out displays. And, as noted the Augusteiner has an excellent display of Impressionists that normally don't get much exposure, as well as one of the best displays of stained glass going back to the 1300's available anywhere.
Note both the main cathedral (the Freiburger Münster) and the Augustiner Museum are undergoing repair and almost entirely covered in scaffolding.