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Suits families who want leafy Altbau streets and a park nearby, with Merianplatz about four minutes on foot.
Frankfurt's residential areas sit close together, and most have a rapid-transit station within a few minutes' walk. The contrast is between older quarters of Altbau streets, villas and village-style high streets, and newer or reviving districts built around towers, reclaimed rail land and the harbour. The south bank has its own character, with taverns and the museum embankment.
Open Frankfurt on the map Live scores for transit, cafes, schools and healthcare, calculated from what is actually around each address.Suits families who want leafy Altbau streets and a park nearby, with Merianplatz about four minutes on foot.
Fits people working in the finance core who want to live among the towers, with Hauptwache four minutes away.
For those who want the south bank, apple-wine taverns and the museum embankment within walking reach.
Suits residents who prefer new-build apartments and mall shopping on reclaimed rail land rather than older housing stock.
Rebuilt half-timbered heart · Romerberg square · Cathedral
The skyline of Mainhattan · ECB legacy towers · Finance core
Apple-wine taverns & museum embankment · South-bank soul
Village high street & beer gardens · Lively north-east
Leafy Altbau streets & Gunthersburg park · Family favourite
Grunderzeit villas & Palmengarten · Genteel & central
Gritty-cool station quarter · World food & new bars
New skyscraper-and-mall district · Reclaimed rail yards
ECB tower & harbour park · Reviving east