nordendFri 10:00-20:00
The Friday market on Friedberger Platz is Frankfurt's open-air aperitivo: half the Nordend shops for produce, the other half stays for wine.
Tip: After 17:00 in summer it becomes the city's biggest informal party; come earlier if you actually want the vegetables.
bockenheimThu 08:00-18:00
Bockenheim's Thursday market at the Warte tower mixes Hessian growers with international stalls, serving Frankfurt's student quarter all day.
Tip: Pair the market with the Wednesday-to-Saturday campus life around the Warte; stalls thin out fast after 17:00.
sachsenhausenSat 09:00-14:00
Oberrad's Saturday market on Buchrainplatz sits in the district that grows Frankfurt's Grüne Soße herbs, field to stall in one village square.
Tip: Oberrad calls itself the herb garden of Frankfurt; in season the seven-herb bundles here are as fresh as they exist anywhere.
hoechstTue, Fri and Sat 07:00-13:00
The Höchst market hall trades three mornings a week by the old town's half-timbered lanes, western Frankfurt's daily-bread institution on Melchiorstraße.
Tip: Go Saturday, then walk the two minutes into Höchst's Altstadt for coffee at Wunderbar and the Main ferry crossing.
innenstadtFri 09:00-18:30
The Friday Schillermarkt lines Schillerstraße by the old stock exchange, Frankfurt's banking crowd buying lunch from farm stalls every week.
Tip: Hit it between 12:00 and 14:00 for the full lunch scrum, or after 16:00 when the sellers start dealing on prices.
bahnhofsviertelThu 09:00-18:00
The Thursday Kaisermarkt lines Kaiserstraße in Frankfurt's Bahnhofsviertel, a weekly street-market pause between the towers and the station.
Tip: Go at lunchtime when the office crowd arrives; the food stalls do their heaviest trade between 12:00 and 14:00.