Freiberg is the only university in Germany that still offers chemistry at the diploma level. Alexander von Humboldt studied in the "Silver City" at the end of the 18th century.
Freiberg doesn't have as much to offer in terms of gastronomy as a big city. For techno clubs you have to go to nearby Dresden. For more than 850 years, people have wished each other with the miner's greeting “Glück auf!”