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Things to do in Frankfurt
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Sightlore has 36 places to explore in Frankfurt, and 22 of them come with a 60-second story in 5 languages. Point your camera at a landmark to learn its name and story, and earn points and badges at the places you actually visit.
Frankfurt's must-sees
The city's most important places. In the app you see how many you've visited and earn a badge when you've seen them all.
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Eiserner Steg
The Eiserner Steg (Iron Footbridge) is a footbridge spanning the river Main in the city of Frankfurt, Germany, which connects the centre of Frankfurt with the district of Sachsenhausen.
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St. Paul's Church, Frankfurt am Main
St Paul's Church in Frankfurt is a former church building used as an exhibition, memorial and meeting place.
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Museum Giersch
The Museum Giersch is an art gallery on the Main River in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in the Museumsufer area.
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Museum für angewandte Kunst Frankfurt
The Museum Angewandte Kunst (MAK) is located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and is part of Frankfurt's Museumsufer (Museum Riverbank). The alternating exhibitions recount tales of cultural values and changing living conditions.
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German Architecture Museum
The Deutsches Architekturmuseum, or DAM, is located on the Museumsufer in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Kleinmarkthalle
A market hall built in 1954 in Frankfurt's old town; some 150 stalls on about 1,500 m² sell mainly fresh food.
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Städel Museum
The Städel, officially the Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, is an art museum in Frankfurt, with one of the most important collections in Germany.
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Liebieghaus
The Liebieghaus is a late 19th-century villa in Frankfurt, Germany. It contains a sculpture museum, the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, which is part of the Museumsufer on the Sachsenhausen bank of the River Main.
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Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
The Schirn Kunsthalle is a Kunsthalle in Frankfurt, Germany, located in the old city, between the Römer and the Frankfurt Cathedral; it is part of Frankfurt's Museumsufer (Museum Riverbank).
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Frankfurt Cathedral
Frankfurt Cathedral, officially Imperial Dome of Saint Bartholomew, is a Roman Catholic Gothic church located in the heart of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew.
Discovery routes in Frankfurt
Visit the stops in any order and tap "Check in" at each one; finish the route to earn points and its own badge.
Frankfurt: from the Main Tower to the Römer and the Cathedral
From the Main Tower to the Alte Oper and the Eschenheim Tower, the Hauptwache and St. Catherine's Church to the Goethe House; St. Paul's Church, the Römer and the Römerberg, the Old St. Nicholas Church, the Schirn Kunsthalle, the Imperial Cathedral and the Kleinmarkthalle.
Frankfurt: the Museum Embankment
From the Eiserner Steg to the Museum of Applied Arts, the German Film Museum, the German Architecture Museum and the Museum of Communication; the Städel, the Liebieghaus, the Museum Giersch and the Holbeinsteg.
Places to visit
Historic sites
Alte Oper
Alte Oper (Old Opera) is a concert hall in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. It is located in the inner city, Innenstadt, within the banking district Bankenviertel.
Eschenheimer Turm
Eschenheimer Turm (Eschenheim Tower) was a city gate, part of the late-medieval fortifications of Frankfurt am Main, and is a landmark of the city.
Hauptwache
The Hauptwache is a central point of Frankfurt am Main and is one of the most famous plazas in the city. The original name Schillerplatz was superseded in the early 1900s.
Römer
The Römer (German surname, "Roman") is a medieval building in the Altstadt of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and one of the city's most important landmarks.
Römerberg
Römerberg is a public space in Frankfurt, Germany. It is located in front of the Römer building complex, seat of the Frankfurt city administration since the 15th century.
Eiserner Steg
The Eiserner Steg (Iron Footbridge) is a footbridge spanning the river Main in the city of Frankfurt, Germany, which connects the centre of Frankfurt with the district of Sachsenhausen.
Holbeinsteg
A pedestrian and cycle bridge over the Main in Frankfurt, built in 1990, linking Sachsenhausen with the station district.
Alte Brücke
Alte Brücke is a bridge in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is the oldest bridge over the lower course of the river Main, and until 1886 was the only stone bridge crossing the river.
Oper Frankfurt
The Oper Frankfurt (Frankfurt Opera) is a German opera company based in Frankfurt.
Museums
Goethe House
The Goethe House is a writer's house museum located in the Innenstadt district of Frankfurt, Germany. It is the birthplace and childhood home of German poet and playwright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
The Schirn Kunsthalle is a Kunsthalle in Frankfurt, Germany, located in the old city, between the Römer and the Frankfurt Cathedral; it is part of Frankfurt's Museumsufer (Museum Riverbank).
