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about the places they visit. Looking for popular places in Germany, you can find
around 1200 sites people recommend. The five main visited cities of the country
are Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Dresden and Frankfurt.
Frankfurt is
a transport hub, so people come and go everyday. But when people decide to stay
for few days there are a lot of interesting places to visit in this 2000 years old
city. Ford example, the gothic cathedral of Saint Bartholomew. Bartholomew's is
the main church of Frankfurt and was constructed in the 14th and 15th centuries
on the foundation of an earlier church from the Merovingian time. It is a persistent
structure which was destroyed and rebuilt twice since it was built. First time was
in 1867 before a fire, and in 1944 during world war 2 it was completely destroyed
again. Now, the cathedral is a symbol of unity in Germany, and its role in imperial
politics had made of this building one of the most important buildings of
imperial history.
Another popular
place to visit is the German Film Museum, where you can watch films thematic
contexts and if possible, shows them in their original version. Its programme
includes retrospectives and premieres, series of films and festivals. The
museum presents several special exhibitions per year on aspects concerning
film. The archives of the museum administer and document films, photos,
cameras, posters, silent film music and collections and bequests of actors and
directors. There is also an extensive library that is accessible to the public.
You can walk
through the showrooms of one of the many galleries in Frankfurt. A prominent
attraction is Frankfurt’s Museum Riverbank, one of the most important locations
for museums in Germany and all of Europe. Renowned exhibition centres such as
the Stadel Museum, the German Architecture Museum, the German Film Museum, the Goethe
museum, the Natural History Museum Senckenberg, or the Jewish Museum can be
found along the bank of the Main river. And every year many museums invite
people to two special cultural events: the “night of museums” and the Museum
Riverbank festival.
If you are hungry...
If you want
to take a wide view of the city, you might climb to the top floor of the Main
Tower skyscraper for spacious 360 degree views of the city. And finally, if you
want something to eat, Frankfurt’s restaurants have a lot more to offer than
just the Frankfurt ‘national’ meals of ‘Handkas’ with music and ‘Grune Sobe’.
For the restaurant scene is just as lively and multicultural as the town
itself. Visitors can try culinary specialities from many countries. There is
sufficient choice for night owls too: there are restaurants, bars, clubs and
discotheques in all parts of the city.
The "fressgass" is a stretch of the street between Opernplatz and Borsenstrabe. It is actually called
‘Grobe Bockenheimer Strabe’, but for the locals, this pedestrian zone is always
the ‘fressgass’. In this place, the Frankfurt’s culinary are
particularly great: restaurants and fine food shops invite you into the
national and international world of gourmets. A visit to one of the street
cafes is less costly and here visitors can watch the activities on the
strolling mile, particularly in the summer.
Interesting for the event calendar: the annual Fressgass’ festival in June and
the annual Rheingau Wine Market in August. Both events are among the most
popular festivals in Frankfurt.
