Solo Female Travel in Frankfurt

Group travel experience

Travelled here with a group of 6 (3 girls, 3 boys). The city centre was relatively safe with tourists and local police. We stayed near the train station (Frankfurt Hbf) which wasn’t a very safe atmosphere. A lot of unfriendly faces around and if I wasn’t travelling with my guy friends I would’ve felt very uncomfortable. Lots of drug activity, lots of staring (at us girls) and multiple times we were approached by dodgy men. Wouldn’t walk around the train station area alone. The city was a different experience entirely, felt safe and secure and would walk alone.

Solo travel experience

I definitely felt safe in this city. I usually travelled from oberursel to east of the city to catch some dance classes at the Honbu in Enkiem then go to the Gym FITSEVENELEVEN in the city I’d often leave the gym at 11PM and get home past 12PM and find that the journey to and from I felt completely safe The food was usually price I found the quality of the take out of fast wood was incredible, fresh and always made with love, eating healthy is important to me so knowing there’s always those options was so helpful I did my trip quite affordable and usually cooked at home and rarely ate out but when I did it was awesome I kept my money for activities like dancing and gym especially in the colder months when it’s snowing and little day light there isn’t much to do outside, I find when you do activities you love it’s easy to make friends and meet people which is what I tried to do. I avoided bars, clubs etc as I’m not a social drinker so I can’t comment on these spaces I particularly enjoyed bad Homburg it’s a neat and tidy area that’s very safe and a bunch of nice cafes and restaurants My favourite spot is Bella gelato italiano this spot had a choke hold on me 😭🤣 i think I’ve had the ricotta, pistachio and pomegranate gelato 10 times since being here. I’d highly recommend 🙏🏽 I’m from Australia so I’m used to warm weather, coastal living and connecting with nature. To be honest it was very difficult to stay in Germany as I’m not a city girl and when it’s to cold to be out in nature I’m not a fan, the weather is warming up and I can definitely see that the place is more beautiful going into spring and people are happier. Overall Germans don’t seem to be very joyful people that’s my only criticism

Group travel experience

There’s a lot of rats in Frankfurt and a bit dirty in town, but for 2 days walking it was ok💅🏻 Also transport was good (except trains) DB IS SO GREAT(no please try not to use db) 🤩🤩🤩 Also we didn’t book a hotel, we just found one on the main street, it was quite normal and cheap!

Solo travel experience

Frankfurt was really safe. I was there in May and was a bit intimidated at first because it was my first time in Germany, but everyone was very friendly and spoke English. I used Uber to get around. I visited Romer Square and Kleinmarkthalle, which were nice little covered markets. Frankfurt is very pedestrian-friendly and easy to understand.

It depends very much on the neighborhoods. After dark it is not so pleasant walking around as a woman alone. Where I live in the Preungesheim-Quarter it is very safe. I go around with my bike or with public transportation and I feel very safe also at night.

Overall , it is pretty safe and I don’t mind walking around after it gets dark. But as with any other big city, you need to be careful of your belongings as there’s been a recent rise in pickpocketing

Frankfurt is mostly known for its investment banking reputation in Europe but few know that it has a lot to offer outside of this! It’s quite green for a city, with large parks within the city and rows of trees adorning most streets. It’s got a cool coffee and bar scene, with a bunch of specialty coffee shops and roasteries, but also several pubs, cocktail bars, student bars and such. The local specialty is “apfelwein” ie cider. The city is very international (52% of Frankfurt is non-Germans!) and everyone is very friendly and open to interacting with strangers. It’s incredibly easy to get around with tons of metros, trains, buses and trams. It’s also very safe for women, with a low crime rate.

I feel like Frankfurt is a safe city, I think it’s the safest place where I’ve ever been actually (except for Tokyo 😅). People might look at you sometimes, but that’s all that ever happened to me. I don’t feel that safe around the main station because of many drug dealers and addicts, but actually nothing ever happened to me. Of course I wouldn’t recommend walking alone in lonely streets at night (a friend of mine was being followed twice and she was lucky she could defend herself and get away!), but that is probably common sense. I feel like public transportation is also really safe and you can just sit somewhere else if someone is staring too much. I haven’t used uber/taxis a lot, but I always felt safe. When it comes to restaurants, I recommend the vegan ramen at Sorihashiya (near the main station) and sushi at Berger Street Food. The U-Bahn (underground train), trams and buses are pretty much reliable, but the S-Bahn (suburban train) is often late. I recommend going to Palmengarten, Eiserner Steg, Berger Straße, Goetheplatz and Bethmannpark (in spring! and there’s also a really nice Asian park inside).