Museum für angewandte Kunst Frankfurt
The Museum Angewandte Kunst (MAK) is located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and is part of Frankfurt's Museumsufer (Museum Riverbank). The alternating exhibitions recount tales of cultural values and changing living conditions.
German Film Museum
A film museum on Frankfurt's Museum Embankment, housed in a listed historic villa.
German Architecture Museum
The Deutsches Architekturmuseum, or DAM, is located on the Museumsufer in Frankfurt, Germany.
Museum for Communication Frankfurt
The Museum für Kommunikation (MfK) is a museum of the history of communication in Frankfurt, Germany.
Städel Museum
The Städel, officially the Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, is an art museum in Frankfurt, with one of the most important collections in Germany.
Liebieghaus
The Liebieghaus is a late 19th-century villa in Frankfurt, Germany. It contains a sculpture museum, the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, which is part of the Museumsufer on the Sachsenhausen bank of the River Main.
Museum Giersch
The Museum Giersch is an art gallery on the Main River in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, in the Museumsufer area.
Frankfurt Archaeological Museum
The Archaeological Museum Frankfurt (until 2002 the Museum of Prehistory and Early History) presents the city's history in archaeological periods, with Near Eastern and classical antiquities collections.
Historical Museum Frankfurt
The Historical Museum in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, was founded in 1878, and includes cultural and historical objects relating to the history of Frankfurt and Germany.
Jewish Museum Frankfurt
The Jewish Museum Frankfurt am Main is the oldest independent Jewish Museum in Germany. It was opened by Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl on 9 November 1988, the 50th anniversary of Kristallnacht.
Museum für Moderne Kunst
The Museum für Moderne Kunst (Museum of Modern Art), or short MMK, in Frankfurt, was founded in 1981 and opened to the public 6 June 1991. The museum was designed by the Viennese architect Hans Hollein.
Senckenberg Museum
The Naturmuseum Senckenberg (SMF) is a museum of natural history, located in Frankfurt am Main. It is the second-largest natural history museum in Germany.
Struwwelpeter Museum
A museum in Frankfurt devoted to the 1844 children's book Struwwelpeter and to the memory of its author, the psychiatrist Heinrich Hoffmann.
Places of worship
St. Catherine's Church
St. Catherine's Church is the largest Protestant church in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is a parish church in the old city centre near one of the most famous city squares, the Hauptwache.
St. Paul's Church, Frankfurt am Main
St Paul's Church in Frankfurt is a former church building used as an exhibition, memorial and meeting place.
Old St. Nicholas church
The Old St. Nicholas Church in Frankfurt, Germany, is a medieval Lutheran church. It is located near the Römer city hall in Frankfurt's old town called Altstadt.
Frankfurt Cathedral
Frankfurt Cathedral, officially Imperial Dome of Saint Bartholomew, is a Roman Catholic Gothic church located in the heart of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew.
Saint Justinus' church
The Carolingian Saint Justin's Church in Frankfurt-Höchst is the oldest building in Frankfurt/Main and one of the oldest churches still existing in Germany. It is dedicated to Saint Justin the Confessor.
St. Leonhard
St. Leonhard is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. Its historic church dates to 1219, when it was erected in the centre of the town close to the river Main, as a Romanesque-style basilica.
Liebfrauen, Frankfurt
Liebfrauenkirche ("Our Lady", literally "Dear Lady") is a Gothic-style Catholic parish church, located in the centre of Frankfurt, Germany.
Monuments
Main Tower
Main Tower is a 56-storey, 200 m (656 ft) skyscraper in the Innenstadt district of Frankfurt, Germany. It is named after the nearby Main river. The building is 240 m (787 ft) when its antenna spire is included.
Frankfurter Engel
The Frankfurter Engel (German for Frankfurt angel) is a memorial in the city of Frankfurt am Main in southwestern Germany; it is dedicated to homosexual people who were persecuted under Nazi rule, and as well as under Paragraph 175 of the German Criminal Code during the 1950s…
Nature
Frankfurt Zoological Garden
The Frankfurt Zoological Garden is the zoo of Frankfurt, Germany. It features over 4,500 animals of over 510 species on more than 11 hectares.
Palmengarten
The Palmengarten is one of two botanical gardens in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is located in the Westend-Süd district. It covers a surface of 22 hectares (54 acres).
Other
Kleinmarkthalle
A market hall built in 1954 in Frankfurt's old town; some 150 stalls on about 1,500 m² sell mainly fresh food.
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