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Stuttgart Travel Guide

  • About Stuttgart
Slick, sophisticated and fun loving, Baden-Württemberg’s capital is a zingy modern city with a small-town soul. The locals might be known for their snappy dressing and their passion for fast cars (Mercedes Benz and Porsche both have headquarters here), but you’re just as likely to find them hiking in the surrounding Schwäbische Alb or relaxing in a hot mineral spring as you are living it up in an overpriced nightclub.The city’s core was decimated by bombing raids during WWII and today the few remaining classical buildings are hemmed around by office blocks. Still, Stuttgart has a lively arts scene and is gradually establishing itself as a top destination for performing arts connoisseurs. World-class opera, ballet and live music performances run almost nightly, and tickets are priced to be affordable.Good food, fine wine and revelry are integral to the Stuttgarter ethos. Traditional Swabian eateries serving scrumptious but artery-clogging cuisine rub shoulders with modern, Michelin-star restaurants and bustling farmers’ markets. Festivals run throughout the year and range from a vast September wine extravaganza to the food and music-focused Stuttgart Summer Festival. The nightlife scene raves on year-round, with the best bars and clubs focused around the lively Theodor-Heuss-Strasse.Stuttgart has something of a south European feel, particularly over the summer months when people gravitate to the city’s green expanses. A string of parks and gardens dotted with beer gardens and restaurants slices through the central districts in an enormous ‘green U’, starting at the Schlossgarten and ending in Killesberg Park. If the two-hour ramble from one end of das Grüne U to the other doesn’t sate your enthusiasm for fresh air, the surrounding vinelaced hills are home to a scenic network of hiking and biking trails.Relaxing in a natural hot spring is high on the list of must-do Stuttgart activities. The city’s Bad Canstatt district has some of the best mineral spas in Europe, and the rolling hills of the Stuttgarter Kessel are dotted with holistic treatment centres. Venture further afield to discover the Black Forest, the fairytale castles of Ludwigsburg and the stalactite-hung caves of the Schwäbische Alb.
  • Stuttgart History
The origins of Stuttgart can be traced back more than 1,000 years ago, when Duke Luitolf of Swabia founded a stud farm (a “Stuotgarten”) in the region. It was this farm that later became the inspiration for the rearing black stallion on the city’s coat of arms.Since then, Stuttgart’s growth has been gradual. For centuries it was overshadowed by Cannstatt, which lay on the crossroads of major European trade routes, but is widely regarded as a suburb of Stuttgart these days.That’s because Stuttgart grew during the Middle Ages when it was fortified by the counts of Württemberg, who built a fort on the site now occupied by the Old Castle. From 1520 to 1534, Stuttgart belonged to Austria.The People’s Fair, which has since morphed into an annual three-week autumnal celebration and beer festival, was first introduced to Stuttgart by King Wilhelm I in 1818 following years of famine and widespread crop failure.Although often associated with the philosopher Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Hegel (who was born here), Stuttgart owes more to Gottlieb Daimler, who helped pioneer the motor car, and inventor Robert Bosch, whose huge engineering and electronics company still bares his name and provides jobs in the region.Stuttgart became the capital of Württemberg in 1918, and when Baden joined with Württemberg in 1952, the city was named the capital of Baden- Württemberg region.The US military made Stuttgart the headquarters of its forces in Europe and Africa (EUCOM), a presence that helped the city reconstruct following major structural damage in WWII.A focus on high quality machinery, engineering and exports then helped Stuttgart become one of the centres of the German Wirtschaftswunder (‘economic miracle’) that came about during the post-war restoration.Stuttgart made headlines again in the 1970s as it was the trial venue of the Baader-Meinhof Group, a terrorist organisation responsible for murders as well as bomb and arson attacks. Three members were given life sentences.
  • Did you know?
The museum at the Old Castle is dedicated to Claus von Stauffenberg, a Stuttgart resident who tried to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944. Started in 1956, the TV Tower in Stuttgart was the first in the world to be constructed from concrete. Wine has been grown in Stuttgart since 1108. The historic vineyards cover 2 percent of the urban area of Stuttgart.
  • Weather in Stuttgart
Stuttgart can be visited at any time of year but locals say it looks at its best during the sunshine of June and July, which are usually drier than August and September. Stuttgart is located at the base of a valley which is called Stuttgarter Kessel (Caldera). Due to these topographic conditions their is less sunshine in winter and fog tends to stay in Stuttgart much longer than it would otherwise do. Visiting during major events such as the Stuttgart Wine Village(late August-early September) and the Beer Festival (late September and early October) are highly recommended. The city’s Christmas markets, which open in late November and stay open until just before Christmas, are also very attractive.

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