Frankfurt, Germany: Banking Hub

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  • Опубліковано 10 січ 2017
  • More info about travel to Frankfurt: www.ricksteves.com/europe/ger... Cosmopolitan Frankfurt - nicknamed "Bankfurt" - is a trading hub of a united Europe, home to the European Central Bank, and a center for global commerce. Though it may be low on Old World charm, it offers a great look at no-nonsense, modern Germany.
    At www.ricksteves.com, you'll find money-saving travel tips, small-group tours, guidebooks, TV shows, radio programs, podcasts, and more on this destination.
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  • @JacksonsJourneys
    @JacksonsJourneys 7 років тому +20

    I love the contrast of the high-rises amidst the original historical structures.

  • @cyn865
    @cyn865 7 років тому +5

    Frankfurt is def. worth a visit during summer

  • @metube1004
    @metube1004 7 років тому +6

    keep your shows coming Rick I have been to Germany in the summers of 2015 and 2016 but I have not yet been to a major city I will watch your Germany videos the next time I go.

  • @danielcanali242
    @danielcanali242 7 років тому +15

    i am from Frankfurt and Frankfurt is the most beautiful city in the world.

  • @GustafGouda
    @GustafGouda 7 років тому +14

    The best thing about Frankfurt are the museums, especially the Städel, the Schirn, and Goethe's birthplace. The city has also played an important role in German history: the Kaiser was elected in Frankfurt, and Germany's first democratic constitution was written here.

    • @raffelpaffle4974
      @raffelpaffle4974 6 років тому

      sorry aber die museen sind verglichen mit Berlin und München nicht gerade beeindruckend

  • @wallykaspars9700
    @wallykaspars9700 7 років тому +8

    Frankfurt, my home for 11 years.

    • @wallykaspars9700
      @wallykaspars9700 7 років тому +2

      Plenty there. All kinds, from different countries.

  • @Educationforall9877
    @Educationforall9877 2 роки тому

    Beautiful video about Frankfurt Germany

  • @cassiepitchford5488
    @cassiepitchford5488 7 років тому +10

    You forgot Sachsenhausen and Bornheim. My favorite districts in Frankfurt!

    • @fazzahamdan854
      @fazzahamdan854 5 років тому

      Beautiful lady from germany, how are you??

    • @---zx9zf
      @---zx9zf 3 роки тому

      ³⁸⁵

  • @alex90028
    @alex90028 7 років тому +3

    Frankfurt has a lot to offer besides the bank district. There is the Römer/Old Town area(part of it is currently being reconstructed and finished in 2018). The Promenades with cafes along the river is beautiful, especially in the summer. Plus not forget the old Applewine Taverns in the old town of Sachsenhausen and Bornheim

    • @brams3563
      @brams3563 7 років тому

      alex90028 www.trklink.mobi/offer/106847|12801?data1=Track1&data2=Track2&data3={clickid}

  • @VicRattlehead6655
    @VicRattlehead6655 7 років тому +3

    Since he was in Frankfurt, I hope Rick also visited the Paulskirche, site of the first ever German national parliament in 1848!

  • @PaulA-fp3vs
    @PaulA-fp3vs 7 років тому +4

    I can see glass and metal boxes anywhere. Its the cute little towns that interest me.

  • @tsunamilyte534
    @tsunamilyte534 7 років тому

    I love these videos

  • @Leonard_Wilson
    @Leonard_Wilson 7 років тому +9

    Obviously, Berlin is the most important city in Germany, but I had no idea that Frankfurt was this big. I thought it was just a nondescript town in Germany.

    • @canuzzi
      @canuzzi 7 років тому +3

      It would have been the capitol of Germany, if the revolution of 1848 didn't fail.

    • @zeisselgaertner3212
      @zeisselgaertner3212 6 років тому +1

      Peter Parker
      Compared to cities like New York, Paris or London Frankfurt is a dwarf. Just 700.000 inhabitants, less the one tenth of the above mentioned big cities.
      But due to the federal structure of Germany it hosts the major hub for air traffic and the most important hub for long haul trains.
      It's the financial capital of Germany and a major base for law firms.
      And Frankfurt is the biggest internet hub in the world, sitting like a spider beetween North America, Asia and Africa.

  • @successjourney9786
    @successjourney9786 7 років тому

    why he is not posting new videos? i think i watch all of his videos and love it, so i want to watch something i haven't watch it yet LOOOL

  • @GrijzePilion
    @GrijzePilion 7 років тому +4

    There should be a video like this on Rotterdam as well. They have quite a few things in common.

    • @JacksonsJourneys
      @JacksonsJourneys 7 років тому +1

      I agree. Though Amsterdam may get the tourists, Rotterdam gets the business.

