
Frankfurt am Main, a compact city with an ethnically diverse population, straddles the Main river in western Germany and is home both to Germany’s largest urban forest and one of the world’s busiest airports. The streets and plazas of its historical neighborhoods are picturesque tourist magnets — the outdoor tables and chairs of a cafe or bar seemingly occupying every other street corner — while its gleaming towers house the myriad banks and other institutions of Europe’s main financial hub.









