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2 unusual facts about Bad Vilbel


Anvil Vapre

The song names are inspired from scenery associated with Snake Pass; Bad Vilbel is a German spa town which is twinned with Glossop.

Bad Vilbel

English electronic music duo Autechre released a song entitled Second Bad Vilbel on their EP Anvil Vapre.


Nidderau station

On the Nidder Valley Railway trains run every hour (every two hours on Sundays and public holidays) from Frankfurt Central Station or Bad Vilbel via Niederdorfelden, Nidderau and Altenstadt to Glauburg-Stockheim.


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Bad Vilbel station

Bad Vilbel is connected by several bus routes to the surrounding cities of Frankfurt, Offenbach am Main, Bad Homburg (Ober-Erlenbach), Karben and Rosbach vor der Höhe.

Services on S-Bahn line S 6 connect Bad Vilbel during the day at 15-minute intervals to inner Frankfurt and Groß Karben.

Gantz Graf

Gantz Graf is a three-track EP released by Autechre in 2002 on CD and 12". A special DVD release was made available featuring the "Gantz Graf" video created by Alex Rutterford, as well as the videos for "Basscadet" (directed by Jess Scott Hunter and edited by D.A. Slade) and "Second Bad Vilbel" (directed by Chris Cunningham, and an updated version from the original), and a slide show of stills from the "Gantz Graf" video.