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Mercedes-Benz Museum
Mercedesstr. 100
}0711 173 00 00; www.mercedes-benz.com/museum
Take a comprehensive journey through the history of the automobile in this sleek museum. A century’s worth of gleaming a…
Schloßplatz/Schloßgarten
Because almost 20% of Stuttgart is under a land preservation order, the city is known for its urban green spaces, the cr…
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
Kleiner Schloβpl. 1
}0711 216 21 88; www.kunstmuseum-stuttgart.de
Stuttgart’s art museum, housed in a minimalist glass cube set among the ornate palaces around the Schloβplatz, contains …
Turmforum
Arnulf-Klett-Pl. 2
}0711 20 92 29 20; www.das-neue-herz-europas.de
Take the elevator or stairs up to the top of the Hauptbahnhof’s glistening 10 story tower, where you can get the best fr…
Wilhelma
Wilhelma 13
}0711 540 20; www.wilhelma.de
Watch young penguins, llamas, and polar bears in this wildly ornate zoo. The complex also houses botanical gardens on gr…
Schwabische Sternwarte
Seestr. 59a
}0711 226 08 95; www.sternwarte.de
On a clear night, skip the cheesy planetarium shows and take a short hike through the hills to this hidden retreat, wher…
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Konrad-Adenauer-Str. 30-32
}0711 47 04 02 50; www.staatsgalerie.de
A comprehensive collection in two wings: the stately paintings in the old wing date from the Middle Ages to the 19th cen…
Porsche Museum
Porschepl. 1
}0711 91 12 09 11; www.porsche.com/museum
With its new building—a futuristic bastion of polished metal—the Porsche Museum displays some of the world’s most stylis…
Landesmuseum Würrtemburg
Schillerpl. 6
}0711 89 53 54 45; www.landesmuseum-stuttgart.de
A must-see for every archaeology buff, the Landesmuseum, fittingly situated in the Altes Schloβ, houses artifacts from t…
Haus der Geschichte
Konrad-Adenauer-Str. 16
}0711 212 39 89; www.hdgbw.de
Continuing on where the Landesmuseum left off, the Haus der Geschichte chronicles the history of Baden-Würrtemberg from …
Mineralbäder (Mineral Baths)
Leuze: Am Leuzebad 2-6; Berg: Am Schwanenpl. 9
}Leuze: 0711 2164210; Berg: 0711 2167090; www.stuttgart.de/bader
Join geriatric Germans as they soak in Stuttgart’s renowned mineral baths, filled from Western Europe’s most active mine…
Fernsehturm Stuttgart
Voted by residents the most important landmark of the city, Stuttgart’s TV tower was the first of its kind when built in…
Carl Zeiss Planetarium
Willy-Brandet-Str. 25
}0711 162 92 15; www.planeterium-stuttgart.de
Stuttgarters stargaze at the oddly right-angled city planetarium, named after one of the most famous lens manufacturers …