The city's formal name is Frankfurt-am-Main, and today the Main River mirrors the high-rise skyline that epitomises modern Frankfurt, home to Germany's stock exchange and over 400 banking institutions.        
 
The population's cosmopolitan mix makes it Germany's most international town. Frankfurt invests more in the arts than any other European city so you'll most likely catch an innovative exhibition at one of its art galleries.
       
And if you do happen to get stuck at the mega-airport - there's a nightclub, restaurants and cinemas to help pass those in-transit hours. AIR NAMIBIA flies 4 x weekly from Windhoek to Frankfurt, with excellent connections from Cape Town and Johannesburg.