Lifestyle and Shopping in Frankfurt


By claire - Posted on 15 December 2009

A friendly, picturesque and cosmopolitan city brimming with a wonderful attractions and activities for people of all persuasions, Frankfurt makes a wonderful new home for expats and families relocating here. With high energy and a healthy, clean-living lifestyle, expats will love the relaxed way of life and renewed energy that comes with living in Frankfurt. Known for its banking industry, it also has fabulous shopping opportunities, a vibrant nightlife and mouth-watering restaurants, and features good entertainment venues, world-class sports facilitiesm luxurious spas and annual events.

The Zeil is a large street where expats will be able to find all the biggest stores and shopping centres, perfect for clothes shopping, while the Apfelwein district in Sachsenhause is the place to find traditional German buys and Goethestrasse sells all the top-end designer goods and is jam-packed with jewellery stores. Schweizerstrasse has beautiful boutiques and independent stores aimed at a trendier clientele. Most shops are open from 10am to 10pom from Monday to Friday and 10am to 4pm on Saturdays.

With a multicultural population Frankfurt’s nightlife scene is full of every possible kind of entertainment, from casinos and upmarket bars and cocktail lounges to live music venues and dance clubs, Frankfurt’s got it all. Much of the city’s nightlife is centred around the north of the city in Fressgasse, Zeil and Römerberg, and Sachsenhausen is a good place to find Latin, Irish and local joints.

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