{"id":1303572,"date":"2026-09-29T11:49:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T11:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/?page_id=1303572"},"modified":"2026-10-01T16:33:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:33:26","slug":"frankfurt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/blog\/europe\/germany\/frankfurt\/","title":{"rendered":"Frankfurt"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":0,"parent":1302303,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"hw-hub-city","meta":{"footnotes":"","hw_hub_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_hero_image":"","hw_hub_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_why_title":"","hw_hub_why_body":"","hw_hub_why_link_label":"","hw_hub_why_link_url":"","hw_hub_why_cards":"","hw_hub_stats":"","hw_hub_countries_title":"","hw_hub_countries_intro":"","hw_hub_featured":"","hw_hub_regions":"","hw_hub_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_hostels":"","hw_hub_when_title":"","hw_hub_when_intro":"","hw_hub_seasons":"","hw_hub_costs_title":"","hw_hub_costs_body":"","hw_hub_cost_rows":"","hw_hub_cost_note":"","hw_hub_money_reads":"","hw_hub_rail_title":"","hw_hub_rail_body":"","hw_hub_rail_link_label":"","hw_hub_rail_link_url":"","hw_hub_rail_image":"","hw_hub_routes":"","hw_hub_events_title":"","hw_hub_events_intro":"","hw_hub_events_source":"","hw_hub_events_continent":"","hw_hub_events_count":"","hw_hub_events_cache":"","hw_hub_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_events":"","hw_hub_events_pills":"","hw_hub_reads_intro":"","hw_hub_article_rows":"","hw_hub_show_read_time":"","hw_hub_all_title":"","hw_hub_all_body":"","hw_hub_all_cta":"","hw_hub_trips_title":"","hw_hub_trips_note":"","hw_hub_trips":"","hw_hub_faq_title":"","hw_hub_faq_note":"","hw_hub_faqs":"","hw_hub_cta_title":"","hw_hub_cta_body":"","hw_hub_cta_buttons":"","hw_hub_newsletter_title":"","hw_hub_newsletter_body":"","hw_hub_newsletter_shortcode":"","hw_hub_hub_term":"","hw_hub_scope_rows":"","hw_hub_country_hero_eyebrow":"","hw_hub_country_hero_h1":"","hw_hub_country_hero_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hero_image":"","hw_hub_country_hero_overlay":"","hw_hub_country_hero_cta":"","hw_hub_country_stats":"","hw_hub_country_intro_title":"","hw_hub_country_intro_body":"","hw_hub_country_facts":"","hw_hub_country_cities_title":"","hw_hub_country_cities_intro":"","hw_hub_country_cities_live":"","hw_hub_country_cities":"","hw_hub_country_trips_title":"","hw_hub_country_trips_intro":"","hw_hub_country_trip_types":"","hw_hub_country_do_title":"","hw_hub_country_do_body":"","hw_hub_country_do_points":"","hw_hub_country_do_tag":"","hw_hub_country_do_more":"","hw_hub_country_food_title":"","hw_hub_country_food_body":"","hw_hub_country_food_points":"","hw_hub_country_food_tag":"","hw_hub_country_food_more":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_title":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_body":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_points":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_tag":"","hw_hub_country_nightlife_more":"","hw_hub_country_transport_title":"","hw_hub_country_transport_body":"","hw_hub_country_transport_points":"","hw_hub_country_transport_tag":"","hw_hub_country_transport_more":"","hw_hub_country_money_title":"","hw_hub_country_money_body":"","hw_hub_country_money_points":"","hw_hub_country_money_tag":"","hw_hub_country_money_more":"","hw_hub_country_safety_title":"","hw_hub_country_safety_body":"","hw_hub_country_safety_points":"","hw_hub_country_safety_tag":"","hw_hub_country_safety_more":"","hw_hub_country_entry_title":"","hw_hub_country_entry_body":"","hw_hub_country_entry_points":"","hw_hub_country_entry_tag":"","hw_hub_country_entry_more":"","hw_hub_country_season_title":"","hw_hub_country_season_intro":"","hw_hub_country_season_note":"","hw_hub_country_season_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_title":"","hw_hub_country_budget_intro":"","hw_hub_country_budget_note":"","hw_hub_country_budget_rows":"","hw_hub_country_budget_currency":"","hw_hub_country_events_title":"","hw_hub_country_events_intro":"","hw_hub_country_events_source":"","hw_hub_country_events_country":"","hw_hub_country_events_count":"","hw_hub_country_events_cache":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_events_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_events":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_title":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_intro":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_label":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cta_url":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_source":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_type":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_location_id":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_currency":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_count":"","hw_hub_country_hostels_cache":"","hw_hub_country_hostels":"","hw_hub_country_faq_ti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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Frankfurt","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"Banking