Germany’s Frankfurt and Nürnberg
Rick Steves' Europe Travel Guide © 2016 | Skyscraper-studded Frankfurt - with so much commerce it’s nicknamed “Bankfurt” - has a delightful-to-explore old center. We'll also visit Nürnberg, a capital for both the First Reich (the Holy Roman Empire) and the Third. From its towering castle and playful fountains to its Nazi Documentation Center and maze of underground bomb shelters, Nürnberg is a fascinating study in contrasts. #ricksteveseurope #frankfurt #nuremberg
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as a german i feel sad about all the lost architecture of the war. germany was SO much more beautiful before the war.
@Casper-we3dq
3 жыл бұрын
It was the same in the U.K. Many beautiful buildings were lost. Unfortunately, after the war, many buildings built across the continent lacked the soul of the buildings that came before them.
@Casper-we3dq
3 жыл бұрын
pproust I think you might have missed my point. I was talking about the sadness of losing so many beautiful buildings across the continent. I certainly wasn’t trying to make a political point about who was worse when it came to the bombing. Europe is still a beautiful continent, but it was arguably even more so before the war.
@TicklerDude
3 жыл бұрын
Blame Hitler.
@weisthor0815
3 жыл бұрын
@@TicklerDude it´s not that easy
@Cl0ckcl0ck
3 жыл бұрын
@@Casper-we3dq Lol the UK was hardly bombed at all. The UK destroyed its own history by trying to be modern.
The Germans never seize to leave me in awe with their pursuit of engineering and beautiful architecture.
@TravelingThruLife
4 жыл бұрын
To be fair, they’ve done some seizing too back in the day.
@Real_SkyRipper
3 жыл бұрын
@@TravelingThruLife nah those are lies, you can't seize what is yours by divine right.
@trackdusty
3 жыл бұрын
@@TravelingThruLife Like the Chinese are doing today...Tibet, Taiwan, South China Sea...and so on and on...
@song7087
3 жыл бұрын
@@TravelingThruLife oh look who's talking -_-
@TravelingThruLife
3 жыл бұрын
Dusty Camino very very true. Definitely don’t support any actions by the Chinese government whatsoever.
I lived in Frankfurt, back in the 80s, I loved it! I just adore Germany! Beautiful country and amazing highways !
@DENVEROUTDOORMAN
2 жыл бұрын
Was station in Wiesbaden fron 1975 and 77 and loved Mainz Frankfurt and Wiesbaden
@irgendeinname9256
8 ай бұрын
Ye we have the best crack
0:49 that girl with the bike strutted like nobody's business
@bradmeeds1226
4 жыл бұрын
She knew being filmed
From Amsterdam to Frankfurt by road.... amazing journey.
This episode has to be my very favorite. My ancestors left Nuremberg in 1716 and arrived in Virginia 1717. I wish that my paternal grandfather could have seen this.
I seriously enjoy watching Rick Steves traveling shows
@haider9365
5 жыл бұрын
Jessica Ramirez can we together travel to the world tour
@alimohatasim1496
4 жыл бұрын
It has become my daily routine 😁😁👍
@gustavomacias7489
3 жыл бұрын
Same
@wms201
3 жыл бұрын
Haid ER simp
@wms201
3 жыл бұрын
We’re supposed to...
Rick Steves is the godfather of travel vlogging!
@horseplop9
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's very sad that it's not going to last any longer he's probably retired now
Greetings from Romania ! 🇷🇴🇩🇪 I can’t wait to visit Germany in this winter !
@yassineelmastour4898
4 жыл бұрын
Mee too 😇
In this time of pandemic, Rick Steve's videos have become my means to temporarily escape everything that's happening right now. 😔
It's unbelievable that Germany's become the country it's nowadays. It was fully destroyed in the past, but now it looks like one of the most developed places in the world.
@shaynewheeler9249
6 ай бұрын
😢😢😢😢😢
@Badger236
2 ай бұрын
It still looks like a medieval city.
There's even some ancient cave painting, which can be seen at 3:05, if you look close enough. Wonderful!
Nuremberg is the most beautiful city in Germany! Not too large, not too small. And with a lot of Sightseeings and a lot of Nature around.
@JohnDoe-nb9gd
Жыл бұрын
Living there i can’t confirm this but sure from a tourist perspective it’s might be true
@conorbrown792
10 ай бұрын
@@JohnDoe-nb9gdwhat's it like to live there compared to other German cities?
