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Embankment, including the Städel, the Liebieghaus, the German Film Museum (de), the
Senckenberg Natural Museum, the Goethe House and the Schirn art venue. Frankfurt’s skyline
is shaped by some of Europe’s tallest skyscrapers, which has led to the term Mainhattan. The
city has many notable green areas and parks, including the Wallanlagen, Volkspark Niddatal,
Grüneburgpark, the City Forest, two major botanical gardens (the Palmengarten and the
Botanical Garden Frankfurt) and the Frankfurt Zoo. Frankfurt is the seat of the German Football
Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund – DFB), is home to the first division association football
club Eintracht Frankfurt, the Löwen Frankfurt ice hockey team, and the basketball club Frankfurt
Skyliners, and is the venue of the Frankfurt Marathon and the Ironman Germany.Frankfurt is the
largest financial hub in continental Europe. It is home to the European Central Bank, Deutsche
Bundesbank, Frankfurt Stock Exchange and several large commercial banks.
The Frankfurt Stock Exchange is one of the world’s largest stock exchanges by market
capitalization and accounts for more than 90 percent of the turnover in the German market.
In 2010, 63 national and 152 international banks had their registered offices in Frankfurt,
including Germany’s major banks, notably Deutsche Bank, DZ Bank, KfW, Deka Bank and
Commerzbank, as well as 41 representative offices of international banks.Frankfurt is
considered a global city (alpha world city) as listed by the GaWC group’s 2012 inventory.[7]
Among global cities it was ranked tenth by the Global Power City Index 2011 and 11th by the
Global City Competitiveness Index 2012. Among financial hubs, the city was ranked eighth by
the International Financial Centers Development Index 2013 and ninth in the 2013 Global
Financial Centres Index.
Its central location in Germany and Europe makes Frankfurt a major air, rail, and road transport
hub. Frankfurt Airport is one of the world’s busiest international airports by passenger traffic and
the main hub for Germany’s flag carrier Lufthansa. Frankfurt Central Station is one of the largest
rail stations in Europe and the busiest junction operated by Deutsche Bahn, the German
national railway company, with 342 trains a day to domestic and European
destinations.Frankfurt has many downtown high-rise buildings that form its renowned Frankfurt
skyline. In fact, it is one of the few cities in the European Union (EU) to have such a skyline,
which is why Germans sometimes refer to Frankfurt as Mainhattan, combining the local river
Main and “Manhattan”. The other well-known nickname is Bankfurt. Before World War II, the city
was noted for its unique old town, the largest timber-framed old town in Europe. The Römer
area was later rebuilt and is popular with visitors and for events such as Frankfurt Christmas
Market. Other parts of the old town were reconstructed as part of the Dom-Römer Project from
2012 to 2018.Frankonovurd (in Old High German) or Vadum Francorum (in Latin) were the first
names mentioned in written records from 794. It transformed to Frankenfort during the Middle
Ages and then to Franckfort and Franckfurth in the modern era. According to historian David
Gans, the city was named c. 146 AD by its builder, a Frankish king named Zuna, who ruled over
the province then known as Sicambri. He hoped thereby to perpetuate the name of his
lineage.[12] This is chronologically incompatible, however, with the archaeologically
demonstrated Roman occupation of the area around Nida fortress in modern Heddernheim. The
name is derived from the Franconofurd of the Germanic tribe of the Franks; Furt (cf. English
ford) where the river was shallow enough to be crossed on foot.
[10/15, 22:27] SKILL INDIA: Oslo, the capital of Norway, sits on the country’s southern coast at
the head of the Oslofjord. It’s known for its green spaces and museums. Many of these are on
the Bygdøy Peninsula, including the waterside Norwegian Maritime Museum and the Viking
Ship Museum, with Viking ships from the 9th century. The Holmenkollbakken is a ski-jumping hill
with panoramic views of the fjord. It also has a ski museum.During the Viking Age, the area was
part of Viken. Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in 1040 under the name
Ánslo, and established as a kaupstad or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada. The city was
elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300. Personal
unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence.
After being destroyed by a fire in 1624, during the reign of King Christian IV, a new city was built
closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in honour of the king. It became a
municipality (formannskapsdistrikt) on 1 January 1838. The city functioned as the capital of
Norway during the 1814–1905 union between Sweden and Norway. From 1877, the city’s name
was spelled Kristiania in government usage, a spelling that was adopted by the municipal
authorities in 1897. In 1925, the city, after incorporating the village retaining its former name,
was renamed Oslo. In 1948 Oslo merged with Aker, a municipality which surrounded the capital
and which was 27 times larger, thus creating the modern, much larger Oslo municipality.
Oslo is the economic and governmental centre of Norway. The city is also a hub of Norwegian
trade, banking, industry and shipping. It is an important centre for maritime industries and
maritime trade in Europe. The city is home to many companies within the maritime sector, some
of which are among the world’s largest shipping companies, shipbrokers and maritime insurance
brokers. Oslo is a pilot city of the Council of Europe and the European Commission intercultural
cities programme.
Oslo is considered a global city and was ranked “Beta World City” in studies carried out by the
Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network in 2008.The urban area extends
beyond the boundaries of the municipality into the surrounding county of Viken (municipalities of
Asker, Bærum, Lillestrøm, Enebakk, Rælingen, Lørenskog, Nittedal, Gjerdrum, Nordre Follo);
the total population of this agglomeration was 1,064,235 in 2022.The city centre is situated at
the end of the Oslofjord, from which point the city sprawls out in three distinct “corridors”—inland
north-eastwards, and southwards along both sides of the fjord—which gives the urbanized area
a shape reminiscent of an upside-down reclining “Y” (on maps, satellite pictures, or from high
above the city).
To the north and east, wide forested hills (Marka) rise above the city giving the location the
shape of a giant amphitheatre. The urban municipality (bykommune) of Oslo and county (fylke)
of Oslo are two parts of the same entity, making Oslo the only city in Norway where two
administrative levels are integrated. Of Oslo’s total area, 130 km2 (50 sq mi) is built-up and 9.6
km2 (3.7 sq mi) is agricultural. The open areas within the built-up zone amount to 22 km2 (8.5
sq mi).The city of Oslo was established as a municipality on 3 January 1838 (see
formannskapsdistrikt). It was separated from the county of Akershus to become a county of its