Frankfurt (English Edition)

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About the travel destination Frankfurt am Main

The heart of the city, the historical Römer with its historicised reproductions of half-timbered houses is the natives’ favourite plaza and the tourists’ most popular photo motif. The prolific cultural attractions in Frankfurt – the Museumsufer across the river, the Alte Oper with the imposing Lucae Fountain, the post-modern Kunsthalle Schirn and the Museum of Modern Art by the Viennese star architect Hans Hollein – have richly rewarded its residents for the many years of reconstruction and modernisation.

For many years it has required a lot of courage to reveal yourself elsewhere as a native of Frankfurt. The metropolis was considered one of Germany’s less attractive addresses, boring and impersonal. Today, Frankfurt is the envy of many visitors – its striking skyline, attractive art exhibitions and impressive museum mansions on the banks of the Main. But even if the rents have soared to astronomical heights and stylish Mainhattan hardly misses a beat when it comes to superlatives, at its heart the metropolis is still provincial, more a country town than capital city – a look in the local section of the city papers will convince anyone.

It’s exactly this mixture that accounts for the new charm of today’s Frankfurt: the contrast between megalomania and village idyll, the latent chaos of urban chic and lively side-by-side of many different cultures and lifestyles that is based on a long and liberal tradition of business and tolerance.

About the Go Vista City Guide Frankfurt am Main

The informative city guide with its completely new structure and layout offers:

• the city’s Top 10 and the author’s favourite places
• city tours with detailed maps
• trips into neighbourhoods and the surrounding area
• Vista Points: sights and museums
• Explore & Enjoy the city: accommodation, restaurants, theatres and musicals, shopping, travelling with children, recreation and sport
• Chronicle of the city
• Service from A to Z with helpful tips
• High-quality softcover with flaps
• Fold-out city map including additional detailed maps and public transport map

Über den/die Autor/in

Glaser, Hannah

Hannah Glaser ist Absolventin der Deutschen Journalistenschule und schreibt als freie Autorin Reise- und Kulturthemen. Zu Ihren bevorzugten Reisezielen und Arbeitsgebieten gehören die Metropolen Amsterdam, Frankfurt am Main und New York.

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