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Over 200 stalls along the river and at the Römerberg are decorated with festive fairy lights for Frankfurt's Christmas Market. Pick up traditional pastries, mulled Glühwein wine and wooden…
Fireworks light up Frankfurt on New Year's Eve (Sylvester). The main places to see in the new year include the square in front of the Alte Oper, the Römerberg market place and any of the River…
New Year's Eve at the Mousonturm
Frankfurt's Künstlerhaus Mousonturm celebrates New Year's Eve with a wide variety of music and art, featuring parallel events on the venue's three levels.
The traditional New Year Concert at Frankfurt's Alte Oper features the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, or Young German Philharmonic, performing a selection of classical music to welcome in the new year.
Frankfurt's Fastnachtszug carnival parade leaves the Untermainkai and works its way around the city centre, celebrating winter's end in a blaze of colour, music and festivity. Jovial court…
Join half a million fellow revellers on the Festplatz am Ratsweg for Frankfurt's Frühlings Dippemess (Spring Dippe Fair), the first open-air fair after the end of winter. Highlights are the…
Frankfurt's museums stay open late to give visitors a taste of all the city's collections with one combined ticket in one night. Shuttles bus visitors between venues. Call into Goethe's house…
The VeloTour cycle race starts and finishes in the Eschborn district of Frankfurt. In-between, the cyclists cover between 40 and 110km through Frankfurt and the Taunus hills north of the city.
Providing a welcome breath of fresh air, Frankfurt's Wäldchestag folk festival is set amidst the tranquillity of the Stadtwald forest. Wander the arts and crafts market or head for the…
A terrace overlooking the 16th-century Höchst Castle is the setting for the Shorts at Moonlight short film festival in Frankfurt's western Höchst district. From as little as one minute in…
Around ten stages are set up for the Museumsuferfest along Frankfurt's riverbanks. From outdoor art shows and new technology exhibitions to sacred and classical music concerts, this open-air…
Are you looking for some old-fashioned fun in Frankfurt? Head for the Autumn Dippemesse, a fun fair set out on Festplatz am Ratsweg square, which offers entertainment to keep the whole family happy.
Ten thousand hardy competitors take to the streets for this 26-mile (42km) run. Up to half a million onlookers cheer them on. From professional runners to fun runners in fancy dress, inline…
Visitors can explore the recreated study, extensive library and puppet theatre in this bourgeois central Frankfurt townhouse of Germany's most famous literary son. The museum adjacent to…
The foundations of some of Frankfurt's oldest buildings, including Roman baths from the first century, have been excavated at the site of the central open-air Archaeological Garden.…
Late Gothic tombstones and Renaissance frescoes have survived in this red-brick cathedral in Frankfurt's historic centre. In spring and summer climb the Kaiserdom's 324 stairs and enjoy the…
With its meticulously reconstructed Patrician house fronts, Römerberg is the picturesque heart of the old town. A walk across the cobbled square, also home to the three-gabled town hall, takes…
At 200m, the fully glazed Main Tower in central Frankfurt is the city's fourth-tallest building, doing its fair share to dub the city 'Mainhattan'. The 54th-floor observation platform offers…
Near Römerberg square, the Historical Museum offers a fascinating journey through Frankfurt's history, from Roman settlers to investment bankers. Discover the region's past through a diversity…
Germany's first freely elected parliament fiercely debated the constitution in 1848 in the oval-shaped nave of Frankfurt's Paulskirche church. Today, the red-brick church in Römerberg square…
