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Römer   Frankfurt am Main

Römer, Frankfurt am Main

 77 Reviews  The building is really eye catching. It consist 3 buildings and the middle one is called Zum Romer meaning “At the Romans”. People say it was called like this because there were many Roman villages... 

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Churches   Frankfurt am Main

Churches, Frankfurt am Main

 72 Reviews  Built initially as a gothic cathedral between XIV and XV centuries, it was rebuilt few times after that and this is why the look is now a neo-gothic one. It is anyway impressive and probably the 95 m... 

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Museums   Frankfurt am Main

Museums, Frankfurt am Main

 81 Reviews  If you ever wanted to see the inside of a World War II bunker then this is the place to go. Nowadays it has been converted into a Science Center / Museum and event location. They show things like... 

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Main River   Frankfurt am Main

Main River, Frankfurt am Main

 42 Reviews  On the rare days the sun comes out in Frankfurt, you can be sure that the city's population will pour down to the riverside to enjoy a pleasant stroll along the Main. If there's some special event,... 

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Skyscrapers   Frankfurt am Main

Skyscrapers, Frankfurt am Main

 58 Reviews  Frankfurt's skyscraper scene is very impressive, and Frankfurt is the only city in Europe that allows the construction of such monsters directly in the city center. This gives Frankfurt a uniquely... 

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Alte Oper   Frankfurt am Main

Alte Oper, Frankfurt am Main

 31 Reviews  The old opera of Frankfurt, once destroyed but now rebuilt in all its glory, is no longer the place for opera in Frankfurt, its place having been taken by the new opera at Willy-Brandt-Platz. It still... 

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Zoos and Parks   Frankfurt am Main

Zoos and Parks, Frankfurt am Main

 26 Reviews  One of the better zoos in Germany - though I would rank the Hannover, Berlin, Munich and Hamburg zoos higher. Frankfurt suffers a little from being an inner-city-zoo, there is not much space to... 

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Apple Wine Express   Frankfurt am Main

Apple Wine Express, Frankfurt am Main

 4 Reviews  I thought the Apfelwein tour was the biggest waste of money!!! I have lived in Frankfurt for three weeks, and this past weekend, my friend came and visited. I decided to take her on the Apfelwein and... 

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Frankfurt Skyline Countdown, # 12

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The Eurotower, which is the current (temporary) headquarters of the European Central Bank, is Frankfurt's twelfth tallest building. It is 148 meters high, has 39 floors and was opened in 1977. It got its name long before the Euro as a currency was even thought of. The building was originally built for a different bank entirely, the BfG or Bank für Gemeinwirtschaft, which used to belong to the German trade unions but moved to smaller quarters long before it was sold to the Swedish banking group SEB in 2000.Second photo: In October 2011, protesters from the Occupy Frankfurt movement set up camp at the foot of the Eurotower, under the big Euro sign.Third photo: Scene in the protest camp. The building in the background is the Frankfurt City Theater and Opera.Fourth photo: Sign in the protest camp: “Make love, not hedge funds.”Fifth photo: Sign in the protest camp: “Stop the bankster-circus.”...

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Frankfurt Skyline Countdown, # 2

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This quaint little building (by Dubai, Taipei or Shanghai standards) is the Messeturm (Fair Grounds Tower). It is 257 meters tall and was the highest office tower in Europe from 1991 until May 1997. Now it is number two in Frankfurt and number three in Europe, since an even taller one has just been built in Moscow.Still, it is a prominent Frankfurt landmark and can be seen from just about everywhere. You keep getting it in photos when you think you were taking a picture of something else. Well, you were, but the Messeturm just happens to be there in the background. The pointy top of it is also the first thing you see of Frankfurt when you cycle in from the northeast, for example.It is located directly beside the city entrance to the trade fair, so you have to walk around it to get into the Frankfurt Book Fair in October. Except for the two restaurants in the basement, it is not open to...

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Frankfurt Skyline Countdown, # 3

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Frankfurt's third tallest building (208 meters) is named after its address, Westendstraße 1. Actually the main entrance is around the corner at Mainzer Landstrasse 58, near Platz der Republik. The building was completed in 1993.This is part of a complex of buildings which form the headquarters of the DZ Bank.Westendstraße 1 has a distinctive steel "crown" at the top which has since been imitated in several other buildings around the world, including one in Vancouver. The crown is heated in the winter to keep it from icing, as that would create a hazard for people walking below.Second photo: Westendstraße 1 from below.Third photo: Westendstraße 1 from the other side, in the evening sun.Fourth photo: City-Haus and Westendstraße 1. These both belong to the DZ Bank.Fifth photo: Friedrich Schiller ignoring Frankfurt's third tallest building.By now I have the distinct impression that Schiller...

