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Posts Tagged ‘Frankfurt’
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
Due to some planned demonstrations, the RMV is closing the S-bahn “Taunusanlage” and the U-bahn “Willy-Brandt-Platz” stations from 1pm tomorrow to 4am Sunday.
The tram lines 11 and 12 will not run past the Hbf and bus 64 will have its route curtailed.
More info here:
http://www.rmv.de/de/Verschiedenes/Informationen_zum_RMV/Der_RMV/RMV_aktuell/61048/Frankfurt_Grossdemonstration.html
Updated: 16 May
More information in English on: AllThingsGerman
Tags: 2012, closed, demonstrations, Frankfurt, May, public, stations, transportation Posted in General | No Comments »
Friday, March 16th, 2012
Frankfurt’s most famous tower, the Henninger Turm, will be torn town and replaced by a modern one. Time has taken its toll on the tower – it is over fifty years old and getting morose. The former silo of the Henninger brewery is getting readied for a modification.
Plans are to rebuild the tower in a greener way, but also a bit wider and deeper, as well as keeping its keg restaurant on the top. Up to 130 apartments are in the designing stage for this cubist Passivhaus, with each square meter at a cost of € 4.000,–
To see the changes the tower has gone through, visit the photo gallery of the Henninger Turm (1962 – present).
Until 1974, the Henninger Turm was the tallest building in the city of Frankfurt.
In the early 70s, I took a bus trip with my aunt to see Frankfurt. The highlights were the Frankfurt Airport and the Henninger Turm. I remember pressing my nose against the windows at the airport to see an airplane take off and we all went ooh and aah. The next stop was the restaurant on the top of the tower – again, we country folks went ooh and aah – with the restaurant turning.
Tags: 2015, beer, Frankfurt, Henninger, landscape, modern, New, photos, plans, race, skyline, tower, Turm Posted in Germany | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
With temperatures supposedly dropping to an all-time low in the coming days, the homeless are the ones who suffer most. Temps can get as low as – 25°C ( -13 F).
If you are in Frankfurt or the surrounding area… if you see any homeless without a warm place to sleep, please call the Kältebus (an organization to pick up homeless during very cold periods) at 069 – 43 14 14.
While I’m at it, here is the number for the Kältebus in Hamburg: 040 – 40 17 82 15; In Berlin, call 0178 – 52 35 838
 Winter can be deadly
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Edited on 3 Feb 2012:
 Kältebusse 2012
Tags: Berlin, collection, emergency, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Homeless, Kältebus, number, telephone, winter Posted in Germany | 3 Comments »
Sunday, December 25th, 2011
This photo was taken 28 Nov 2011 when we had a rather heavy fog around the area.
Two days ago, or almost four weeks later, I got permission from Brigitte Wagner via Facebook to post this photo on my blog. Never too late to share, right?
 Frankfurt skyline and fog
(with friendly permission from Brigitte Wagner)
Merry Christmas everyone! Frohe Weihnachten an alle!
Tags: 2011, fog, Frankfurt, November, skyline Posted in Germany | No Comments »
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
Europe’s most expensive Christmas tree, sparkling with thousands of lights, represents a powerful contrast to the gloomy euro crisis.
The tree is located at the Frankfurt airport. The Squaire’s atrium makes a fine host for the tree, which is equipped with 8.000 LED lights and 40.000 Swarovski crystals.
The 20-meter (60-foot) tree weighs 6.000 tons and took three weeks to decorate. This Christmas tree jewel cost euro 2.5 million.
In comparison, the Frankfurt Christmas market has the tallest tree. Its height of 28 meters almost matches the Römer, Frankfurt’s Rathaus (city hall)
To view a photo of Europe’s most expensive Christmas tree, visit Frankfurter-Stadtevents.de
Tags: airport, atrium, Christmas, crystal, Europe, expensive, Frankfurt, most, Squaire, Swarovski, the, tree Posted in Germany | 1 Comment »
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