Today in Rhein-Main: Soccer on the Main

Good evening,

Manfred Koehler

Head of department of the Rhein-Main editorial team of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

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It's not every day that a city gets a 

In any case, the people of Frankfurt can look forward to a new green area: the racecourse park will be opened in Niederrad at the weekend, and the name already indicates that this is part – the northern part – of the area of ​​the former horse racecourse, on which the DFB Academy came into being.

Among other things on offer: a football field. 

The view of the Frankfurt skyline from there is no less beautiful

 , as it was back in the days of the racecourse.

In general, one should pay even more attention to the city's buildings in the future than before, because 

 The two tiny questions of how much funding is actually available for this and where the craftsmen should come from are still open, but there is no lack of big words ("

").

On the other hand, it is now clear

 what the city of Frankfurt will have to spend for the 2024 European Football Championship: 30 million euros. 

The older ones will remember that even at the 2006 World Cup it was a thrilling experience to watch the games on a screen in the middle of the river, and sometimes bargemen passed by and were greeted with cheers.

May there be such a great summer again, on the Main, in the new park or on roof gardens surrounded by solar panels!

And in addition

 , the Museum of Applied Art in Frankfurt is now reminding with an exhibition 

 is 

one of the founders of a company that wants to sell oat milk 

 are in a car accident Five people were seriously injured

on the B 43 in Frankfurt 

I wish you a pleasant evening

Yours, Manfred Koehler

You can also read current reports from the region in Skyline-Blick, our live news blog for the Rhine-Main region, and on the Rhein-Main-Zeitung website.

The tip for the weekend

Different countries, different snacks: filled waffles in tapas format, which can be eaten in two or at most three bites and have a sweet or savory interior, are a street food classic in Taiwan.

The bites with the name "Ji Dan Gao" are still largely unknown to us, but in Frankfurt you can now try why they are so popular in their home country.

"Hoja" is the name of a shop on Leipziger Strasse in the Bockenheim district, where small delicacies are sold out the window to take away.

It's definitely worth a try.

"Hoja", Leipziger Strasse 77, Frankfurt, Internet www.instagram.com/hoja_ffm

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for Friday

Initially local fog, otherwise quite friendly.

During the day more clouds, but dry.

Temperatures around 19 degrees in the afternoon.

Traffic

The Autobahn 5 is closed all weekend between the Nordwestkreuz and the Bad Homburger Kreuz, but only in the direction of Kassel.

The closure begins at 11 p.m. on Friday and ends at 4 a.m. on Monday, due to bridge construction work.

birthday 

on 

Franz Werner Michel

, senior boss of the Domdechant Werner'sche Weingut, Hochheim, honorary member of the Rheingau Winegrowers' Association (90); 

, Frankfurt architect (85); 

, President of the House of Pharma and Healthcare, Frankfurt (61); 

, Frankfurt real estate developer (60); 

 (SPD), first district councilor of the Wetterau district (51); 

 (SPD), district council chairman in the Main-Kinzig district (47);

on Saturday

Rüdiger Volhard

, Frankfurt lawyer and cultural promoter, bearer of the honorary plaque of the city of Frankfurt (91); 

, founder and director of the Frankfurt Research Center Global Islam (65); 

, managing partner of the Florsheim drug manufacturer Hennig (55); 

, Director of the Hessian District Association, Wiesbaden (49);

On Sunday

Andreas Larem

 (SPD), Member of the German Bundestag (Darmstadt constituency) (58); 

, managing partner of the building materials trading group Köbig, Mainz (58).

You can find information about events online.