
A gray sky over Frankfurt’s financial district, Jan.21.

A man walks past a wall full of laughing or grinning graffiti monsters at Frankfurt’s Bornheim district, Jan. 20. Artists are ‘Spot’ and Il-Jin Choi.

Goslings are being watched by one of their parents at a pond in Frankfurt, Jan.20. They are actually Egyptian geese (Alopochen aegyptiacus) that are mainly found in Africa, but also in Britain, France, the Netherlands, Germany and even in the U.S.. Some ornithologists say they are notoriously bad-tempered. In Britain, they were officially declared a pest a couple of years ago.

A woman holds a glass of steaming cider in Frankfurt, Jan.19. Frankfurt Cider, apple wine made from pressed apples from regional orchards, usually is served cold in the typical glass with a lozenge cut. In the cold season though it is quite popular here to drink it hot with spices and sugar. The taste takes some getting used to…

The Taunus hills shortly before nightfall, Jan. 18, taken from Frankfurt’s northern Preungesheim district.