Frankfurt
Germany's banking capital, and more interesting than that sounds — a reconstructed old town under the towers and a riverbank of museums.
Frankfurt in eight slides
Wikipedia · 3 Sep 2026
Things to do in Frankfurt
Where to stay in Frankfurt
Frankfurt in a day, two days, three
Landmarks in Frankfurt
Main Tower is a 56-storey, 200 m (656 ft) skyscraper in the Innenstadt district of Frankfurt, Germany. It is named after the nearby Main river. The building is 240 m (787 ft) when its antenna spire is included.
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Museumsufer is the name of a landscape of museums in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, lined up on both banks of the river Main or in close vicinity. The centre is the art museum Städel. The other museums were added, partly by transforming historic villas, partly by building new museums, in the 1980s by cultural politician Hilmar Hoffmann.
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The Römer is a medieval building in the Altstadt of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and one of the city's most important landmarks. The Römer is located opposite the Old St. Nicholas Church and has been the city hall (Rathaus) of Frankfurt for over 600 years.
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The Städel, officially the Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, is an art museum in Frankfurt, with one of the most important collections in Germany. The museum is located at the Museumsufer on the Sachsenhausen bank of the River Main. The Städel Museum owns 3,100 paintings, 660 sculptures, more than 4,600 photographs and more than 100,000 drawings and prints.
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Main Tower is a 56-storey, 200 m (656 ft) skyscraper in the Innenstadt district of Frankfurt, Germany. It is named after the nearby Main river. The building is 240 m (787 ft) when its antenna spire is included.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 28 Mar 2026
Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Museumsufer is the name of a landscape of museums in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, lined up on both banks of the river Main or in close vicinity. The centre is the art museum Städel. The other museums were added, partly by transforming historic villas, partly by building new museums, in the 1980s by cultural politician Hilmar Hoffmann.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 6 Jun 2025
DXR · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Römer is a medieval building in the Altstadt of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and one of the city's most important landmarks. The Römer is located opposite the Old St. Nicholas Church and has been the city hall (Rathaus) of Frankfurt for over 600 years.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 24 Mar 2026
Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
The Städel, officially the Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, is an art museum in Frankfurt, with one of the most important collections in Germany. The museum is located at the Museumsufer on the Sachsenhausen bank of the River Main. The Städel Museum owns 3,100 paintings, 660 sculptures, more than 4,600 photographs and more than 100,000 drawings and prints.
Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 25 May 2026
Unknown author · Public domain
From the airport
When to go to Frankfurt: May or Jun or Sep
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