towers over a rebuilt medieval square, fifteen museums along one riverbank, apple wine in a district of its own, and the best transport links in Europe.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1303675","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"15 | Museums along the Museumsufer embankment\r\n2018 | When the rebuilt old town reopened\r\n1 in 3 | Residents holding a foreign passport","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"A small city that looks like a big one","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Frankfurt has about 770,000 people and a skyline that suggests several million, because the European Central Bank and most of Germany's financial industry are here. Germans call it Mainhattan, and they think this is funnier than it is.\r\n\r\nThe medieval centre was destroyed in 1944. A stretch of it between the R\u00f6mer and the cathedral was rebuilt from scratch and reopened in 2018 \u2014 reconstructions of specific lost buildings alongside new ones in the same idiom. It is convincing enough to confuse people and entirely six years old.\r\n\r\nThe Museumsufer is the real reason to stay. Fifteen museums line the south bank of the Main within a couple of kilometres, and the St\u00e4del alone would justify a day.\r\n\r\nApfelwein \u2014 sour apple wine served in ribbed glasses from blue ceramic jugs \u2014 is the local drink, and Sachsenhausen is where it is drunk.\r\n\r\nTwo days, and it is a natural first or last stop given the airport.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | Airport 15 minutes by S8 or S9, about \u20ac5.60. Europe's main air hub\r\nGetting around | U-Bahn, S-Bahn, trams and buses on one RMV ticket. Day ticket about \u20ac6\r\nCurrency | Euro\r\nTrade fairs | The Messe calendar sets bed prices. Check it before booking\r\nMuseumsufer | Free entry at many museums on the last Saturday of the month\r\nApfelwein | Served in a ribbed Geripptes glass from a Bembel jug. Sour, and an acquired taste","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"A compact centre on the Main, with the drinking district across the river.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"13","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"Altstadt and R\u00f6mer | First-timers | The rebuilt old town: the R\u00f6merberg square, the cathedral and the river a few minutes away. | 50.1100 | 8.6820 |  | \nSachsenhausen | Apple wine and food | South of the river: the Museumsufer, cobbled lanes and the traditional apple wine taverns. | 50.1010 | 8.6870 |  | \nBornheim and Nordend | Local and residential | North-east: a genuine neighbourhood with good restaurants, bars and no bankers. | 50.1280 | 8.7040 |  | \nBahnhofsviertel | Cheapest and busiest | Around the main station: the cheapest beds and best transport, in a district with visible street drug use. | 50.1070 | 8.6660 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Frankfurt","hw_hub_city_do_body":"The St\u00e4del is the museum to do, about \u20ac18, holding seven hundred years of European art from Cranach and Vermeer through to the present, with a modern wing built underground beneath the garden.\r\n\r\nThe rest of the Museumsufer runs along the same bank \u2014 the Film Museum, the Architecture Museum, the Liebieghaus sculpture collection \u2014 and many offer free entry on the last Saturday of the month.\r\n\r\nThe R\u00f6merberg is the rebuilt medieval square, with the R\u00f6mer town hall and the half-timbered facades reconstructed after the war. The newer Neue Altstadt behind it opened in 2018 and fills the gap between there and the cathedral.\r\n\r\nGo up something. The Main Tower observation deck is about \u20ac9 and is the only skyscraper in the city with public access, which makes it the one place you can see Frankfurt without the towers blocking the view.\r\n\r\nThen cross to Sachsenhausen and drink Apfelwein where it belongs.