Greetings from Nürnberg...:-) It's truely a beautiful city with lots of history and spots to explore...not to forget about the beer, Brezeln, Sauerkraut and Nürnberger Bratwürste. :-) I hope climatchange will not destroy the beautiful rivers, parks , forests and trees that give not only Nürnberg it's special charme...about the past: I appreciate how it's honestly faced to learn from the mistakes. "Who of you is without faults may throw the first stone."
@yasiayasia3386
Жыл бұрын
russians are the new modern Nazis. But the russians never admit their crimes, unlike the Germans
@biancafehn5755
Жыл бұрын
@@yasiayasia3386 I think there are such and such people everywhere.... everybody has a different map in the brain about the landscape....no matter who and where and when.
@floydiandreamscapes5145
Жыл бұрын
Those parks and trees are going to be there for a very long time. The climate has always 'changed'. I live in New England, 25,000 years ago this area was under a sheet of ice a mile and a half thick. Obviously anyone who can think independently of the b.s the media tells us would come to understand it. In the 70's the climate alarmists were telling us were headed into a new ice age so pack up and head south. Then it was global warming and we'll all be underwater so pack up and head for the hills. Then, because those of us who lived lond enough began to not believe the b.s they just switched to a blanket term that will cover all their bases and call it climate change. Also new tech is coming online that can remove co2 from the atmosphere and convert into graphite, or graphene? Not sure which. Preferably graphite because it makes excellent way to store energy.
What a perceptive, succinct, accurate and profound summary of history and culture! Rick is a great writer and historian, and perhaps humanitarian.
@mattwilliam5522
6 ай бұрын
So sensual and so erotic
I would just like to say that while I was working in Saudi Arabia I always watch Rick Steve's Travels after work. It makes you forget you are temporary stock in a barren desert..
Thanks to Rick Steve's I've traveled around Europe just with my computer haha ! I really love this channel, it helps me find out which countries i will be visiting next, in real life ;)
@niccolehoody7317
4 жыл бұрын
Me too 😂🤗
@pikiwiki
4 жыл бұрын
cheaper than buying an airplane ticket
@stevendudley5687
3 жыл бұрын
@@pikiwiki Or obtaining a passport.
Thanks to the wonderful folks at Viking River Cruise, we were able to visit both of these fantastic cities. We really enjoyed our visits there and can't wait to return. Thanks Rick for your great video reminding us of our time there.
3:06, left of the bench. Lol.
@jamiehershon
6 жыл бұрын
LOL I went back to watch because of your comment. I laffed.
@kookymunster75
5 жыл бұрын
Good catch! 🤣
@sakshamjain9244
5 жыл бұрын
Lol😂😂😂😂
@HugoVargas-yk9up
5 жыл бұрын
That's funny! I had to go back and pause
@bergensteinmacwhorfmanteis2417
5 жыл бұрын
The cameraman has too innocent a mindset lol
Born in Munich and raised in Hanau. I worked at 97th in Frankfurt. 72 to 96 were the best years of my life. Spent a lot of time in Frankfurt. Fleamarkets along the river, Sachsenhausen and the Roman fort outside of Frankfurt.
very nice tour ....... i really enjoyed it
My favourite site in Nürnberg is actually the enclosed shopping village directly at the train station! It's to me the most "fantasy" medi-eval looking place that I've been to
@1995krampe
Жыл бұрын
you mean the handwerkerhof
God. I loved Frankfurt ! It was another world and endless joy!
the fact that germany has bounced back so much from an unfortunate past is a testament to the beautiful culture and commitment to infrastructure. can't wait to visit
Very nice report about Frankfurt/Main and Nürnberg. As a German I’m deeply honored by this lovely video! If you will be in Frankfurt in 2021, when - so help us God - the Frankfurt Soccer Stadium (today it’s named Deutsche Bank Park, but it‘s called after it’s real name the Waldstadion) will be reopened, take part in a Bundesliga soccer match of Eintracht Frankfurt! You will be a spectator among 51.000 Frankfurt soccer fans! Phantastic atmosphere and a very big fun!
00:51 blonde chick with bike sweared like the camera was for her. She was trying to throw her hips out with that walk🤣🤣🤣
@txtoolfan
3 жыл бұрын
saw that. she knew what she was doing
Woman walking her bike by the camera at 0:51 then appears riding through the shot at 9:34
Thank you Rick Steves, all of your travel films have truly enriched my learning interest in this lifetime.
