Frankfurt, Germany: Top Sights

Frankfurt is so associated with modern finance that it might come as a surprise to learn that it has been a business centre for hundreds of years, a fact confirmed by a trip to the visitors gallery of the city's Bourse, founded in 1558, and still at the heart of money matters. If high finance is the nerve centre of contemporary Frankfurt, high literature, in the form of Johann Wolfgang Goethe, represents its soul. The Goethehaus and Goethemuseum were studiously rebuilt after Second World War bombing and feature art and furniture owned by the poet. Visual art is well catered for in the form of three major exhibition spaces; the Museum fur Moderne Kunst, an eye-catching triangular structure with an especially strong pop art section; Stadelsches Kunstinstitut und Galarie, which features German Expressionist works as well as the likes of Vermeer, Rembrandt and Renoir and Karmeliterkloster, a monastery turned museum and gallery that displays temporary modern art collections. Art apart, Frankfurt serves up a feast for the eyes in its architecture, a startling mix of mega-office blocks and medieval quarters that makes for fascinating viewing. Sachsenhausen, on the south bank of the River Main, boasts Charlemagne as its founder and attracts visitors keen to see its well-preserved winding streets and alleyways. Also replete with history is Romerberg, a popular square overlooked by a stunning Gothic town hall and a 13th century church.

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