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"The St\u00e4del | About \u20ac18, and seven hundred years of European art\r\nMain Tower | About \u20ac9. The only publicly accessible tower\r\nThe Neue Altstadt | Free. A medieval quarter that opened in 2018\r\nApfelwein in Sachsenhausen | The local drink, in the right district","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Frankfurt","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Frankfurt","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The R\u00f6merberg, the rebuilt Neue Altstadt and the cathedral are all free.\r\n\r\nMany Museumsufer museums offer free entry on the last Saturday of the month, which is the single best-value day in the city if your dates line up.\r\n\r\nThe Main riverbanks are free and are where Frankfurt actually relaxes \u2014 the south bank in particular, with barbecues and picnics through summer.\r\n\r\nThe Palmengarten charges, but the Gr\u00fcneburgpark next to it is free and large.\r\n\r\nThe Eiserner Steg footbridge, covered in padlocks with a Homeric inscription across the arch, is free and gives the classic skyline view.\r\n\r\nBergerstrasse in Bornheim costs nothing to walk and is where the city eats and drinks away from the visitors.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"Last Saturday of the month | Free entry at many Museumsufer museums\r\nThe Main riverbanks | Free, and where the city relaxes\r\nThe Neue Altstadt | Free, and newer than it looks\r\nEiserner Steg | Free, with the skyline behind it","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Frankfurt","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Frankfurt","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Apfelwein is the thing. It is fermented apple juice, sour and about 5.5 per cent, served in a ribbed glass called a Geripptes poured from a blue-grey stoneware jug called a Bembel. It costs \u20ac2 to \u20ac3 a glass and it does not taste like cider \u2014 expect something drier and sharper.\r\n\r\nGr\u00fcne So\u00dfe is the local dish: a cold herb sauce of seven specific herbs, served with boiled eggs and potatoes. Goethe supposedly loved it and the city takes it seriously.\r\n\r\nHandk\u00e4se mit Musik is a sour milk cheese with onions, and the name refers to what the onions do later.\r\n\r\nFrankfurter sausages are from here, obviously, and Schnitzel with green sauce is the standard pub plate at \u20ac14 to \u20ac20.\r\n\r\nThe Kleinmarkthalle is the best lunch in the city at \u20ac8 to \u20ac14, and Bergerstrasse in Bornheim has the good cheap restaurants.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Apfelwein | \u20ac2\u20133 a glass. Sour, not sweet cider\r\nGr\u00fcne So\u00dfe | Seven herbs, eggs and potatoes. A local institution\r\nKleinmarkthalle | The best lunch in the city, \u20ac8\u201314\r\nBergerstrasse | Where locals eat, away from the centre","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Frankfurt","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Frankfurt","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"Sachsenhausen's apple wine taverns are the traditional evening \u2014 long benches, jugs on the table, and a crowd that mixes locals and visitors.\r\n\r\nBornheim and the Nordend have the neighbourhood bars, and Bergerstrasse is the strip.\r\n\r\nFrankfurt has a real club history: the Trance sound of the 1990s came substantially from here, and there are still serious venues, notably around the Ostend and the industrial edges.\r\n\r\nA beer is \u20ac4 to \u20ac6, Apfelwein \u20ac2 to \u20ac3 and cocktails \u20ac10 to \u20ac14.\r\n\r\nThe Bahnhofsviertel has bars alongside the red-light trade and the drug scene, and while parts of it are genuinely good, it is not somewhere to wander aimlessly late at night.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Sachsenhausen taverns | Long benches and jugs of Apfelwein\r\nBergerstrasse | The neighbourhood strip, in Bornheim\r\nA real club history | Trance came substantially from here\r\nPrices | Beer \u20ac4\u20136, Apfelwein \u20ac2\u20133","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Frankfurt","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Frankfurt","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"The RMV system covers U-Bahn, S-Bahn, trams and buses with a day ticket around \u20ac6, which is cheap by German standards.\r\n\r\nValidate before boarding \u2014 the fine is \u20ac60.\r\n\r\nThe airport is 15 minutes on the S8 or S9 for about \u20ac5.60 and is Europe's main hub, with a long-distance ICE station attached, so you can arrive by plane and leave by train without entering the city.