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Frankfurt Skyline Countdown, Roof of # 4

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The Main Tower is two hundred meters tall, which makes it the fourth tallest building in Frankfurt. Chicagoans will of course be unimpressed, since their Sears Tower is over twice as tall, and I don't even want to know what the Kuala Lumpurians think about it, not to mention the folks in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Taipei or Dubai.But we like the Main Tower and will probably take you up if the weather is good, so please try not to be too condescending, it's the best we can do.Second photo: Looking north from the roof of the Main Tower, we can see the Farben/Abrams/Poelzig Building in the middle of the photo. It is now the main building of the new Westend Campus of the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe University. Behind that and a bit off to the left is the German Federal Bank. And we can see the Taunus Hills in the distance.Third photo: Looking north, a broader view.Fourth photo: Looking...

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Frankfurt Skyline Countdown, # 4

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Most Frankfurt skyscrapers are not open to the public, so we are very glad that the Main Tower, which was completed in the year 2000, has an observation deck at the top, on the 54th floor (actually the 56th after you have climbed the last two flights of stairs), which is open to the public and on a clear day provides nice views of Frankfurt and vicinity. The Main Tower consists of a round tower facing south and a slightly smaller square tower facing north. "Heleba" means Hessische Landesbank, the State Bank of Hessen.Second photo: Main Tower from the northeast.Third photo: Main Tower from below.In the fourth photo, from left to right: Eurotheum (now # 25), Main Tower, Garden Towers (# 18), Commerzbank Tower, Japan Center (# 21).Fifth photo: Schiller ignoring the Main Tower and the Garden Towers.The next four tips of the Frankfurt Skyline Countdown all have to do with the Main Tower (#...

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Frankfurt Skyline Countdown, # 5

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The Trianon got its name because of its triangular shape and because of the upside-down pyramid which is (or seems to be) suspended from the three corners at the top. It is 186 meters tall, which makes it Frankfurt's fifth tallest building. It has 45 floors and was completed in 1993.It replaced an earlier high-rise building, the twelve-story BfG Bank, which was built on this site in 1964 and demolished twenty-four years later in 1988.Second photo: Trianon as seen from the Frankfurt Opera at Willy-Brandt-Platz, with part of the Gallileo Tower visible on the left.Third photo: Schiller still ignoring Trianon.>>Next tip!<<

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Frankfurt Skyline Countdown, # 7

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The Silver Tower used to belong to the Dresdner Bank, which was gobbled up by some other bank during a recent financial crisis. The building now belongs to the DB, Germany’s out-of-control railway corporation which has over a thousand subsidiaries worldwide and can do everything except provide satisfactory train service. So the Silver Tower now has a DB lozenge on it instead of the old Dresdner Bank symbol. Construction of the building was completed in 1978. The tower has 32 floors and is 166 meters tall, which makes it Frankfurt's seventh tallest building. It is unusual because of its aluminium facade with curved corners. To me, this makes it look somewhat antiquated, like a 1950s automobile. The second photo shows the Silver Tower and the Gallileo Tower, as seen from one of the back windows of the Jewish Museum.The third photo shows Skyper and the Silver Tower from the northwest, in...

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Frankfurt Skyline Countdown, # 8

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If you ask some local person how to get to the WestendGate, formerly called the Plaza Büro Center, they probably won't know what you are talking about. We all just call it the Marriott, which is no wonder since the word Marriott lights up the nighttime sky in big red letters at the top of the building.It turns out, though, that the Marriott Hotel is only one of several tenants. The building was completed in 1976, but the Marriott didn't move in until 1989. They now have 588 hotel rooms on 19 floors, namely on levels 26 to 44.The building is 159 meters tall, which makes it Frankfurt's eighth tallest building. It is located just across the street from the Fairgrounds (Messe), which makes it possible for them to jack up their prices considerably during the book fair.In November 2011 this building was sold to an American-based private equity group called RFR for 144 million Euros, which was...

