Forget about New York – Berlin is the city that truly never sleeps. The city's vast party spectrum caters for every taste, budget and age group. When it comes to creativity, the sky’s the limit in Berlin, which is one of Europe's big start-up capitals. Berlin is a big multicultural metropolis but deep down it maintains the unpretentious charm of an international village. Locals and expats follow the credo 'live and let live' and put greater emphasis on personal freedom and a creative lifestyle than on material wealth and status symbols. Cafes are jammed at all hours, drinking is a religious rite and clubs keep going through the weekend into Monday. Size-wise, Berlin is pretty big but its key areas are wonderfully compact and easily navigated on foot, by bike or with public transport. Cologne is the largest city of Germany's most populous federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, and it’s the fourth most populous city in Germany after Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich. Centered on the left bank of the Rhine, Cologne is about 45 kilometers (28 mi) southeast of North Rhine-Westphalia's capital of Düsseldorf and 25 kilometers (16 mi) northwest of Bonn. The city's famous Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) is the seat of the Catholic Archbishop of Cologne. Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main, is a metropolis and the largest city of the German federal state of Hesse. It is the fifth-largest city of Germany after Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, and Cologne. Welcome to the most international city in Germany, the largest financial center on the continent, the historical city of coronations, the city of Goethe and the Frankfurt School. On the River Main (a tributary of the Rhine), it forms a continuous municipality with the neighboring city of Offenbach am Main. Munich, Bavaria’s capital, is home to centuries-old buildings and numerous museums. The city is known for its annual Oktoberfest celebration and its beer halls, including the famed Hofbräuhaus, founded in 1589.