\r\n\r\nThat connectivity is the city's real asset: Cologne in an hour, Munich in three and a half, Paris in under four, and most of Germany within three.\r\n\r\nCycling is good and mostly flat, with the riverbank paths the best of it.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Day ticket about \u20ac6 | Cheap by German standards\r\nAirport in 15 minutes | S8 or S9, about \u20ac5.60\r\nICE at the airport | Fly in, take a train out, skip the city\r\nCologne in an hour | And most of Germany within three","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Frankfurt","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Frankfurt costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Expensive, and wildly variable. Dorms are \u20ac22 to \u20ac45 normally, and during major trade fairs they can treble or worse \u2014 the Messe calendar is the single biggest factor in what a Frankfurt trip costs, and the Book Fair in October and the motor show years are the worst of it.\r\n\r\nCheck the fair calendar before you book. Moving your dates by three days can halve the price.\r\n\r\nA main is \u20ac14 to \u20ac20, Apfelwein \u20ac2 to \u20ac3, and a day is \u20ac55 to \u20ac100.\r\n\r\nThe free last Saturday at the Museumsufer museums is the best value in the city, and the riverbanks and the rebuilt old town cost nothing.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | \u20ac22\u201345, and far more during trade fairs\r\nCheck the Messe calendar | Moving dates by three days can halve the price\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac55\u2013100\r\nLast Saturday museums | Free at many, and the best value here","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Frankfurt","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Frankfurt","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Frankfurt is a safe city overall, with one specific area that visitors should understand rather than fear.\r\n\r\nThe Bahnhofsviertel, immediately around the main station, has one of the most visible open drug scenes in western Europe. Frankfurt pioneered a public health approach in the 1990s \u2014 supervised consumption rooms rather than dispersal \u2014 which concentrated the scene into a few streets rather than hiding it. You will see open drug use, and it is confronting.\r\n\r\nYou are very unlikely to be harmed. The risk is petty theft and aggressive begging rather than violence. Walk purposefully, do not engage, and avoid the side streets late at night. Many cheap hostels are here, which is why it needs saying rather than skipping.\r\n\r\nElsewhere the city is unremarkable for crime.\r\n\r\nValidate transport tickets \u2014 \u20ac60. Emergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"The Bahnhofsviertel | Visible open drug use. Confronting, rarely dangerous\r\nCheap beds are there | Which is why it is worth knowing in advance\r\nPetty theft | Around the station and in fair-week crowds\r\nValidate tickets | \u20ac60 fine","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Frankfurt","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Frankfurt","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"A castle town, a Roman spa and the Rhine valley.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Heidelberg | 1 hour | Regional or ICE, \u20ac15\u201330 | A castle ruin above the Neckar and the oldest university in Germany. The classic day trip from here. |  | 1303676\nRhine valley | 1 hour | Regional train, about \u20ac15 | Castles above vineyards between R\u00fcdesheim and Koblenz, best seen from the train or a boat. |  | 1303584\nMainz | 35 minutes | S8, on an RMV ticket | A Roman town with the Gutenberg Museum and Chagall windows in St Stephen's church. |  | 1303677\nWiesbaden | 40 minutes | S-Bahn, on an RMV ticket | A spa town of nineteenth-century grandeur, with thermal baths and a casino. |  | 1303678\nMarburg | 1 hour | Regional train, about \u20ac15 | A hill town of steep lanes and half-timbering, with a castle and a Gothic church, rarely visited. |  | 1303679","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Frankfurt","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"May to September, avoiding the big trade fairs. December for the Christmas market.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. The weather matters less here than the trade fair calendar \u2014 a random week in June can cost more than Christmas if the Messe has something large on.