| The attractions found in Frankfurt include very modern | | | | Museum, the German Film Museum and others can |
| high rises which are responsible for the nickname, | | | | also be found at the Schaumainkai. |
| Mainhattan. While you may not fall instantly in love with | | | | Every Saturday you can browse a very large flea |
| it, Frankfurt posses a lot of charm. You can take | | | | market that is held at the river banks. The |
| some time to explore the interesting museums and the | | | | Museumsuferfest brings in millions of people each and |
| historic buildings and then enjoy high quality dining, | | | | every August. Here they find Museums that are open |
| exclusive shopping, and a nightlight life that will excite | | | | to the public, cabaret, music, and many food stalls with |
| anyone. | | | | food from many parts of the world to bring an |
| Attractions in Historical Frankfurt | | | | international flair to the event. Both banks of the river |
| Frankfurt has had a complete facelift and no longer | | | | are used to celebrate this festival. |
| resembles a city of its age. This Old Town was | | | | Sachsenhausen can be found across the river from |
| devastated by the bombs that were dropped in World | | | | the Roemerberg and the city center. While it is an old |
| War II so nearly all of the buildings were reconstructed. | | | | suburb it also plays host to Frankfurt's apple wine, or |
| Here is a brief introduction to the most common | | | | ebble woi, quarter. Schweizer Strasse is home to two |
| attractions and the history behind them. | | | | of the best apple wine pubs around, "Wagner" and |
| Roemerberg is the most important attraction as it is | | | | "Zum gemalten Haus" and is the main mile for |
| the oldest structure in the city and because of the | | | | shopping. |
| cathedral that lies as a back drop to the attractively | | | | As you take a long stroll through Sachsenhausen you |
| reconstructed houses. | | | | will begin to feel as if you have entered another world |
| Roemerberg, or "Frankfurt's Gut Stubb" meaning "good | | | | completely. There are cobblestone lanes that are very |
| living room" in English, has played an important role for | | | | narrow, small pubs that serve apple wine and other |
| over a thousand years for executions and | | | | areas that the locals tend to migrate and take in some |
| celebrations. The Christmas market that is held in | | | | "Stoeffche", "Grie Soss", and "Handkaes". |
| December is truly amazing. | | | | You can learn more about the apple wine culture that |
| The Roemer is the Town Hall in Frankfurt and has | | | | is found in Frankfurt and the flair that comes with the |
| been since 1405. While the building does house many | | | | local apple wine pubs by watching this video. |
| of the municipal offices, including the office for | | | | Attractions in Frankfurt - Specialties in the Local Food |
| registration, the visitors to the Hall can view the | | | | Ebble woi, Appler, and Stoeffche is all words that |
| Emperor's Hall, or Kaisersaal, where many emperors | | | | describe apple wine. Ebble woi is made by pressing a |
| and kings have held coronation banquets. Displayed | | | | certain type of apple, the Speyerling. It is not a wine |
| proudly in the Kaisersaal are portraits of each of the | | | | that everyone loves, as a matter of fact, it has been |
| fifty two emperors of the Holy Roman Empire. | | | | said that Ebble woi begins to taste better after each |
| St. Bartholomaeus Imperial Cathedral (Kaiserdom) has | | | | and every glass. Be sure you take it slow if you are |
| never been the seat of a bishop. The title "Imperial | | | | not used to drinking apple wine though, especially when |
| Cathedral" was given because between the years of | | | | drinking the Rauscher. You could find that you have a |
| 1562 and 1792 ten emperors and kings had been | | | | run in with your bowels. |
| crowned there. | | | | Grie Soss - green sauce is served cold and is made |
| The foundation of the old Salvator chapel was used to | | | | from seven different herbs, some mayonnaise, and |
| create the cathedral during the fourteenth and fifteenth | | | | some cooked eggs and is often times served with a |
| century. For over five hundred years, the tower laid | | | | side of potatoes. Grie Sauce was the favorite dish of |
| claim to the title of highest (95 m) building in Frankfurt. | | | | Goethe. While there are several slight variations in the |
| As you move to the west away from the cathedral | | | | different recipes for this sauce, it absolutely must |
| and towards Roemerberg you will find yourself on the | | | | contain the seven herbs. |
| exact same path that the emperors took after their | | | | Handkas mit Musik - Hand cheese with music is made |