I was stationed in Nuremburg when I was in the U.S. Army in 1972. Loved it.
@renataostertag6051
4 жыл бұрын
Merrell Barracks, formerly called "SS Kaserne" or ?!
@andrewcampagnuolo2732
3 жыл бұрын
I was at the 130th General Hospital '72-may '73.
@bruceg.6282
2 жыл бұрын
@Alex Alex not a word
When I came here, I was confused because people shook their heads left and right when they said yes, but now I'm used to it. And I want to live here longer than the scheduled date. Because to be exact, because of people, people are very open and funny people, I want to keep seeing friends here. I want people from other countries to meet a lot of Bulgarians. They are very fun and diverse people. And I’m from South Korea.
Germany is so beautiful 😍
Nice video! My brother studied languages at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in California. The pace of study was intense. Students had to master the language course in 36-64 weeks. Psychologically it was very difficult, but fortunately he was helped by Yuriy Ivantsiv's book "Polyglot Notes. Practical tips for learning foreign languages”. The book " Polyglot Notes" became a desk book for my brother, because it has answers to all the problems that any student of a foreign language has to face. Thanks to the author of the channel for this interesting video! Good luck to everyone who studies a foreign language and wants to realize their full potential!
@SSNESS
2 жыл бұрын
The earth isn’t round
@fredlimkin7749
Жыл бұрын
Wow Interesting I most say Nice to meet you 😊
Oh wow! This is when my family and I were in Nurnberg in 2015 and met Rick Steve's in a bier garten! Had no idea we were in the video!
@tncowgirl34
4 жыл бұрын
Is he a nice guy?
@andersonlogan8853
3 жыл бұрын
Wow nice to hear that Hello
@carolynmcallister1496
3 жыл бұрын
@@tncowgirl34 He is SUPER nice! Very friendly! He even offered to take a selfie with me! What's funny is that no one else in the bier garten seemed to recognize him, so he was surprised when I approached him. Still one of the best days in my life!
@richardbittencourt8515
2 жыл бұрын
Hi dear
@vanessapierce231
2 жыл бұрын
Hahahaha 😂.
Germany's busiest train stations: 1. Hamburg Hbf - 2000 trains per day - 480000 visitors per day 2. München Hbf - 1873 trains per day - 450000 visitors per day 3. Frankfurt Hbf - 1732 trains per day - 450000 visitors per day
@Strange_Boyyy
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks, this is an interesting fact.
@touraneindanke
5 жыл бұрын
Trains,,,,, a painfull comment. NO need for it!
@vanessapierce231
2 жыл бұрын
Wow where did you get your statistics.
I spent 10 months near Frankfurt and 9 months near Nuremberg. Great weather, great place ,great times . I liked the Hefe Dunkel Weiss in Nuremberg the best . My favorite foods were Jaeger Snitzel at Tony's Rind worst and BBQ Snitzel sandwiches on the street and the roasted half Hahnchens 😋
Thank you so much for a beautiful afternoon of Rick Steves programs, you are wonderful in commentaries, interests, fun and so educational...I LOVE YOUR SHOWS!!!!!
Nürnberg is my hometown ,it's beautiful and i love and miss it so much .
Fantastic! Rick Steves makes me feel like travelling at the drop of a hat
@chailimvorapun2158
6 жыл бұрын
Trump speak at uno
@fabioemerim
6 жыл бұрын
Chai Limvorapun what???
@mimibidar9673
6 жыл бұрын
Do it. you wont regret it :)
@kylewit924
6 жыл бұрын
*Hat drops*
@truongpham9973
6 жыл бұрын
Fabio Emerim 5
If I didn’t hate 14 hours on economy class so much, I would say your job is heaven . Love your show
Remarkable video from Frankfurt, Germany to shows these great places in 2023❤❤❤
thanks for showing my home town Nürnberg, with the nice and the dark parts of its history! I can say: " I am proud to be a Nürnberger!" This city is worth to be visited!
Who is enjoying this during pandemic when we can’t travel?
But "By law, no German worker can be kept out of natural light for more than 4 hours". As an Indian, I'm both in awe and slightly depressed.
