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Frankfurt’s restaurants reimagined with culinary entrepreneurs James and David Ardinast

James and David Ardinast are sitting in the courtyard of Frankfurt’s 25hours Hotel, not far from the city’s central train...

Frankfurt Art

Tobias Rehberger explores the boundaries of subjectivity and what constitutes good art

Rehberger’s Portrait Vases of the 1990s are a case in point: artists sent their favorite flowers to Rehberger, who placed...

Frankfurt Architecture

Challenging densification in a shifting German metropolis where business must make way for the arts

The risk of developing schizophrenia is three times higher in the city than it is in the country, Mazda Adli...

Frankfurt Fashion

Casting Call: Media all-rounder Rabea Schif and Frankfurt’s evolving cultural scene

One of these creative forward-thinkers is Rabea Schif, who makes a living by hosting fashion and lifestyle shows (on fashiondaily.tv,...

Sunnyvale Art

California Dreaming: Interactive Art Director Stefan Schuster and his new reality

After chancing on an Eichler Mid-Century Modern house, Stefan, his wife Jana and their two boys Josha and Silas made...

Berlin Travel

Companion Magazine #7: A fresh guide to Europe's creative hubs by 25hours Hotels

The latest issue spans the board, from tips on sustainable grocery shopping in Vienna, a journey of discovery through Frankfurt with...

Preview: Companion Magazine 04

Companion Magazine is a periodical about the people who shape our cities, created in collaboration with 25hours Hotels and produced by Freunde...

Frankfurt Workplaces

Manfred Wolf

Manfred Wolf’s fleet of cars, ranging from the 1950s to the 1970s, is housed right next door. Wolf is not...

Companion Magazine 03

As part of our print collaboration with 25hours Hotels, we travel to all five cities where the hotels are based...

Frankfurt Workplaces

Maxim Kilian

We met with Maxim one afternoon in his apartment, on a quiet street close to the zoo; from there we...

Frankfurt

Florian Jöckel

In 2011 he started, as a self-professed couch potato and a new non-smoker, in Frankfurt’s traditional bike race on the...

Companion Magazine 02 in Print and Ready to Read

The second issue of Companion Magazine takes our unique print collaboration with 25hours Hotels beyond Berlin and showcases a completely...

Frankfurt

Jennifer Wiebking

Jennifer Wiebking considers Frankfurt a city where one can be left to their own devices. However, the fashion journalist didn’t...

Meet the FvF Contributors: Ramon Haindl from Frankfurt

Frankfurt based photographer Ramon Haindl began his life as a young artist by drawing girls and airplanes. Then came his...

Frankfurt

Nada Lottermann

Deliberate and light-hearted provocations, a distinct feminine authenticity, and a blinding visual language all come together here. A former model,...

Frankfurt

Liz Coleman-Link

The small seaport township and yachting center of Cowes, located on the north coast of the Isle of Wight, holds...

The FvF Year 2012 in Numbers and Pictures

As we arrive at the end of the year we would like to take this opportunity to present Freunde von...

Frankfurt

Douman Pour

Douman Pour is no stranger to the restaurants and coffee shops that linger along the multicultural Münchnerstraße in Frankfurt. After...

Frankfurt

Sabine-Lydia Schmidt

Whenever the city Frankfurt am Main is mentioned, it seems as people usually envision tall, hypermodern skyscrapers and a blossoming...

Mixtapes

FvF Mixtape #40

This mixtape was compiled by our old nightlife friend Hannibal aka. Creathief, who knows the music industry from various angles....