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Podcast on Schweizer-/Gartenstraße back: Baseler Platz : : Schweizer/Gartenstr. (English) 1:53 Schweizer/Gartenstr. (Hochdeutsch) 1:45 Schweizer/Gartenstr. (Hessisch) 1:55 Sachsenhausen Sachsenhausen takes its name from the settlement of Saxon families by Charlemagne. This part of the city was originally a fishing village outside Frankfurt and is now a popular residential area with many refurbished old buildings. This is where you will find Schellgasse 8, the oldest remaining house in…

Podcast introduction Welcome aboard the Ebbelwei-Express Come and discover our lively city on a historic tram. Enjoy an hour-long tour taking in history, stories, monuments and memorable sights along the way. We hope you have a great trip! Verkehrsgesellschaft Frankfurt am Main Tips on enjoying the audio tour The trip on the Ebbelwei-Express starts at the zoo and the circuit takes you past Frankfurt am Main’s most important sights. To help you get the most out of the tour, you’ll hear a…

Podcast on Baseler Platz back: Festhalle/Messe : : Baseler Platz (English) 3:30 Baseler Platz (Hochdeutsch) 3:13 Baseler Platz (Hessisch) 3:29 Westhafen Before we cross the Main River, you’ll see the former Westhafen on the right. This is now being transformed by the construction of attractive modern residential complexes. The Westhafen is a former inland port separated from the Main by a breakwater that’s 560 metres long and 75 metres wide. The Westhafen Tower has stood at the entrance to…

Podcast on Festhalle/Messe back: Platz der Republik : : Festhalle/Trade Fair (English) 2:52 Festhalle/Messe (Hochdeutsch) 2:29 Festhalle/Messe (Hessisch) 2:44 Frankfurt Festhalle The Festhalle is the venue for many big events, including concerts by well-known artists and bands or sporting events such as the ATP world tennis championship in the first half of the 1990s and large-scale horse-riding shows. The first events staged here in 1909 were the German Gymnastics Festival and the…

Podcast on the Platz der Republik stop back: Hauptbahnhof/Münchener Strasse : : Platz der Republik (English) 3:00 Platz der Republik (Hochdeutsch) 2:47 Platz der Republik (Hessisch) 3:00 Platz der Republik From Platz der Republik, you can see the skyscrapers along Mainzer Landstrasse and the Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage (a square) to the right. At the junction with Mainzer Landstrasse on the right-hand side, you’ll also see City Hochhaus. This 142-metre building is also known as the Selmi tower,…

Podcast on Hauptbahnhof/Münchener Strasse stop back: Willy-Brandt-Platz : : Hbf/Münchener Strasse (English) 1:59 Hbf/Münchener Straße (Hochdeutsch) 1:52 Hbf/Münchener Straße (Hessisch) 1:58 After turning to the right, the street on the right at the next junction is Kaiserstrasse. Kaiserstrasse is one of the most famous streets in the centre of Frankfurt. With its magnificently decorated facades, it connects the city centre to the railway station in grand style. Since after World War II,…

Podcast on Lokalbahnhof back: Schweizer-/Gartenstrasse : : Lokalbahnhof (English) 2:35 Lokalbahnhof (Hochdeutsch) 2:37 Lokalbahnhof (Hessisch) 0:00 Old Sachsenhausen Turning left here brings you to the famous Klappergass in Old Sachsenhausen. Frau Rauscher, the life-sized stone sculpture, welcomes guests in for a glass of cider. It’s also the name of the naturally cloudy Stöffches made by the Possmann family press house in Frankfurt that you can find in all good food shops or specialist…

Podcast for Ostendstrasse stop via Börneplatz to the cathedral back: Zoo : : Ostendstrasse (English) 4:22 Ostendstraße (Hochdeutsch) 4:02 Ostendstraße (Hessisch) 4:21 Jewish cemetery You’ll find the old Jewish cemetery on the left-hand side between the Allerheiligentor and Börneplatz stops that are just coming up. This is the second oldest Jewish burial ground in Germany and was used as such until 1828. A total of 5,500 gravestones have been counted both above and below the ground. These…

Podcast for Zoo stop back: audio tour : : Zoo (English) 1:01 Zoo (Hochdeutsch) 0:59 Zoo (Hessisch) 1:03 Frankfurt Zoo The Frankfurt Zoo is the second oldest zoological park in Germany. It was created in 1858 following a public campaign led by citizens of the city. The zoo was originally located in the Leer’schen Gärten in the city’s Westend district, but in 1874 moved to its current site, Pfingstweiden. After World War I, the city of Frankfurt took over the running of the zoo. During World…

Podcast for Willy-Brandt-Platz stop back: Römer/St. Paul's Church : : Willy-Brandt-Platz (English) 1:55 Willy-Brandt-Platz (Hochdeutsch) 1:44 Willy-Brandt-Platz (Hessisch) 1:54 Willy-Brandt-Platz Willy-Brandt-Platz is in the banking district adjacent to the ramparts of Frankfurt. The ramparts form a ring-like park around the inner city of Frankfurt am Main. They were created at the beginning of the 19th century on the grounds of Frankfurt’s former city fortifications. The Frankfurt ring…