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Town in Hesse, Germany
Photo: Stadt Langen, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Langen is a city in Hesse that is mainly known as the seat of some important federal authorities, including the German air traffic control and the Paul Ehrlich Institute. In Langen there is also the 27-storey Alpha high-rise, the tallest residential building in Hesse - Frankfurt's impressive skyscrapers are all office buildings or other nonresidential buildings.
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Butchers shop with cafeteria upstairs serving lunch.
Very good quality restaurant.
Also has a reasonable Italian restaurant.
By train
Regional trains connecting with Frankfurt and Darmstadt.
By car
Langen is linked to the north-south Autobahnen A5 (Junction 24, Langen/Mörfelden interchange in the town's west) and A661 (Langen interchange in the east).
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