*വളരെ നല്ല പരിപാടിയാണ്. സന്തോഷ് ജോർജ് കുളങ്ങര സാറിന്റെ സഞ്ചാരം പോലെ തന്നെ. ഞാൻ ഒരു സ്ഥിരം പ്രേക്ഷകൻ ആണേ.*
Rick, I like you. You always do a great job of exploring cities!
Rick is a master writer that I have not seen anyone close at sharing so much details of many things
I spent a lot of tome in the Frankfurt train station. Crepes in the morning and mushrooms cooked in a huge skillet in the evening. Delicious. I would walk to the marketplatz every morning in Hanau then take a bus to the bahnhof then a train to Frankfurt Ost then the subway then a bus and then walk to 97th every morning in about 25 minutes. Amazing.
Taking a Christmas cruise from Vienna, Austria to Nuremberg Germany this December. It’s a 10 day Christmas river cruise with Tauck Tours. Thank you for the video. Very informative.
Excellent video; full of really interesting and useful information. I've been to Frankfurt a few times and Nürnberg once before. I wish I'd seen this video before I'd visited! Thanks very much for so much care to detail and great presentation. Just one factual correction. Germany became a nation-state in 1871 (not "in about 1870") when, after the defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War, the then German princes proclaimed the founding of the German Empire. The King of Prussia was installed as "Kaiser" of the new empire and Berlin became its capital.
I was stationed in Germany from 1978-1981. The last time I went to Germany was in 1991. It is totally different today. The Germans did a massive reconstruction of Germany after the East & West reunited. The best year to travel Europe was in 1983. I was stationed in Italy at that time. That was the year the dollar was very strong and a lot of people in the U.S. were getting passports that there was a long ling in the passport office. Never again did the dollar was that big.
@vanpark6108
Жыл бұрын
Now the time came again lol
@stratt926
Жыл бұрын
Yes. I was stationed in Kitzingen in 1983 and 1984. One dollar was worth 3 marks then. We had a blast for those 2 years when we weren't working.
Guten Morgen. Ich habe Frankfurt besucht. Ich bin viele Male zurückgegangen. Komm schon, so schön
I have just started to watch the videos and experiencing the beauty of Europe. Thank you Mr. Rick Steve.
Thank you Rick for your great videos including this one. More please.
@pandanpandana2497
6 жыл бұрын
nedvie2007 rick is my favourite person
Steve, I discovered you by coincidence during this pandemic time. I love your programs. Thanks to you I have traveled to many of my favor places of Germany.
Everything is just wonderful in this documentary. In the sixties and seventies we were shown one documentary every week in the school as part of our education . Narrator is excellent. Thanks to Mr.Rick Steve's. Salisbury Park ,Pune.
Im moving to Nuremberg soon. Cant wait :D
@Narry121
6 жыл бұрын
Aleksa944 I just left Nürnberg after living there for 20 years. Enjoy it, it’s a great city.
@clarencedavis9394
5 жыл бұрын
Me too i use to live in nurnberg 1974-1985 love nurnberg😊😍😊
@user-bt7sh2hi2p
4 жыл бұрын
Nürnberg😂😂😂
I stumbled upon these series since I haven't been able to travel due to COVID-19. I absolutely LOVE them! I feel like Rick Steves is from Minnesota...
Great video !!! Frankfurt is wonderful. Next time you have to visit Heidelberg... What a beatiful city. Greetings from Chile.
@andersonlogan8853
3 жыл бұрын
Hello friend
@johnholt9399
3 жыл бұрын
I prefer Tubingen equally beautiful university city, and a lot less touristy
Another great armchair trip with Rick Steeves. He truly is wonderful at what he does as his knowledge about each place, his enthusiasm as a modern-day explorer and his love for history and people is ever-present. Plus, he is quite a goof-ball which is also evident in the bloopers included at the end of each episode. Keep on traveling, Rick. 🏂 And thanks for a great upload. LL
Nurenberg is wonderful, especially during Christmas Market time. Lots of booths filled with all sorts of gift ideas, lots of good food too though I never did develop a taste for Gluhwein.
What an icon of America. Wish he received more credit for all he has done for travelers from the US.
Thanks for your great depictions from the travels you make!
@shaziaalbalushi522
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for grate travel information
Lived in ziegenberg with military for 6yrs north of Frankfurt! But 27yrs ago , major changes! Bad Nauheim is a beautiful town! It had a nice schwimbad (pools, sauna etc)
The historic architecture is gorgeous. I imagine it was even more stunning before the war. Thanks for the great tour. John
12:31 Oooh yeah, I remember! I lost my sunglasses in this fountain on a school trip!
