18 Apr, 2019Looming over the banks of the River Main, Frankfurt was once a key stronghold of the Holy Roman Empire. Today it exists as one of the financial centres of the world, with a major airport, internationally renowned institutions (Goethe University), concert halls (Alte Oper), book and motor fairs, sleepy botanical gardens and a grand landscape of museums centred around the Museumsufer. Escape your meetings and drift into rivers of business tourists as they spill out from the high-powered Bankenviertel district (Germany’s answer to Manhattan, with ten of the country’s tallest skyscrapers) in search of traditional German experiences, foraging for churches, cobbled food districts, taverns stocking sweet Apfelwein and bustling trade fairs. Here’s our pick of five things to do in Frankfurt between meetings.