Introduction It’s a poetic museum that’s somewhat melancholic. It showcases the history of human communication, revealing the secrets of making invisible ink and breaking codes. It might be more appealing to children. Admission is free. The museum houses an upscale café. Address: Museum Embankment, Frankfurt am Main, Germany…
Introduction If you’re a fan of German cinema, this is definitely not to be missed. The museum features exhibitions on library history and film history, with continuously updated content and archives. The public cinema hosts premieres and special film events, and the program schedule is available in the catalog magazines sold at the newsstand. Address: …
St. Paul's Church (Paulskirche), also translated as St. Paul’s Church, is located in Frankfurt, Germany. Originally built in 1787, it is an oval-shaped Protestant church and an important political symbol in Germany. It was constructed at the time to replace the Franciscan Church (…
Introduction Once the stock exchange with the highest turnover in Germany. The building was constructed in the early 19th century, featuring the architecture of the High Italian Renaissance adorned with colorful statues, standing 43 meters tall with a steel and glass dome. It now serves as the world’s fourth-largest securities exchange. Every working day, trading activities take place here…
Introduction The Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt opened to the public in 1985. It is known for its beautiful location along the Schaumainkai Park, the Metzler Villa, …
Introduction The Frankfurt Financial District is one of Europe’s most important financial centers. The Frankfurt Stock Exchange is also one of the world’s four major stock exchanges. It is currently home to about 336 German and international banks and financial institutions, including Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, Dresdner Bank, Citibank, Bank of China, and more...
Introduction The museum is located on a triangular plot of land north of the cathedral in downtown Frankfurt. Höller used a compact, cohesive, and famously "cake-like" form to fill this gap in the city's structure, marking the entrance to Frankfurt’s old town center with an eye-catching design. ...
When the Main Tower was completed in March 1999, even the Frankfurt locals, long accustomed to skyscrapers, couldn't help but marvel. The Main Tower is the first high-rise building in Europe entirely clad in glass—appearing blue under daylight and radiating dazzling lights at night, making it quite a spectacular sight. The Main Tower in 2…
Lions, rhinos, crocodiles, monkeys — residents of Frankfurt and visitors alike can explore the spectacular animal worlds of Africa and other continents without traveling across the globe, as Frankfurt Zoo is right in the city center. Established in 1858, it is the second oldest zoo in Germany and one of the oldest in the world...
The Senckenberg Natural History Museum (Senckenberg Museum) in Frankfurt is Germany’s largest natural history museum and one of the world’s most renowned first-class museums. The Senckenberg Natural History Museum houses millions of specimens collected from around the world, including plant and animal specimens, paleontological fossils, and mineral and rock samples...
The Old Town Hall (Rathaus, also known as the “Römer”), located at the northwest corner of Römerberg Square, consists of three reconstructed 15th-century gabled buildings. These three exquisite interconnected Gothic structures feature distinctive stepped gabled roofs. Although they have endured centuries of warfare…
The Fountain of Justice (German: Gerechtigkeitsbrunnen) is located in the center of the Römerberg square, next to Frankfurt’s Old Town Hall. Also known as the Goddess of Fairness, the statue faces the town hall. In her left hand she holds a scale, symbolizing justice and fairness...
The Museum of Applied Arts in Frankfurt was established in 1877 and is one of the most important museums of its kind internationally, as well as one of Germany's six leading museums of applied arts. The museum’s latest building is situated in the garden of the Metzler Villa in Frankfurt and was designed by the renowned American architect Richard Meier…
Römer City Hall is actually the Old Town Hall of Frankfurt, located at the northwest corner of the Römerberg Square in Frankfurt. It consists of three reconstructed 15th-century gabled buildings. These three exquisite connected Gothic structures feature distinctive stepped gabled roofs. Although they have endured centuries of war damage, the entire...
The Old Opera House Frankfurt is one of the city’s most famous buildings, a replica of the Paris Opera House in France. Built in 1880, Emperor Wilhelm I was so moved after watching the inaugural performance that he declared only Frankfurt could inherit such splendor. After the war in 1945, it was completely reduced to…
St. Paul's Church Frankfurt is a church in Frankfurt, Germany, and an important political symbol of the country. It is an oval-shaped Protestant church, built in 1789 and completed in 1833. Due to its centralized design, it served as the meeting place of the Frankfurt National Assembly during 1848–1849…
Liebig House is a villa built in the late 19th century in Frankfurt, Germany. Today, this historic building houses a sculpture museum – the Museum of Ancient Sculpture, which is part of the Museumsufer (Museum Embankment) on the River Main. Liebig House was built in 1896 as a magnificent Historicism-style building and was originally the residence where Bohemian textile manufacturers spent their retirement; the City of Frankfurt acquired the building in 1908 and converted it into a sculpture museum. The museum’s collection includes pieces from ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, and ancient Rome, as well as sculptures in Baroque, Renaissance, and Classical styles from the Middle Ages, along with sculptures from the Far East. Among the most valuable items are an 800 BC bronze horse and headless human sculptures from Rome and Greece. In addition to exciting ancient artifacts, medieval objects are also highly captivating.
Museum Kirsch is a well-known art gallery located among Frankfurt’s renowned Museum Embankment in Germany. Opened in 2000, it has since hosted a series of exhibitions on the art and cultural history of the Rhine-Main region, aiming to promote the area's cultural identity and attracting many...
“At the stroke of twelve,” on August 28, 1749, Goethe came into the world in Großer Hirschgraben, as he himself wrote in his biography “Poetry and Truth.” The house where he was born has today become the “Goethe's House and Goethe Museum.” The residence, originally built in the 17th century, was damaged during World War II...
The Palmengarten Frankfurt is one of the two botanical gardens in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, and is the largest botanical garden in the country. Like many public facilities in Frankfurt, the Palmengarten was privately financed and constructed, and opened to the public in 1871. In 1931, the Palmengarten...