@YeahButCanISniffUrPantsFist
3 жыл бұрын
lol!
One of the most beautiful countries in the world!
May this pandemic come to a halt, so we can see these beautiful places once again. 😢
A Very NICE Presentation. Thank YOU for Your Efforts. I got to visit a few places in Germany while in the ARMY.
Nice! I hadn't seen this one yet! Love your show Rick!!
YES, more Rick Steves. . .i need my Rick Steves!
@vanessapierce231
2 жыл бұрын
Hahahahaha
Can't wait to backpack through this beautiful country! Love from Singapore
I too enjoy watching your trips to different countries with amazing information.🙂🙂
I love so much your videos!!! Keep it up sir. Have huge respect for you... 🏖️🏖️🏖️
German street food looks so good. Hope I can visit one day
@vanessapierce231
2 жыл бұрын
Do it 🙂. Why not.
Yep, I'd like to visit.
Watching your videos is very enriching, bravo! 👏🏻
@algelogy
2 жыл бұрын
😉
Yum. We were in Nuremberg in 2019. Wonderful town. ❤️
Thanks for your great videos. I live nearby Nuremberg but have never appreciated it enough.
@vanessapierce231
2 жыл бұрын
Why not
I have so enjoyed your travel videos of Europe. Are you still doing these.
If you’re in Nuremberg you ought to also visit the picturesque city of Weißenburg. The city is highly underrated. It’s an an old Roman city with a beautiful architecture
@Socrat_Daniel
Жыл бұрын
Can i visit it?
@markusd.7409
Жыл бұрын
@@Socrat_Daniel Sure it's 40 minutes from Nuremberg. The train connection is great. I'd stay for the night
I didn't realize Frankfurt had so much to see. When I was a young man stationed in Germany we only went to Frankfurt to go to the red light district 😣
@lowersaxon
5 жыл бұрын
M Green shame on you!!!!
@renataostertag6051
4 жыл бұрын
@@lowersaxon Yes, shame on anybody who goes to prostitutes instead of admiring the great culture !
@charliebritger4622
4 жыл бұрын
I was garrisoned from 1990 to 1992 and journeyed to Frankfurt at least twice each month. Went to the Zeil, Sachsenhausen and many points.
@vanessapierce231
2 жыл бұрын
Do you know where that district is in Munich.
Nice choices to visit Frankfurt and Nurnberg. greets from Frankfurt btw.
Hi Rick Let me tell you frankly all your travel videos are amazing, lnformative and a fu d of knowledge.
Wish rick was my teacher, I like the enthusiasm when he talks about history, makes me want to learn such more and is very exciting lol
The Maintower is also in one of the levels used to be the mini studios Of its ARD Region HR until 2015 but the HR Transmitter is still there
The poor guy being filmed leaving the brothel. I hope his wife doesn't see this video.
@jessicavernon8332
4 жыл бұрын
MaggotDiggo1 ohhhh
@gabehessenthaler6820
4 жыл бұрын
He actually got divorced.
@sohailkhan1651
4 жыл бұрын
Winsome sir.
@horseplop9
4 жыл бұрын
That was My dad actually and he was single at the time
@horseplop9
4 жыл бұрын
@@gabehessenthaler6820 No it was my dad sir.. Stop,it.. He was on vacation
Great video and narration Rick Steve! Cheers!
Just discovered this channel and definitely subscribing!! I really enjoy this video and looking forward to watch more! :D
Thanks for this video.
@bouhedadjahabib4426
3 жыл бұрын
Hallo
wish i can go there asap!
Excellent video.. Very interesting and beautiful places, love listening Rick' English. 🐾🐾
Really good. Nice pics, give the right overall pictures, insightful and correct information.
Great series, truly shows the places with accuracy and tact
I really enjoyed the episode. Great tour of the city.
Hi Rick! You have inspired me to travel every country in europe. Thank you for all your videos! Very helpful!
The Christmas Market in Nürnberg is amazing.🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
💥🤓 loved this video, especially the historical explanation in Nuremberg
Man, this was educational!! Didn't learn a lot of this in my whole life! Thanks RICK!
Thanks Rick for this wonderful journey
WOW, i love Nürnberg!