Nordend is all leafy streets, old apartment blocks and corner cafes, and its parks fill with families on any dry afternoon. This list gathers the parks, playgrounds, events and kid-friendly spots we've checked across Nordend-West and Nordend-Ost, so you can plan an outing without crossing the city.
St. Martin's Day is when German kids carry lanterns through dark streets singing "Ich geh mit meiner Laterne". Most parades start at a church with a short service or the story of Martin sharing his cloak, then walk the neighborhood with brass music, sometimes behind St. Martin on horseback.
Some end at a Martin's fire with sweet bread and kids' punch. Nobody needs German to walk along.
On St. Martin's Day, kids across Germany carry glowing lanterns through dark streets, singing songs their parents still know by heart.
In Frankfurt, parishes lead short neighborhood walks, and some have St. Martin riding ahead on horseback. Several end at a bonfire with Martinswecken, sweet buns shared in honor of the soldier who split his cloak with a beggar.
The Martinsfeuer marks St. Martin's Day with a big bonfire, warm drinks and the story of the soldier who cut his cloak in half for a freezing beggar. Here, kids from the Günthersburg adventure playground tell that story as a shadow play, a church brass choir plays, and little ones ride a kids' carousel. The organizers call it Frankfurt's biggest Martinsfeuer, now in its 30th year.
Holzhausenpark is a 3.5-hectare landscape garden in the Nordend, laid out around the Holzhausenschlösschen, a small baroque manor from 1729 that sits on its own moat pond. A chestnut avenue leads to it from an old wrought-iron gate on Oeder Weg.
Kids get open lawns for ball games and picnics, and a playground inside the park.
A staffed adventure playground on the northwest edge of Günthersburgpark, where kids borrow hammers, saws and paint from the tool hut and build their own wooden huts. There is also a wooden climbing castle with a bouldering wall, a hillside slide, a campfire pit, a soccer field and a sand area.
The building zone keeps loose boards and nails on purpose, and staff teach kids to handle the risk.
Nordend is all leafy streets, old apartment blocks and corner cafes, and its parks fill with families on any dry afternoon. This list gathers the parks, playgrounds, events and kid-friendly spots we've checked across Nordend-West and Nordend-Ost, so you can plan an outing without crossing the city.
St. Martin's Day is when German kids carry lanterns through dark streets singing "Ich geh mit meiner Laterne". Most parades start at a church with a short service or the story of Martin sharing his cloak, then walk the neighborhood with brass music, sometimes behind St. Martin on horseback.
Some end at a Martin's fire with sweet bread and kids' punch. Nobody needs German to walk along.
On St. Martin's Day, kids across Germany carry glowing lanterns through dark streets, singing songs their parents still know by heart.
In Frankfurt, parishes lead short neighborhood walks, and some have St. Martin riding ahead on horseback. Several end at a bonfire with Martinswecken, sweet buns shared in honor of the soldier who split his cloak with a beggar.
The Martinsfeuer marks St. Martin's Day with a big bonfire, warm drinks and the story of the soldier who cut his cloak in half for a freezing beggar. Here, kids from the Günthersburg adventure playground tell that story as a shadow play, a church brass choir plays, and little ones ride a kids' carousel. The organizers call it Frankfurt's biggest Martinsfeuer, now in its 30th year.
Holzhausenpark is a 3.5-hectare landscape garden in the Nordend, laid out around the Holzhausenschlösschen, a small baroque manor from 1729 that sits on its own moat pond. A chestnut avenue leads to it from an old wrought-iron gate on Oeder Weg.
Kids get open lawns for ball games and picnics, and a playground inside the park.
A staffed adventure playground on the northwest edge of Günthersburgpark, where kids borrow hammers, saws and paint from the tool hut and build their own wooden huts. There is also a wooden climbing castle with a bouldering wall, a hillside slide, a campfire pit, a soccer field and a sand area.
The building zone keeps loose boards and nails on purpose, and staff teach kids to handle the risk.
