What to do a day in Frankfurt, but above all where to shop. Here is Berger Straße the longest and most beautiful street in the whole German city, read what you can find, cafes, bookstores and shops to buy typical items.
Frankfurt it is known as Mainhatten, a pun intended to accentuate the resemblance of the city on the Main (in German the Main) to New York City. Indeed, the skyline, the financial center and the largest airport in Germany make Frankfurt an impressive metropolis. Within Frankfurt lies the Berger Straße, a colorful way, a welcoming microcosm in this convulsive world. It crosses the Nordend and Bornheim districts and connects the Seckbach district with the center. At the same time with its 2,9 kilometers it is the longest shopping street in Frankfurt.
Bornheim: A town in the center of a metropolis
January 1877, 1063 was the beginning of Bornheim's history as a district of the city of Frankfurt am Main. It used to be an old village and the first mention found in the documents dates back to XNUMX. Bornheim's ancient names were: Burnheim, Burnheym, Burenchein and Burnheim.
A fountain tells the story of the neighborhood
Still today a fountain of red sandstone tells of the old town Bornheim. The fountain is decorated with heads made of a stonemason and with words that communicate essential information about the story.
The Café Wacker's
Il Café Wacker's in Berger Straße is a small café with a pleasant atmosphere, where you can read the newspaper and drink a delicious coffee. The Wacker's roasting was founded more than a hundred years ago in 1914 in Frankfurt. Today, in addition to roasting, it has three branches of coffee shops.
The green oasis of Bethmannpark with the Chinese park
Are you in Frankfurt and want a peaceful break in a green oasis? You will go to Bethmannpark at the opposite end of Berger Straße. The 3,1 hectare park is named after the Bethmanns - a banker family from Frankfurt who financed the park. Many visitors such as Napoleon Bonaparte, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (born in Frankfurt) and Frederick William III of Prussia spent peaceful moments in this park. In direct proximity is the Chinese park called "Garten des Himmlischen Friendens " .
The Schutt bookshop with the antique book market
Are you a book eater? Several libraries such as Ypsilon in Berger Straße will be your habitat! Only a few meters away you will find the library rubble in Arnsburger Straße 76. It is a small but fine bookshop with book paintings on the front that recall the bookshop Shakespeare & Company in Paris. At the entrance this impression is strengthened: books are enough from the ground to the ceiling, the highest accessible only by stairs. Every Saturday additionally from eleven to fourteen there is a market with antiques books in the inner courtyard.
The weekly market
Close to the metro station Bornheim Mitte every Wednesday and Saturday you can visit the weekly market with fruit and vegetables and many other things. It is worth a visit.
Italian fruit vendors
Even during the other weekdays, Italian and Turkish greengrocers sell oranges, grapes and various delicacies in his shops and on the street. Frankfurt is a city loved by both Germans and our friends and there is a beautiful one multicultural harmony.
International cuisine
This diversity is also seen with restaurants. Sushi, Thai, Chinese, Italian cuisine? Do you feel like eating Belgian wafers or typically Hessian food such as rib with sauerkraut and Äppelwoi (apple wine)? There is (almost) nothing that is not on Berger Straße.
The Hessenshop and other shops
Are you in Frankfurt to do some shopping? L'Hessenshop (the Hessian shop) is the ideal place to buy a travel souvenir. There you will find typical things like the bembel (the classic glass for apple wine), but also articles for fans of Eintracht Frankfurt, one of the city's football clubs. For us girls, the DM and drugstores are interesting Rossmann where you will find a great choice of cosmetics.
A sea of flowers
Taking a walk on Berger Straße you will immediately see the variety of flower shops. Tulips and roses greet you with a sea of colors - a soothing contrast to the soul in a city with gray skyscrapers.
Architecture
The architecture of Berger Straße is very interesting because it is so varied. Dependent on the part of the street you will find everything from half-timbered houses, buildings in the style of the Gründerzeit with stucco to houses from the postwar period alongside state-of-the-art architecture.
Culture in abundance
Then the street is a paradise for cultural friends. In Berger Straße 177 there is an arthouse cinema (the Berger Kino), every Monday evening at 32 people from all over the world meet in the Café Crawl and in Alt Bornheim XNUMX there is an international theater, the Interkulturelle Bühne.
