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Description: Frankfurt am Main is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany after Berlin, ... more

Frankfurt ... Hamburg, Munich and Cologne, with an estimated mid-2005 population of 648,325. The Frankfurt urban area, which extends beyond the city boundaries, had an estimated population of 1,468,140 in 2000.[2] The city is at the center of the larger Frankfurt Rhine Main Area which has a population of 5 million and is Germany's second largest metropolitan area. Situated on the Main river, Frankfurt is the financial and transportation center of Germany. Frankfurt is the seat of the European Central Bank, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and is one of the two largest financial centres in continental Europe (the other one being Paris). According to Liverpool University, Frankfurt was the wealthiest city in the European Union in 2001 as measured by GDP per capita. It is also listed as one of nine Alpha world cities.

Newest Review: ... façade made entirely of glass, with 200m it‘s only the fourth highest building in Frankfurt but the only one that has a publicly accessible viewing platform (with a restaurant), some 300,000 visitors come every year (4,60 €, concessions 3,10 €, open from 10am-9pm). Some of the other high-rise buildings have acquired a certain fame in Germany, we often see them in films, the Commerzbank Tower ... more

... with almost 260m is the highest European office building, the twin towers of the Deutsche Bank are 158m high and also fully glazed, they‘re nicknamed ‘assets‘ and ‘liabilities‘, the Messeturm (trade fair tower, 256m) has become one of the symbols of Fra...more

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Frankfurt: My Mainhattan (1496 words)
by MALU - written on 03/09/07 (Very useful, 237 readings)
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Calling Frankfurt Mainhattan is the same as calling some stinking canals Little Venice or a range of mounds a bit higher than a molehill Switzerland. Everything is relative, as no other German city has more high-rise buildings than Frankfurt (which has 50 in the centre) and the city lies on the banks of the river Main, Mainhattan it is. What do people associate with Frankfurt? Sausages obviously and then the international airport and banks (they own most of the high-rise buildings), some may be able to add Stock Exchange and City of the Euro which goes in the same direction. There are more than 400 banks which are responsible for the city’s other nickname ...

Frankly speaking I wouldn't recommend it (1192 words)
by honeys - written on 30/09/01 (Very useful, 198 readings)
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As per my previous op, we were off to Frankfurt for holiday. We reached Stansted airport and checked in. Whilst the checking, my wife decided to take my son and her sister to shop around. Unexpectedly, the lady behind the desk demanded to see everyone who was travelling. So I asked my brother to get my wife and the rest. Then she demanded to see according to the passport she was holding. When it came to my son I just carried him up and showed him to her and she just laughed. Everything was cool. I guess all this fuss was due to what happened in Newyork. We were given the gate number. So we decided to head off towards ...

Frankfurt is terrible (673 words)
by NickWilk - written on 26/03/01 (Very useful, 176 readings)
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There are few good things about Frankfurt; two to note are the airport (10 mins away, taxi DM45, train DM6) and the Hauptbahnhof. The entrance to Frankfurt from the main station (Hauptbahnhof) leads either into a warren of an underground shopping centre, where you can watch the transport police guard over drug deals, or into the red light district for the city. Attractive. From the station, there is no more than a 20 min walk to anywhere of interest. Either way, the best way is to get out of this area quickly; take a tram, taxi, anything. Frankfurt is divided by the Main (hence Frft am Main), with the burgeoning financial centre and cathedral on the ...

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