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From Düsseldorf to Frankfurt, using regional trains, you have to change once in Koblenz (RE 5 to RE 2). This is a connection which takes 3 hours and 50 minutes and runs every 2 hours (with numerous other options in between).
During the pandemic, paying by debit card was encouraged, and this has stuck around.
I have used cash in a single instance in the last month (at a restaurant where the card reader was out of order).
However, it turns out that most people still prefer cash, so I might be living in a bubble, see https://www.bundesbank.de/en/press/press-releases/payment-be...
The next iteration will take in July 2025 (https://2023.laulupidu.ee/en/registraton-to-song-celebration...)
See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTdOiCa0-4o for a beautiful excerpt of the 2019 event.