When someone does a city trip, he wants to experience something! And where does he find out what there is to experience? Where do you get information before a trip? Who now answers: travel guides, magazines and catalogues dates at least from the time when bathing on Saturday night was the highlight of the week and Cindy and Bert warbled in the hit parade with Dieter Thomas Heck of Málaga. On the other hand, those who look uncomprehending or sneer at the word travel guide belong to the digital generation that draws its inspiration for city trips from the Internet. Those who grew up with smartphones read blogs, watch vlogs (video blogs) or browse around on Instagram.
What does this mean for Frankfurt now? Fortunately, our city is as attractive as ever for tourists. The buses at the Paulskirche and on the Mainufer park the lanes closed, in front of the Römer and on the Eisernen Steg is snapped what the memory space gives. All is well, all is well, one might think.
But are the traditional sights also of interest to younger tourists? A tourist magnet such as the city of Los Angeles thinks: No. Instead of checking out the Hollywood Sign, the so-called "digital natives" would rather take pictures of cool street art. Taking selfies is what they mean. Pink graffiti or walls with angel wings are the hippest sights around. While everyone used to want to take a picture of themselves on Sunset Boulevard with Marilyn Monroe or Humphrey Bogart's handprints, today it's "you weren't in L.A. if you didn't pose in front of wing graffiti and show off your picture on social media.
So: for travelers, inspiration for street art in a city has to go online. And Frankfurt really has a lot to offer. Just have a look at what <link https: www.instagram.com frankfurttipp _blank>Frankfurt-Tipp. de offers on its Instagram account cool photo locations for the Instagram generation: the subway station Bockenheimer Warte, for example, the kiosk 45 in Wiesenstraße (banal everyday locations are considered THE Instagram trend for 2018), graffiti on Friedberger Landstraße, where you can also find the street art to "Bull & Bear" opposite the Hesse Monument.
New Instagram-able landmarks for Frankfurt could be after all:
· the ME pedestal in the Grüngürtel
· The fruit graffiti at Kleinmarkthalle
· The motorway underpass in Niddapark
· The city ghost on Berger Straße opposite the Bethmann Park entrance
· The city graffiti in the Nordend at Heideplatz
The city of Frankfurt, which has now thankfully heeded the signs of the times and opened its own Instagram account, unfortunately posts something rather distracting. To me the account looks like a PR portal. Also, as far as the quality of the photos is concerned, there is still room for improvement in my eyes. But maybe there will be something more to experience on the official pages soon