| coronation. The Archaeological Garden, or | | | | of sour milk cheese that has been marinated in a |
| Archaologischer Garten, can be found just on the | | | | vinegar, oil and diced onion dressing. Some people use |
| outside of the church and the foundations can still be | | | | caraway seeds in their marinade but in most cases |
| seen that once was the Roman settlement and a | | | | you will have to get the caraway seeds on the side so |
| Carolingian royal palatinate. | | | | you can sprinkle a handful over your food. What |
| St. Paul's Church (Paulskirche) first opened its doors in | | | | exactly does music have to do with it? The music |
| 1789 as a Protestant church. This was also the year | | | | comes from your stomach as it reacts to the raw |
| of the French Revolution, a coincidence? | | | | onions you have just eaten. |
| The German revolutions that occurred in 1848 saw the | | | | Sauerkraut and Rippche is yet another dish that you |
| citizens of fifty two different German states protesting | | | | will find as a tradition in Frankfurt. Rippche is actually a |
| for democracy and social freedom. The National | | | | cooked and cured pork cutlet that is served with |
| Assembly, or Nationalvarsammlung, used the | | | | sauerkraut and mashed potatoes or bread. Of course |
| Paulskirche in Frankfurt as their meeting place from | | | | it also is served with Ebble woi. |
| May 18th, 1848 until May 31st, 1849. | | | | Frankfurter Wurstchen is produced only in Frankfurt or |
| While the efforts put forth in the 1848 revolutions and | | | | in one of the suburbs of Frankfurt and are pork |
| with the National Assembly turned out to fail, a large | | | | sausages that are very thin. If they are produced |
| portion of the Paulskirche Constitution was used to | | | | anywhere else they are simply called sausages |
| create the model for the Basic Constitution of the | | | | Frankfurter Art. This is true of Frankfurter Rindswurst |
| Federal Republik of Germany in 1949. The Paulskirche | | | | as well. Rindswurst is a thicker, shorter sausage that is |
| has been known even until today as the cradle of all | | | | made of beef instead of pork. Both of the sausages |
| democracy in Germany. | | | | are cooked in heated water, not boiled. The |
| Goethe House, Grosser Hirschgraben 23-25. The most | | | | Frankfurter Rindswurst can also be grilled to bring out |
| famous son in Frankfurt, Johann Wolfgang von | | | | a fabulous taste as well. It is tradition to eat either of |
| Goethe, was born in this place on August 28th of 1749. | | | | these sausages with bread and mustard or with some |
| The Goethe House became one of the very first | | | | potato salad. |
| buildings that got reconstructed once the war was | | | | Frankfurt's Skyline is very unique in Germany. There is |
| over. It was great to find that many of the items on | | | | no other German city that has such a wonderful line of |
| the interior survived the war so people can now see | | | | high rise buildings as you can find in Frankfurt. |
| actual artifacts of how people lived during the 18th | | | | Main Tower (200 m) happens to be the sole building |
| century. | | | | that is open to the public. You can relax and enjoy the |
| Contemporary and Cultural Frankfurt Attractions | | | | view of Frankfurt and the Taunus hills from the bar |
| The Bankfurt image is one that Frankfurt has pushed | | | | and restaurant that is found at the level of 187 m. You |
| hard to move past. The Rhine-Main area has claimed | | | | can visit the public viewing platform which is 200 m |
| Frankfurt as the cultural center. | | | | any day except if there are bad weather conditions. |
| The Mueumsufer (museum embankment) is found on | | | | Be sure to take your camera! |
| the south side of the river Main, right alongside the | | | | There are many other areas in Frankfurt that can be |
| Schaumainkai. | | | | of interest to nearly anyone. This includes shopping on |
| The Staedel Gallery is a very important art gallery as it | | | | the streets of Zeil and Goethestrasse. Fressgass |
| puts on display work produced in the European | | | | offers a mile of awesome culinary experiences with |
| schools of painting. | | | | restaurants and snack bars that offer a wide variety. |
| Liebighouse is the sculpture museum. There are | | | | Frankfurt is proud to be a green city that offers many |
| displays of European baroque statues as well as | | | | different parks in the center. The visitors as well as the |
| ancient Greece and Egypt. | | | | locals also enjoy visiting the zoo and the botanical |
| The Ethnological Museum, the German Architecture | | | | garden (Palmengarten). |