Frankfurt: Not Just for Business
September 2, 2018
Frankfurt has a reputation as Europe’s business capital, but Jonathan L shows us how much more it is than just that!
Frankfurt has a reputation as Europe’s business capital, but Jonathan L shows us how much more it is than just that!
As a number of Gumbo readers figured out, Gumbo’s latest “Where Was” was Frankfurt am Main, Germany’s economic capital and home, as the giant Euro
Corfu International Airport, one of those to be managed by Fraport . Photo: Jean Housen / Wikimedia In one of the first effects of the Greek bailout deal, which requires Greece to privatize many public facilities, Fraport,…
Scene of the coronation of Holy Roman Emperors for a thousand years.
Or, some would have it, where Frankfurt really worships. It’s outside the former home of the European Central Bank, which has moved to new quarters.
These buildings are reproductions of war-destroyed 13th and 14th century originals. They now mostly house cafes.
This near-Bulwinkle is on display outside Frankfurt’s Museum of Caricature.
Market hall at Frankfurt’s Terminal 3, now under construction. There seems to be a wave of airport building and airport expansion across the globe these
The Boeing 747, the first true jumbo jet, has been in service since 1969, so many people are surprised that they are not only still in service, but still in production! Lufthansa, one of the 747’s biggest boosters took delivery of the 1500th…
We normally think of airports as people places, but Frankfurt’s airport handles twice as many animals as people each year, and it’s a very busy people airport! Everything from horses to fish to rare exotic creatures. An interesting piece…
Frankfurt has a reputation as Europe’s business capital, but Jonathan L shows us how much more it is than just that!
As a number of Gumbo readers figured out, Gumbo’s latest “Where Was” was Frankfurt am Main, Germany’s economic capital and
Corfu International Airport, one of those to be managed by Fraport . Photo: Jean Housen / Wikimedia In one of the first effects of the Greek bailout deal, which requires Greece to privatize many public facilities, Fraport,…
Scene of the coronation of Holy Roman Emperors for a thousand years.
Or, some would have it, where Frankfurt really worships. It’s outside the former home of the European Central Bank, which
These buildings are reproductions of war-destroyed 13th and 14th century originals. They now mostly house cafes.
This near-Bulwinkle is on display outside Frankfurt’s Museum of Caricature.
Market hall at Frankfurt’s Terminal 3, now under construction. There seems to be a wave of airport building and airport
The Boeing 747, the first true jumbo jet, has been in service since 1969, so many people are surprised that they are not only still in service, but still in production! Lufthansa, one of the 747’s biggest boosters took delivery of the 1500th…
We normally think of airports as people places, but Frankfurt’s airport handles twice as many animals as people each year, and it’s a very busy people airport! Everything from horses to fish to rare exotic creatures. An interesting piece…