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Get to know the financial center of Germany. One day tour in Frankfurt am Meno

What to do in Frankfurt?

The city of Frankfort is a couple of hours from the city of Stuttgart, by train the trip is only one hour 40 minutes, and by bus it could be between 2 hours and a half to three hours. It really is a city that is very close and due to its proximity it becomes another destination that you can visit near our city.

Buses and trains are available from Stuttgart Central Station every hour, and our number one guy is looking through the options that flixbus or flixtrain have. This travels from the central station to the Frankfurt sud station, and the classic Deutsche Bahn trains leave from the same station but with their final destination at the Frankfurt central station. In any case, the city is not that big and both stations are relatively close to what you need to know.

Arriving in the city in any way, the first impression is always the skyline, its buildings can be seen from the moment you arrive, the city known as Mainhatan is the city with the tallest skyscrapers in all of Germany, take into account that Germany in In general, it is not very tall buildings.
In a short walk, we can quickly appreciate that it is a very elegant and modern city,

Frankfurt am Meno is the fifth most populous city in all of Germany, one place above Stuttgart with approximately 750,000 inhabitants and up to 4 million in its metropolitan area or peripheral districts. Capital of the central state of Hesse, the city is known for being the financial center of all Germany and is a logistics and communications center. Its airport is the largest in Germany and the main hub of the Luftansa airline, and that is why it is a city widely used as a gateway and connection not only in Germany, but also throughout Europe. In addition to being the communications center with the central hub of the Internet network, it is the financial center where the German Stock Exchange and the European Central Bank are located, as well as the headquarters of banks, insurance companies, and the largest investment funds. of Europe. Having understood the dimension of what that means, we can understand that Franfurt is a very important city in terms of business, making it one of the most international cities in Germany, in addition to this, it also has industry and solid commerce. , but its tourism is based mainly on business tourism and not so much on leisure tourism as cities like Berlin or Munich. But that makes it a bit more mysterious.

As basic historical data, the city is initially found in documents from the 700s after Christ, so it can be said that it is a new city to be European, its initial growth was during the German Roman Empire in which it was already consolidated. As an emerging city where various emperors were named, its name Frankfurt am Meno comes from being part of Frankonia in a region along the shallow Main River where one could easily cross both sides. The city was gaining great relevance as a communications center in the last centuries.
But knowing its history we can understand that it is not a city of great ancient monuments, much less huge squares like other more historic cities thousands of years old. But it does have other extremely interesting and relevant facets that make it very special. Among its most striking architectural monuments is the Romer and its central square of the town hall, its cathedral, its opera, among other things, but in general the most unique are its modern high-rise buildings.

If you don't know the city at all there is a tourist bus, it goes around the perimeter of the center and a little more, in that tour you will find general information, but quite basic, and in any case the center of the city and its surroundings is really small , the tourist bus will not provide a great experience within the center but if your budget is loose it keeps you busy and moving for a couple of hours, logically if you don't like it or you can't walk it is possibly an option, but in itself, it is very easy know the most relevant walking,

Exploring the center and its surroundings we can say that the city is beautiful, especially the downtown area that includes what is the central train station, a few blocks away is the skyline with the tallest buildings, and next to it different streets and squares that include what is the Romerberg town hall square, a beauty that was rebuilt after the war preserving its original design, next to this is Paul Square next to its church, one block from the cathedral, and is connecting to Goethe Square who is one of the most emblematic characters of this city and in fact of all Germany, a visit to his house is one of the many tourist options, between streets and alleys full of restaurants, boutiques and galleries, in fact Goethe street It stands out as one of the streets with a great variety of exclusive designer stores in all of Germany, very picturesque and pleasant streets to walk, then arriving at the opera, and also Hauptwach street e, where we also find countless shops and even shopping centers. In fact, in the street known as Zeil, we find the MyZeil Shopping Center which is a refuge against a rainy afternoon, a very modern and striking shopping center, with an architecture and ambient design that impresses, its curved glass roofs in its last floor to which you have access through the longest escalators in the country, several restaurants and bars upstairs, highly recommended again if you want to take refuge from the cold or rain.

Right next to the center are the tallest buildings, the buildings of banks, insurance companies and headquarters of transnational companies, something that is noteworthy is that despite having several very modern skyscrapers with futuristic designs made entirely of glass, the city still maintains among these smaller buildings with more classic designs, giving it that contrast of very good taste, very elegant and unique, and that is that the buildings are relatively thin, and that is because by law in Germany all office buildings must have natural light, forcing them to to be designed in this way, with more space between them and less closed spaces.

Then, together with all this area, logically we cannot fail to highlight the Main river, its banks with green areas and wide paths to enjoy a walk, sit on the benches and appreciate the panoramic view, the Eisermer Steig bridge also stands out, a bridge pedestrian built by the community in 1868 which charged a toll of a silver coin to cross and that in just 3 years had already amortized its full cost, currently logically it is completely free and is one of the most emblematic bridges in the eastern city connects what is the town hall Romer square with the Sachenhausen district on the other side of the river. The view from the solid iron bridge is unmatched, its innumerable lovers' locks gives it that romantic touch that makes everyone need to walk the bridge to take a picture and also take the most outstanding and descriptive photos of what the city of Frankfurt is.

Outside of this area of the city center and the banks of the river, we can highlight what is the urban forest of Frankfurt, the truly largest area of the city, which is also the area where the football stadium of the legendary team is located. Eintract Frankfurt and also the route to the zoo a little further north west, but in general what is the center, the central station, the river and the historic center is the main thing to know.

Finally the days in winter are short, and the darkness of the night invades, and the sunlight is replaced by the illumination of the urban landscape, quite a demonstration of good taste, the city takes on even more a cosmopolitan atmosphere, unique in all of Germany.
Without a doubt we recommend a visit to Frankfurt am Meno, you can easily go through it in the most basics in an afternoon, or on a trip staying one or two nights.