FRANKFURT CITY

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The City of Frankfurt

Frankfurt is a metropolis and the largest city in the German state of Hesse. With 755,000 inhabitants, it is the fifth largest city in Germany. The city lies at the centre of the larger Rhine-Main metropolitan region, which with 5.5 million inhabitants is the second largest metropolitan region in Germany after the Rhine-Ruhr region. It is a global hub for trade, culture, education, tourism and transport. It is the location of many global and European corporate headquarters. Frankfurt Airport is one of the busiest in the world. Frankfurt is the most important financial centre on the European continent with the headquarters of the European Central Bank, the German Bundesbank or the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Several fintech start-ups . Automotive, technology and research, services, consulting, media and creative industries complete the economic base. Messe Frankfurt is one of the largest trade fairs in the world. Major trade fairs include the Frankfurt Motor Show, the largest automobile exhibition in the world, or the Frankfurt Book Fair, the largest book fair in the world.

Places of interest

Shopping

  • The central shopping street of the Zeil Frankfurt. It is a pedestrian-only street and is bordered by two large public squares, Hauptwache and Konstablerwache. It is the second most expensive street for renting shops in Germany after Kaufingerstrasse in Munich. In the month before Christmas, the extended pedestrian zone hosts the Frankfurt Christmas Market, one of the largest and oldest Christmas markets in Germany.
  • Goethestrasse – Frankfurt’s most expensive shopping street with prestigious shops such as Louis Vuitton, Prada, Gucci, Tiffany Vertu and Bulgari is located between the financial district and the city centre.
  • Freßgass – (which is just a nickname by the locals) is a pedestrian-only street section between Börsenstraße and Opernplatz in the city centre. The name translates as “Futtergasse” because of the high concentration of gastronomy, but renowned shops (e.g. Apple Store, Hugo Boss, Porsche Design) have recently moved here due to a lack of space in the neighbouring Goethestraße.

Culture

With more than 30 museums, Frankfurt has one of the greatest museum diversity in Europe. 20 museums are part of the Museumsufer, which is located in the front row on both sides of the Main riverbank or in the immediate vicinity. Places to visit:

Nightlife

Frankfurt offers a variety of restaurants, bars, pubs and clubs. Clubs are concentrated in and around the city centre and in the east end, mainly near Hanauer Landstraße. Restaurants, bars and pubs are concentrated in Sachsenhausen, Nordend, Bornheim and Bockenheim. Clubs: King Kamehameha; Velvet Club, Cooky’s, Odeon

Restaurants

(Among the top 20 in 2020 by tripadvisor.com and timeout.com)

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