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For anyone faced with a long layover for a continuing flight a five or six hour visit to Frankfurt offers a change of pace that could include a bit of sightseeing downtown, a museum visit, even a boat excursion on the Main or Rhine, and a snack, light meal or major dining experience.
Travelers heading on to destinations in Germany really ought to grant themselves a few days in the city itself. As befits a major international city, there are all manners of shopping experiences to be had.
Anchored by two large department stores there are all sorts of stores in between selling all sorts of goods. These include small boutiques, fashions stores and a wide range of other specialty stores. A relatively new and very modern multi-story shopping mall on the Zeil offers everything a good mall should in terms of shopping and dining. Upscale shopping and luxury goods are available on the Goethestrasse. There are other high-end shops on the Schillersstrasse. The Bergerstrasse and Oederweg have many smaller family owned shops.
Small kiosks throughout the city sell sweets, tobacco products, drinks and other items. The Main Train Station Hauptbahnhof has a number of small stores as well as a food court and a large international new and bookstore that is open on Sundays.
The Airport also has a wide variety of stores including a grocery store that are also open on Sundays. There is also a large mall in the suburb of Eschborn and one in the northwest part of the city. Smaller green grocers and other food shops populate the various neighborhoods of Frankfurt.
And, because of the large number of international residents, a shopper is not at a loss at all to find small stores selling specialized food and grocery products from around the world. Scores of dining opportunities mark every part of Frankfurt. To learn why, keep reading. Frankfurt am Main is the largest city in the German state of Hesse Hessen in German , but not the capital, which is nearby Wiesbaden.
Frankfurt lies on the banks of the river Main pron. Frankfurt am Main has about , residents , but the greater Rhein-Main metro region is home to over five million people.
Frankfurt and the Main river viewed from the meter feet viewing platform atop St. The climb up spiraling steps is worth it. The Sachsenhausen district is on the left in this view. The city began as a place suitable for fording the Main river. Frankfurt Franconofurd was one of the most important cities in that empire. In Frankfurt became a Reichsstadt imperial city , meaning it was directly subject to the Holy Roman Emperor, not to a regional ruler or a local nobleman.
Its famous Book Fair Buchmesse , held annually in early October, began in the earliest days of printing, in During the short-lived revolution of , Frankfurt was the seat of the first democratically elected German parliament, the National Assembly Nationalversammlung , which first met in the Paulskirche St.
Unfortunately, the revolution collapsed in The Sachsenhausen district is seen on the far south side of the river. Over the years thousands of US soldiers, including Elvis Presley , passed through its gates on their way to or from Germany.
The European Central Bank moved to a new location in Only the London and New York stock exchanges are larger. The annual Frankfurt Book Fair in October is one of the largest and most important events for publishers from all over the world. See our related Web links for Frankfurt below. Most travelers flying into or out of Germany do so via Frankfurt International Airport , the largest in Germany, and one of the largest in Europe.
See more about the Frankfurt Airport. Frankfurt is also a major rail hub, with many high-speed ICE train connections to German and European cities. See more about rail travel in Germany. Travelers who only see the airport or train station are making a mistake. Frankfurt am Main is well worth spending a little time to get to know the city better.
Known more as a business and financial center, Frankfurt nevertheless has much to offer in the fields of culture, history, and art.
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