102 New Unplaces in Frankfurt

UNknown Places, which may not be among the most beautiful sights, but are worth a visit for a variety of reasons, exist in most cities. Frankfurt has particularly many of these interesting "Unorte" to offer. Frank Berger and Christian Setzepfand have compiled 101 of them in a book that has enjoyed enormous popularity in a very short time.

The makers of "101 Unorte" must have been incredibly pleased with the success of their book and the opportunity to introduce 102 new Unorte to interested readers. Even for many long-established Frankfurt residents, there are once again numerous more or less hidden places to discover, which one has probably seen before, but was not aware of their significance until now. The interesting thing is that in addition to many rather hidden places, numerous places presented in the book are located in quite well-known and highly frequented places, such as the Römerberg, at the main cemetery, at the Hauptwache, at the cathedral or on the banks of the Main.

Unusual things the reader learns here, such as that there is a room behind the Europa, the largest of the e-cinemas, which should be a small sanctuary for film lovers. It is revealed which unloved place has what it takes to be called the ugliest place in Frankfurt's city centre. There is a visit to the birthplace of the Struwwelpeter or to one of the first high-rise residential buildings built in Fahrgasse after the end of the Second World War. And it will be revealed what the grave of the von Schweitzer family in Frankfurt's main cemetery is all about or where the great beer riot took place in 1873.

Untertaining, informative and surprising, that's how Frank Berger and Christian Setztpfand lead through their second "Unorte" book. And as with the predecessor, it is again clear that it is worthwhile to walk through the city with open eyes and to leave the familiar paths once in a while. Because only then, if one knows not only the representative buildings and well-known objects of interest, but evenly also the numerous non-places and their history, one gets to know also the city in all its facets correctly. And that makes thanks to a book like "102 new Unorte" incomparably more fun. Therefore:

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An article by Frankfurt-Tipp