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 5 | 2 | Cold and grey. Cheapest, outside fair weeks\r\nFebruary | 7 | 2 | Grey and quiet\r\nMarch | 11 | 3 | Improving. Riverbanks reopening\r\nApril | 16 | 4 | Good. Apple wine gardens opening\r\nMay | 20 | 5 | Excellent. Long evenings on the Main\r\nJune | 24 | 5 | The best month. Riverbank barbecues and terraces\r\nJuly | 26 | 5 | Warm and busy. Museumsuferfest in late August approaches\r\nAugust | 25 | 5 | Warm. Museumsuferfest at the end of the month\r\nSeptember | 21 | 4 | Superb weather, but fair season restarts\r\nOctober | 15 | 3 | Book Fair mid-month sends prices up sharply\r\nNovember | 9 | 2 | Grey and wet. Quietest, outside fairs\r\nDecember | 5 | 4 | Christmas market on the R\u00f6merberg. Cold and busy","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"A riverbank festival in August, and a book fair that fills every bed.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Frankfurt","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/germany\/frankfurt\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Museumsuferfest | Late August | Both banks of the Main | A three-day festival along the museum embankment with music, food and around two million visitors. Free. |  | \nFrankfurt Book Fair | October | Messe | The largest book fair in the world. Beds across the city treble in price and sell out months ahead. |  | \nChristmas market | Late November to December | R\u00f6merberg | One of the oldest in Germany, set in the rebuilt medieval square. |  | \nTrade fair calendar | Year-round | Messe | The single biggest factor in accommodation prices. Check it before booking anything. |  | \nApfelwein season | Autumn | Sachsenhausen | When the new pressing arrives and the taverns are at their busiest. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"These assume a normal week. Trade fair weeks \u2014 especially the October Book Fair \u2014 can treble the bed line or worse.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 22 | 15 | 6 | 4\r\nMiddle of the road | 38 | 32 | 6 | 20\r\nComfortable | 68 | 55 | 10 | 40","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Frankfurt","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A reasonable scene, mostly near the station, with prices swinging hard on the trade fair calendar. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Frankfurt","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/germany\/frankfurt\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Frankfurt travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"Why are hotel prices so unpredictable? | Trade fairs. Frankfurt hosts some of the largest in the world and beds across the city treble or worse during them \u2014 the October Book Fair is the most extreme. Check the Messe calendar before booking; shifting your dates by three days can halve what you pay.\r\nIs the old town real? | Partly. The medieval centre was destroyed in 1944. The R\u00f6merberg facades were rebuilt after the war, and the Neue Altstadt behind them \u2014 reconstructions of specific lost buildings alongside new ones in the same style \u2014 only opened in 2018. It is convincing and it is six years old.\r\nShould I avoid the Bahnhofsviertel? | You should understand it rather than avoid it. The area around the main station has one of the most visible open drug scenes in western Europe, the result of a deliberate public health approach since the 1990s. It is confronting to see and rarely dangerous \u2014 petty theft is the real risk. A lot of the cheap beds are there, so it is worth knowing in advance.\r\nWhat is Apfelwein? | Fermented apple juice at about 5.5 per cent, sour and dry rather than sweet, served in a ribbed glass called a Geripptes from a stoneware jug called a Bembel. It costs \u20ac2 to \u20ac3 a glass and it is nothing like commercial cider. Drink it in Sachsenhausen.\r\nIs Frankfurt worth more than a stopover? | Two days, yes. The Museumsufer alone \u2014 fifteen museums on one riverbank, with the St\u00e4del at the centre of it \u2014 justifies a stay, and many offer free entry on the last Saturday of the month.\r\nHow good are the transport links? | The best in Europe, arguably. The airport is fifteen minutes from the centre, has its own ICE station, and Cologne is an hour away, Munich three and a half, Paris under four. You can fly in and leave by train without entering the city.\r\nWhere do locals actually eat? | Bergerstrasse in Bornheim, and the Kleinmarkthalle for lunch at \u20ac8 to \u20ac14. The R\u00f6merberg restaurants are priced for visitors and the banking district is priced for expense accounts.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Frankfurt hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. 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