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Frankfurt Skyline Countdown, # 1

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Here is Frankfurt's tallest building, the Commerzbank Tower, as seen from the pedestrian bridge Eiserne Steg.The Commerzbank Tower is 259 meters tall and has the reputation of being an "ecological skyscraper" because of the technology used for heating and cooling the building. Unfortunately it is not open to the public, except for the plaza level. There are nine large gardens at different levels of the building, and at night it is lit up by changing yellow lights which make it look rather like a huge cathedral.From 1997 to 2003 this was the tallest building in Europe, but now there is a taller one in Moscow.As of 2011, the Commerzbank Tower is officially the 121st tallest building in the world, just after the GE Building in New York and just before the PBCOM Tower (home of the Philippine Bank of Communications) in Makati. Five years ago the Commerzbank Tower was the 78th tallest building...

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Frankfurt Skyline Countdown, # 6

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The Opern Turm, so called because it is across the street from the Old Opera, was opened at the beginning of 2010 as the sixth tallest building in Frankfurt am Main – but not for long, because a taller one is nearing completion.Turm means tower, by the way.The letters UBS on the building stand for Union Bank of Switzerland, which was what this organization used to be called before it was merged with the Swiss Bank Corporation in 1998. They still use the initials but not the name. If you have read about the UBS organization in the news, it was probably because they were accused of helping their wealthy clients evade taxes in the United States; or because they took huge losses in the recent financial crisis and had to be bailed out by the Swiss government; or because they were accused of speculating against the Swiss franc; or because of alleged fraudulent trading by one of their...

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Hotel Hessischer Hof  Frankfurt am Main

 2 Reviews and 208 Opinions  We had tickets for the english theatre in Frankfurt and looked for a classy hotel in the city. A... 

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Maritim Konferenzhotel Darmstadt  Darmstadt

 2 Reviews and 47 Opinions  If you like camping, this is the hotel for you. Rooms are depressing and sad. Amercians beware of... 

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  2. Darmstadt Things to Do
  3. Wiesbaden Things to Do
  4. Marburg an der Lahn Things to Do
  5. Kassel Things to Do
  6. Rüdesheim am Rhein Things to Do
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  8. Bad Homburg vor der Höhe Things to Do
  9. Limburg an der Lahn Things to Do
  10. Fulda Things to Do
  11. Offenbach Things to Do
  12. Gießen Things to Do
  13. Bad Hersfeld Things to Do
  14. Hanau am Main Things to Do
  15. Steinau an der Straße Things to Do
  16. Lorsch Things to Do
  17. Friedberg Things to Do
  18. Butzbach Things to Do
  19. Königstein im Taunus Things to Do
  20. Heppenheim an der Bergstrasse Things to Do
  21. Eltville Things to Do
  22. Bad Nauheim Things to Do
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  24. Langen Things to Do
  25. Offenbach Things to Do
  26. Michelstadt Things to Do
  27. Wetzlar Things to Do
  28. Oberursel Things to Do
  29. Eichberg Things to Do
  30. Bad Orb Things to Do
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  32. Ulm Things to Do
  33. Bad Vilbel Things to Do
  34. Eschborn Things to Do
  35. Eppstein Things to Do
  36. Dreieich Things to Do
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  38. Bonames Things to Do
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  40. Höchst im Odenwald Things to Do
  41. Seeheim-Jugenheim Things to Do
  42. Weilburg Things to Do
  43. Schlitz Things to Do
  44. Lich Things to Do
  45. Sababurg Things to Do
  46. Braunfels Things to Do
  47. Kronberg Things to Do
  48. Dillenburg Things to Do
  49. Rauischholzhausen Things to Do
  50. Kalbach Things to Do
  51. Johannisberg Things to Do
  52. Bad Camberg Things to Do
  53. Aßmannshausen Things to Do
  54. Reinhardswald Things to Do
  55. Pfungstadt Things to Do
  56. Melsungen Things to Do
  57. Lauterbach Things to Do
  58. Lampertheim Things to Do
  59. Kiedrich Things to Do
  60. Hofheim am Taunus Things to Do
  61. Erbach Things to Do
  62. Schloß Wilhelmshöhe Things to Do
  63. Steinbach Things to Do
  64. Niedernhausen Things to Do
  65. Idstein Things to Do
  66. Grünberg Things to Do
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Q:  Dear all.. Would like to know if overnight parking is possible at park and rides? I am thinking of parking in the Kalbach P+R as I... 

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A: I can't give you details from own experience or knowledge. But I have looked up the description for Kalbach P&R on the RMV (Rhein-Main traffic network)... 

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