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Shopping

The pedestrian street, Zeil, from the Hauptwache to the Konstablerwache, is the city's major shopping street and is lined with well-known department stores. International names can also be found in the streets leading off the main thoroughfare. Goëthestrasse is known for its exclusive designer clothing and jewellery boutiques. The largest shopping centres are the Nordwest Zentrum, Walter-Möller-Platz 2 and Zeilgalerie, Zeil 112-114, the latter offers superb views of the skyline from its eighth floor observation platform. Others are the Hessen Centre, Borsigallee 26, the Neu-Isenburg-Zentrum, Hermesstrasse 4, and the Main-Taunus-Zentrum in Sulzbach. Antiques can be found in the streets around the cathedral.

Grosse Bockenheimer Strasse has the best delicatessens, fish shops, markets and wine merchants in town and the Kleinmarkthalle on Hasengasse is full of international delicacies. Out of the centre, Leipziger Strasse, Bornheim, has a range of idiosyncratic shops and Schweizer Strasse in Sachsenhausen is the home of some exclusive boutiques. A flea market is held 0900-1400 Saturday on the Museumsufer.

Large city-centre stores and supermarkets are open Monday to Friday 0900-2000 and Saturday 0900-1600. Smaller shops close at 1830 on weekdays and on Saturday at 1400. All shops are closed on Sunday.



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