Friedberger Platz is a happening place in Frankfurt and, other than a few minor glitches, even a pleasure for the restaurant owners whose establishments are busy every Friday evening.

As of last week, it's confirmed: Frankfurt will be the commercial center for the Chinese yuan currency, also called the renminbi. The city of Frankfurt hopes to expand its role in the finance world even more with this currency coup!

Annually over 100 million animals are lodged in Frankfurt's Animal Lounge. A wide assortment of living creatures are temporarily received, examined by a veterinarian and lovingly cared for. Viel Spaß!

Frankfurt Airport: whether it's Claudia handing you your boarding pass, Max repairing the air conditioning, or Wolfgang importing medical technology from around the globe, this short video clip gives you a glimpse into the worldwide impact of Frankfurt Airport.

Join the Frankfurt residents at their second annual Oktoberfest this fall. Of course, as with the Oktoberfest in Munich, the traditional Bavarian costumes are worn here too by the majority of Oktoberfest attendees.

RheinMainTV is at the Oktoberfest in Frankfurt and interviews German singer and entertainer Mickie Krause. He is famous for performing in the après-ski scene as well as at clubs on Majorca.

Entertainer Mickie Krause leads a singalong with Oktoberfest guests in this third part of RheinMain TV's report about the Frankfurt Oktoberfest. The crowd is definitely going wild!

Young women are tearing off their T-shirts to protest the prison sentences of other young women in Tunisia, but for the politicians and movie stars, the glamorous life goes on undisturbed. (video copyright dpa)

Fred Timm, member of the Monsters of Songwriting, sings the song: “Ich bin schlecht im Bett,” which he dedicated to his groupies!

Despite the cold weather, tropical parrots, such as the Ring-necked Parakeet, have taken up residence in some German cities. Ornithologists suppose that they descended from escaped pets.
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Sandra puts "her" teacher Herr Schniedelwutz through the rounds as he tries to explain to her that Hitler is not the current president of Germany.

Singing is fun, and the Primacanta children turn the Römerberg square in Frankfurt into their own stage for making making music together. Rhein-Main reporter Melissa Bosnjic reports from Frankfurt am Main.

Campaign commercial by the FDP (Free Democratic Party): Fricke and Solms have gas running in their blood but that is getting more and more expensive. One of them wants to slash energy taxes while the other wants to improve mileage by way of new technologies.

German pop band Frida Gold, famous for their song “Zeig’ mir wie du tanzt” [Show Me How You Dance], is interviewed by Thomas Raudnitzky, moderator of popular magazine RheinMain-Szene.

Check out the second part of the Frida Gold interview on RheinMain Szene. This new German band went on tour with Kylie Minogue before finishing their first album.