A warm welcome to Frankfurt!
Frankfurt, located on the Main River, the dynamic and international finance and trade fair metropolis with Germany’s most impressive skyline - this is what most visitors associate with the city of Frankfurt.
Frankfurt on the up and up
Mainhatten - Facades made of glass or cement, sometimes they are narrow, sometimes round, sometimes pointed, sometimes with and sometimes without an antenna. They have given Frankfurt the sobriquet of “Mainhatten”, the skyscrapers which are so typical for Frankfurt. After constructing a skyline that is unique in Europe, the city on the Main River is now catapulting the city centre itself out of the 20th into the 21st century.
One example of this is “Frankfurt Hoch 4”, a shopping centre with two high-rise buildings, located in the heart of the city on the shopping mile, the Zeil.
Did you know that the first trade fair in Frankfurt was established in 1150 and ever since Frankfurt was known as the most famous place for trade fairs?
Apart from financial and trade fair business the city in the heart of Germany has a lot to offer and discover!
Global village – the smallest metropolis in the world. This is what many visitors of Frankfurt notice straightaway and they are often surprised. Frankfurt has a population of only 650,000, a tenth of Hesse’s population. And it takes less than twenty minutes to go from the Westend to the Ostend (eastern part) – on foot
City culture on the river – apart from all sporting activities that can be done on and along the Main River, there is a unique cultural mile with the “Museumsufer” on both sides. Internationally renowned architects have planned and built here. Between the “Eiserne Steg” and “Friedensbrücke”, thirteen museums, sometimes in restored bourgeois villas, sometimes in sophisticated, architectural new developments have been newly created or extended, including a film museum, an architecture museum, the Museum for Applied Art and the Jewish Museum.
A famous son – In his autobiographical work “Poetry and Truth” Johann Wolfgang Goethe writes “ I was born in Frankfurt am Main on 28th August 1749, just as the clock struck noon”. Goetheplatz, Goethestraße, Goethe University – the people in Frankfurt are extremely proud of the poet who was born in their town.
Lifestyle – The people in Frankfurt love good food and drinks. The famous “Äppelwoi”, a wine made of apples can be enjoyed in Sachsenhausen, one of the oldest districts in Frankfurt, with a lot of traditional bars and restaurants.
Frankfurt International - the biggest airport in continental Europe. Within two hours every European capital can be reached. The airport has also excellent ICE train connections which makes it easy for travelers from all over Germany to get there and depart from Frankfurt within a short time.