A global city made up of villages, that is Frankfurt. Often criticized as a cold banking hub, the city is searching for other roles and is finding them as well. For example, it wants to be green and glamorous; it manages the former quite well, but not the latter. Frankfurt is a transit point for many people, where they suddenly realize after decades: I have stayed! Eva Demski experienced this too. From countless explorations, directions, site visits, portraits, pamphlets, and declarations of love, a book about Frankfurt has emerged, without claiming to be comprehensive, but full of surprises. Forgotten parks and the banks of the Main seen through Max Beckmann's eyes, little Goethe, but a deeper focus on his mother and his friend Marianne von Willemer, self-assured ugliness and shy beauties, a mania for change and efforts to preserve - all this and more characterizes the city.