Bankenviertel

It is the most important German financial hub, if not one of the largest in Europe along with La Défense in the Paris aire urbaine and London's City and Canary Wharf.

It is also the place where most of Frankfurts high-rises and skyscrapers are located, which gave it also the nicknames Bankfurt and Mainhattan.

The heart of the Bankenviertel is located on both sides of the Taunus- and Gallusanlage, an inner-city parkway, and the surrounding streets (Neue Mainzer Straße, Junghofstraße, Kaiserstraße), and the central square of the Bankenviertel is the Opernplatz.

The Bankenviertel also includes the areas near the Opernplatz on its eastern side, notably the Frankfurt Stock Exchange 300 meters (980 ft) east of the Opernplatz, as well as a number of banks in its immediate vicinity.

The tram lines 11 and 12 stop at Frankfurt Central Station and Willy-Brandt-Platz, and the lines 16 and 17 link the central station and the Frankfurt Trade Fair area.

The Bankenviertel has no exact borders, but is commonly defined as the western part of the Innenstadt , the southern part of the Westend and the eastern part of the Bahnhofsviertel .
Panorama view of Bankenviertel from the southeast
Skyline at night
View over Zeil
Bankenviertel with Hauptwache
Eurotower (former seat of the ECB)
View from the former Goethe Tower in the south