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If these activities don’t necessarily appeal to you, or if you combine some of the ones you want to do and if leaves you a day or two left, here are some other things you can try.

1) Just Explore
There really is so much to do in Frankfurt to lay out specific activities for every minute of every day. You could take and entire day just hopping on the subway and exploring different areas of the city. Check out the university, walk along the river, try some hole-in-the-wall restaurants and get some delicious European ice cream. Just go out and find stuff to do, you won’t get bored.

2) Visit Eisenach
A short road trip from Frankfurt is the historic city of Eisenach. Here you will find the home of legendary composer Johann Sebastian Bach – as well as a museum dedicated to him – and also the famous Wartburg Castle, where Martin Luther translated the Bible into German.

Along with those major attractions, the town is a great place to explore with old streets, many shops – including a fabulous chocolate shop – and historic buildings. Eisenach is a good place to get a feel of what German life was like in the past, a little bit of a contrast to the modern side of Frankfurt.

You can travel to Eisenach and Wartburg by car, bus or train.

3) More shopping
Goethestrasse is where you’ll find the stores for the world’s top designers. Exclusive stores offer the finest products available. Located nearby is Fressgass, the stretch of Grosse Bockenhiemen Strasses which is known as “gourmet paradise.”

For something less expensive, try Bornhiem, Bockenheim or Sachsenhausen. All of these shopping areas have a bunch of small boutiques, second-hand store and cafés where you can relax and enjoy the atmosphere.

4) Young Tourists’ Hangout
Younger tourists might want to check out Batschkapp, an arts center and rock club that stages numerous musical events and parties throughout the year. Batschkapp welcomes newcomers and prides itself in finding the newest trends and musical experiments.

5) More Museums
The Schirn Hall has over 2000 square meters of exhibition space. Major exhibits include Expressionism, Dadaism and Surrealism, as well as collections from Vassily Kandinsky, Marc Changall and Frida Kahlo. This gallery also deals with political themes and current works.

The Communications Museum has received awards for its architecture that coveys a strong sense of transparency and openness. This four-floor museum presents the history of communication in story form. Most exhibits are interactive and are very memorable.

A tour of the Film Museum's permanent exhibition starts with a display showing how images can be presented and an exhibition of optical equipment from the pre-film era which was used to create visual effects and to deceive the eye. The second section is dedicated to 20th century film and print. Exhibits include how are films made, what methods are used and what artistic and technical factors influence film production? Numerous special exhibitions offer insights into various themes on the subject of film.

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