Things to Do in Offenbach am Main

A covered daily market selling fresh produce, Middle Eastern spices, baked goods, and street food. The building itself is an art nouveau landmark from 1910.

🕐 Mon-Fri 08:00-18:00, Sat 08:00-14:00, closed Sun

💡 Go on Friday afternoon for the best discounts on fruit and veg. Dürüm kebabs at the Turkish stall are under €5 and very filling.

A large English-style landscape park with old trees, a pond, and a neoclassical palace. Good for a quiet walk or picnic away from traffic.

🕐 Open 24 hours

💡 The park café inside the palace does good cake on weekends, but bring your own blanket for the lawn.

Remains of a 12th-century hilltop castle above Offenbach, with a tower you can climb for views over the Main river and Frankfurt skyline.

🕐 Open 24 hours, tower open daylight hours only

💡 The spiral staircase is narrow; go early to avoid crowds. Bring a torch to read the info panels in the cellar.

A museum dedicated to modern book art, typography, and calligraphy, housed in a former factory building. Small but precise displays of type specimens and artists' books.

🕐 Tue-Sun 11:00-17:00, closed Mon

💡 Entry is only €4. Check the basement for rotating exhibits on paper-making techniques. Free on the first Saturday of the month.

The only museum of its kind in Germany, tracing leather's history from ancient tanning to modern design with over 30,000 objects including shoes, bags, and saddles.

🕐 Tue-Sun 10:00-17:00, closed Mon

💡 Entry is €6 but the permanent exhibition is free on Wednesdays. The workshop area lets you try tooling leather for a small extra fee.