Frankfurt am Main
Glinting with glass, steel and concrete skyscrapers, Frankfurt-on-the-Main (pronounced ‘mine’) is unlike any other German city. The focal point of a conurbation of 5.5 million inhabitants, ‘Mainhattan’ is a high-powered finance and business hub, home to one of the world’s largest stock exchanges and the gleaming headquarters of the European Central Bank, and famously hosts some of the world's most important trade fairs, attracting thousands of business travellers.
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- Attraction in Frankfurt am MainAlte Nikolaikirche
- Attraction in Frankfurt am MainAlte Oper Frankfurt
- Attraction in Frankfurt am MainFrankfurter Goethe-Haus
- Attraction in Frankfurt am MainHistorisches Museum Frankfurt
- Attraction in Frankfurt am MainKaiserdom
- Attraction in Frankfurt am MainPalmenGarten
- Attraction in Frankfurt am MainStädel Museum
- Attraction in Frankfurt am MainDeutsches Filmmuseum
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