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1. Zoos and Parks

Most cities, especially those associated with big business, tend to emphasize just how green and liveable they really are. I suppose that Frankfurt doesn’t feel that necessary, as I have had a rather... more
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2. Main River

Every Saturday from 8-14 is along the Main Riverside at "Museumsufer" Frankfurt's biggest flea market, where you can everything. It's very international flair from Turkey to Russia you find dealers... more
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3. Skyscrapers

Here's part of the Frankfurt skyline from an unusual vantage point, namely from the Emser Bridge going over and through the grounds of the Frankfurt Trade Fair. Since an airplane has recently flown... more
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4. The inventor of the telephone

This monument to Philipp Reis (1834-1874), the “inventor of the telephone”, was first proposed in the 1890s but was not built until 1919. It is located in the... more
5. Turm Palast

This movie theater at the Eschenheimer Tor, one block north of the Hauptwache in the center of Frankfurt, used to show films exclusively in English.It's a good... more
6. Stalburg Theater

Here in what was once the ballroom of a 150-year-old apple-wine pub in Frankfurt's North End is where you can find the Stalburg Theater, featuring (just about)... more
7. Nidda River

The Nidda - a tributary to the river Main - is the second largest river in Frankfurt. Along roughly 20 km of its length it flows through the city limits of... more
8. Bad Homburg

Bad Homburg is one of Germany's wealthiest towns (possibly the wealthiest), and you can see that from the moment you exit the train station. This is no seedy... more
9. Oberursel

I first came to Oberursel in July. It was freezing cold, raining and just about typical of Frankfurt's summer that never was in 2011. The second time I came, a... more
10. University -- Bockenheim Campus

The Johann Wolfgang Goethe University was founded in 1914 and has traditionally been located for the most part here in the Frankfurt district of Bockenheim,... more
11. The old and new U.S. Consulates in Frankfurt

As recently as forty or forty-five years ago the old U.S. Consulate was a completely open building. People used to walk in just to get a drink of water, since... more
12. Synagogue Beth-Hamidrasch

The Synagogue Beth-Hamidrasch is in the Westend district of Frankfurt, at Freiherr-vom-Stein-Strasse 30. It was inaugurated in 1910 as a house of worship for... more
13. Hofheim am Taunus

One of the most accessible places in the Taunus mountain range, and also one of the prettiest, Hofheim has become a commuter town for Frankfurt city workers.... more
14. Instituto Cervantes in the old Amerika Haus

Photos:1. Instituto Cervantes 2009. 2. Amerika Haus 2004. 3. Weatherproof text panels and photos about the history of Amerika Haus and Instituto Cervantes --... more
15. Maibacher Schweiz - u/c

The Taunus region to the north-west of Frankfurt is exceptionally beautiful and has nice hiking areas. One of the best hikes (ca. 5 hours) goes through the... more
16. University -- Riedberg Campus

Ever since the publication of C.P. Snow's The Two Cultures some forty-five years ago, there has been at least a lot of lip-service given in academic circles to... more
17. Ex-Volksbildungsheim

This attractive building at the Eschenheimer Tor, just one block north of the Hauptwache in the city center, is now a multiplex cinema called Metropolis.For... more
18. Gypsies musicions

I was amazed when I saw two guys(gypsies) on the street playing music. The reason I was so surprised was that I understood they are Bulgarian gypsies. Well,we... more
19. Sculpture "Continuity" by Max Bill

When I am next in Frankfurt am Main, I want to see the sculpture by Max Bill called Continuity.I saw it in TV and I was very moved by... more
20. Kleinmarkt

Kleinemarkt, or the Small Market, is a bit of home-style comfort in the middle of a city that is, for the most part, associated with international finance and... more
21. Odenwald

Steppenwolf, Veste OtzbergThe Odenwald is an ancient forest that winds its way into river valleys south of Frankfurt-am-Main. Nature here is bucolic and filled... more
22. "Schwanheimer Düne" Nature Reserve

The "Schwanheimer Düne" is a dune landscape in the south-west of Frankfurt and a nature reserve since 1984. This dune not related to the sea-coast is a rare... more
23. Money Museum

At the Money Museum of the German Federal Bank you can see exhibits about the history of money, about the (then controversial) transition from the German... more
24. Darmstadt - Mathildenhöhe

Darmstadt is better than its reputation. The city was heavily bombed in WW2, and the rapid rebuilding afterwards shows. Yet this city has a really interesting... more
25. Felsenmeer Lautertal-Reichenbach

In the small village of Lautertal-Reichenbach (Odenwald region) the "Felsenmeer" is located, a conglomeration of giant boulders that can be explored by several... more
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