    • @GrijzePilion
      @GrijzePilion 7 років тому

      I think Amsterdam's overrated anyway. It looks pretty, but there isn't a whole lot else going for it.

    • @Leonard_Wilson
      @Leonard_Wilson 7 років тому +1

      Anne Frank Museum, canals, "coffee shops", Vondelpark, bike lanes, a 20 minute train ride to a farm village

  • @TokyoJoe703
    @TokyoJoe703 6 років тому

    Bet Rick popped into the Eros centers once they finished up this vid

  • @psychoandreas3261
    @psychoandreas3261 6 років тому

    I'm from Germany Germany is fantastic 💪💪 I live in Munich

    • @Hero007ization
      @Hero007ization 3 роки тому

      I am from Delhi, India and lived in Berlin for few years. Loved it.

  • @lifeinspainwithsyedfazalab4877

    Barcelona Spain 🇪🇸 ♥️ ❤️

  • @terrygelinas4593
    @terrygelinas4593 3 роки тому

    Bankfurt / Mainhattan! For the record, the UK got the lion's share of the Marshall Plan aid (2.7 billion versus Germany's 1.7), but Germany knows how to use the $$$ best 😁

  • @yallaworld1575
    @yallaworld1575 4 роки тому +1

    How many banks in Germany

  • @p.chandra2444
    @p.chandra2444 7 років тому +2

    Thank you sir...I am planning to persue my MBA from any university of Germany,especially from Frankfurt.
    I have been following you since a long time....I like your Videos.
    Now tell me how to give thousands of like in one click :)

  • @madhuvennapusa1451
    @madhuvennapusa1451 5 років тому

    Hi sir, which city you suggest for work and living at affordable money, frankfurt or berlin?

  • @thareqinsans
    @thareqinsans 7 років тому +14

    Frankfurt was a medieval city that looks like Prague with lots of heritage before the US soldiers bombed Frankfurt in WWII. Now it's filled with trashy modern skyscrapers. :'(

    • @bernardogontijo631
      @bernardogontijo631 7 років тому

      A O So sad to hear this :`(

    • @GrijzePilion
      @GrijzePilion 7 років тому +9

      I completely disagree. It makes the city all the more beautiful to see the combination of old and new. I think it's one of the more beautiful cities of Europe.

    • @frankfurtonfoottours2361
      @frankfurtonfoottours2361 6 років тому +2

      The RAF destroyed Frankfurt, not the Americans.

    • @soundtraveler9555
      @soundtraveler9555 5 років тому

      @@GrijzePilion Yeah good on you RAF! Mind going after Prague next?

  • @hittingtax2670
    @hittingtax2670 7 років тому +1

    Is Rick Canadian?

    • @GrijzePilion
      @GrijzePilion 7 років тому +3

      No, he's American. But not by much.

  • @stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733
    @stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733 10 місяців тому

    That moment when you realise the franks were german and germany is frankish.

  • @ghulamabbas-zs9gj
    @ghulamabbas-zs9gj Рік тому

    Germany 🇩🇪 🇩🇪 🇩🇪 🇩🇪 🇩🇪

  • @arozali1073
    @arozali1073 4 роки тому

  • @soundtraveler9555
    @soundtraveler9555 5 років тому

    Was here last year the place was a dump. Homeless everywhere, graffiti, and men peeing on sidewalks. Refugees in the subway asking me for money.

  • @dennettshane1929
    @dennettshane1929 7 років тому +14

    Rick I do not understand your taste in architecture. I've seen you trash communist era buildings left and right but those eyesores you defend?

    • @isaaccastro4846
      @isaaccastro4846 7 років тому +11

      put everything in context. an old "country" as germany with medieval towns destroyed but re-builted has a unique city wich didnt want to back to the old times, instead go for a "cutting edge" modern loking. that makes frankfurt special to germany environment and europe also

    • @GrijzePilion
      @GrijzePilion 7 років тому +4

      You think these are eyesores and commie blocks aren't?

    • @dennettshane1929
      @dennettshane1929 7 років тому +1

      GrijzePilion Communist buildings can be eyesores but they can also be stunning examples of modernist architecture! The same can be said about skyscrapers. These skyscrapers don't really have anything going for them though. It's just odd to me that Rick will go out of his way at every given opportunity to trash communism (not saying its not deserved). It comes off to me as if he has an axe to grind on the matter, and maybe he does. I just don't think he's being fair and this video illustrates his bias very well.
      Not that any of this matters. It's just art and opinions.

    • @GrijzePilion
      @GrijzePilion 7 років тому +1

      Exactly, it's just opinions. I think they add a lot, and I think most of them look good both by themselves and as part of the bigger picture.

    • @zohilvilla
      @zohilvilla 7 років тому +3

      I hate communist buildings they are so ugly ewwww