Sport, activities and sporting events in Frankfurt am Main
Throughout the year Frankfurt am Main is the venue for high quality domestic and international sporting events.
And Frankfurt has a lot to offer for all those who enjoy participating in sport themselves too.
Here is a quick overview of both sides of Frankfurt's sporting coin:
Sport for spectators: Sporting events
Football: Eintracht Frankfurt
The Commerzbank Arena is home to Eintracht Frankfurt. The team plays in Germany's first division.
If you want to support your team in a game against Eintracht Frankfurt, then we recommend our fans' football offer. If you travel with your team scarf, then there's a €5 discount on our offer price.
Getting there: the stadium is 7 km from the hotel, just one stop by tram or 10 minutes by car.
Basketball: Deutsche Bank Skyliners
Frankfurt's basketball team, the Deutsche Bank Skyliners, who play in Germany's national league, are based in the Ballsporthalle here in Frankfurt. With its towering stands, the Ballsporthalle is a great stadium for a great game.
Getting there: The best way is by car. The journey takes about 20 minutes.
Ice hockey: Frankfurt Lions
There's plenty of hot entertainment on the ice at Frankfurt's Eissporthalle ice rink. The Frankfurt Lions play in the German Ice Hockey league (DEL). The ice rink is also the venue for popular "ice discos".
Getting there: The best way is by car. The journey takes about 20 minutes.
Running
Several running events take place in Frankfurt every year. Here is an overview:
Frankfurter Lufthansa Half Marathon |
Start and Finsih: NordWestZentrum |
The Lufthansa half marathon covers precisely 21.0975 km, exactly half the distance of a traditional marathon. |
JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge |
City |
5.6 km through the centre of Frankfurt - together with ten thousand like minded individuals, who have all been spurred into action under the slogan "jogging against bullying". |
IRONMAN European Championship |
swimming track Langener Waldsee, bike track, Marathon at Mainufer |
Every summer, the world's largest IRONMAN qualification race in Frankfurt Rhine-Main brings world class athletes to the starting line. Over 2,000 participants from over 40 countries and around 350,000 spectators make the IRONMAN an international celebration. |
Women's Run |
Freibad Stadion, Commerzbank Arena, Stadtwald |
Running is booming - in Germany, and especially in Frankfurt am Main. The stock exchange city will again do justice to its reputation as the "running city" when women are invited to take part in the Reebok Runner's World Women's Run this summer. |
Lauf für mehr Zeit |
City |
5 km run in Frankfurt's city centre to benefit AIDS-Hilfe Frankfurt (Frankfurt's AIDS support organisation). With music and lots of activities to join in with in Opernplatz. |
Race for the Cure® |
Mainufer |
5 km run or 2 km walk in aid of a cure for breast cancer. Last year around 5000 runners took part in the KOMEN Race for the Cure®. |
Commerzbank Frankfurt Marathon |
City |
Tens of thousands take to their feet during marathon weekend: over ten thousand runners and handcyclists are spurred on by up to 200,000 marathon fans who make sure that there's a great atmosphere all along the route and enjoy this superb sporting event as spectators. |
IRONMAN Germany's swimming race course is at the Langener Waldsee lake, only 10 minutes away from the carathotel Frankfurt Airport. For this reason we have introduced a special offer for all participants:
Further sporting events
Frankfurt and the Rhine-Main region truly live up to their sporting image. Here is a list of further sporting events that take place throughout the year:
Hessen tanzt |
Eissporthalle and Fabriksporthalle |
Over 7000 dancers from all over Germany and increasingly from abroad take part each May in what is the world's largest amateur dancing competition. |
Internationales Drachenboot Festival |
Mainufer |
Every year the river Main is taken over by colourful dragon boats for a weekend! A top class sporting event: in May the Frankfurt International Dragon Boat Festival with the EUROPEAN LEAGUE RACE heads for the banks of the river Main. Company teams battle over the much sought-after places and trophies. |
Internationales Festhallen-Reitturnier |
Festhalle |
Four days of top level equestrian sport in a superb pre-Christmas atmosphere: since the international Festhallen riding tournament has become a stop on the world cup dressage circuit, world cup points are at stake in the dressage ring. |
Sport to take part in: getting active in and around Frankfurt
Running: jogging routes around the carathotel Frankfurt - tried and tested >> Jogging routes
Swimming: indoor pools and outdoor pools and water parks in and around Frankfurt am Main
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Tips & highlights
Day Room - Hotel Room for a day
Travel to or through Frankfurt and need to freshen up or to take a rest? Our day room offer for your layover: Check-in from 9 am, check-out till 5 pm, from EUR 45,- per room.
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For travel agencies
Our GDS Codes for your reservation:
- SABRE: WV 85052
- APOLLO/GALILEO: WV 79037
- WORLDSPAN: WV 15768
- AMADEUS: WV FRACAR
- PEGASUS: WV 15768