Offenbach

Offenbach-am-Main is a city just outside Frankfurt, Germany with 122,000 inhabitants.

Understand

More than 1,000 years old, this city on the river Main could call itself a metropolis since 1954. Jürgen Eichenauer was the leader of the city's story. The history of the city is recorded in detail in the archive and in the museum. Offenbach is a factory city and was a center of the leather industry. In truth, Offenbach is simply a friendly little town just outside the city of Frankfurt with a neighbourly atmosphere. People could call it a suburb of Frankfurt but Offenbach residents would never agree to that and like to think of it as its own entity. Both cities are lined up right next to the Main, which are perfect destinations to get to by bicycle. After Frankfurt, Offenbach has the highest population of foreign residents in Germany, who work mainly in banking and service industries.

Get in

If you want to go to Offenbach, your best plan is to go to Frankfurt and then take either a car (or taxi), or the train.

By train

Offenbach Hauptbahnhof (main station):

• Regional train (Regionalbahn), abbreviated RB 33 direction Hanau

By train underground

Several lines will take you from Frankfurt to Offenbach City:

• S-Bahn lines S8 and S9 direction Offenbach Ost or Hanau
• S-Bahn lines S2 direction Offenbach Ost or Dietzenbach
• S-Bahn line S1 direction Rödermark-Ober-Roden

By tram

• Tram lines 15 and 16 from Frankfurt, direction Offenbach Stadtgrenze

Get around

Bus Service gets you everywhere. Main Station for S-Bahn and Buses is Marktplatz. Ticket vending machines can be found at most bus station or just buy it from the bus driver (who can sell you 24h tickets, group tickets and tickets for the entire RMV-network.

To plan your trip with bus, S-Bahn or trains visit RMV

See

• 1 Deutsches Ledermuseum (German Leather Museum), Frankfurter Straße 86, ☏ +49 69 8297980. About the history of leather as a material has many exhibits about the subject. Including shoes and hand-bags, this museum is perfect for women - while still holding enough items of interest for those who can not quite comprehend their fascination with such accessories. 
• 2 The Klingspor Museum, Herrnstraße 80, ☏ +49 69 80652954. a typography and type museum for modern book production.Opened November 7, 1953. It hold several exhibitions throughout the years. The collector Paul Ritter gave his Frans Masereel collection to the Klingspor-Museum, which represents a uniquely comprehensive exhibit of the work of this Flemish artist. 
• 3 Leonhard Eißnert Park. in 1911 it was still known as Waldpark by the 1960s it was still continued to be built. By 2001 a skatepark was built and by 2005 the redid the badminton fields. 
• Kickers Offenbach (OFC). the biggest soccer stadium in Offenbach. The stadium belonged to the national soccer league for seven years. In 1970 they won the DFB cup and became second of the German soccer champions in 1950. 
• 4 Büsing-Palais, Berliner Str. 111, ☏ +49 69 829990. 
• Schloss Isenburg. 
• 5 Rumpenheimer Schloss. 

Buy

Shopping in Offenbach is really calm and friendly. They have pedestrian zones all along Frankfurterstraße and Herrnstraße making it easier for people to get around and see stuff without it being to overcrowded. Wilhelmsplatz has a Farmers Market that is open every Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday mornings where everyone stops by to get fresh products and for every Saturday morning, and there are varied items for sale at the Offenbach Flea Market.

Eat

Since Offenbach is a city with many immigrants, restaurants are very international.

• Ye Babam Ye, Geleitstraße 9. One of the superb kebab houses. 
• Tri-Am, Biebererstraße 84. best Vietnamese in town. No take-away fastfood. 
• Pizzeria Tevere, Sprendlinger Landstraße 61. Very good pizza by Italians. 
• Cabana. Mexican. 
• Leon Garcia's. Tapas bar. 
• Restaurant Zo. trendy cafe next to the Sheraton that is under a glass pavilion and directly across the street from City Hall. Mediterranean specialties in a 60s atmosphere that is a great place to eat and enjoy breakfast, brunch, dinner, or just to hang out. 

Very good restaurants can be found at the Wilhelmsplatz square.

• Zur Käsmühle, ☏ +49 69 78806980. German restaurant. (updated Jan 2016)

Drink

• MTW: Club. Nordring 131: variety of music styles changing by the events, simply look it up on the website. This club located on the Main River and was a created for meeting halls but they could not meet the building costs. They decided to rent out the place to a group of people who created MTW, one of the biggest clubs in Offenbach with 3 levels of dancing all night. 
• Robert Johnson. Nordring 131: very hip electro music club. Right next to MTW Club. 
• Primus Line Main Ship Parties: Party Ship. The 'Yacht Club' in Offenbach. It is next to the Rowing Club right across the river from the castle. An amazing club with a great view. Especially during those hot summer days its a great place to me at. 
• 1 Hafen 2 (Hafen2), Nordring 129, 63067 Offenbach am Main, Germany (At the bend of Goethering and Nordring park car or bike. Entrance just opposite.), ☏ +49 69 26012223, kontakt@hafen2.net. Hafen 2 is a combination of artistic space, concert hall, café, arthouse cinema, meadow. Sometimes involved in theatre, fashion, debates, readings. (updated May 2018)

Sleep

• 1 Sheraton Offenbach Hotel, Berliner Str. 111, ☏ +49 69 829990. Berliner Str. 111. Has a shopping centre close by and a spa, wellness and fitness are right inside of the hotel. The hotel offers 221 rooms and is connected to the historic Buesing Palais. 
• 2 Winter's Offenbacher Hof, Ludwigstraße 33-37, ☏ +49 69 829820. A cosy hotel with 74 rooms that is a friendlier and less expensive alternative compared to the Arabella Sheraton. It has above average reception services with a great bar. It's also only 5 min away from the central shopping centre. 

Go next

• Frankfurt is a just 20 minutes to the north-west
• Neu-Isenburg for dining