Stuttgart: Porsche, Mercedes, and an Engineering City Built Into the Hills
Stuttgart lies in a valley basin surrounded by hills, vineyards, and forests in Baden-Wuerttemberg. The population is around 630,000. Porsche and Mercedes-Benz both have their headquarters and flagship museums here. Bosch, the engineering conglomerate, is based in nearby Gerlingen. The city's topography means steep hills, staircases (Staeffele) connecting neighbourhoods, and the Fernsehturm (TV tower), built in 1956 as the world's first reinforced concrete television tower at 217 metres. Stuttgart 21, the controversial railway project converting the terminus station into a through station, has been under construction since 2010 with completion repeatedly delayed.
The Koenigstrasse is one of Germany's longest pedestrianised shopping streets. Stuttgart's wine culture is notable, with vineyards within city limits producing mostly Trollinger and Riesling. The Cannstatter Volksfest, Stuttgart's beer festival, predates Oktoberfest by two years (first held in 1818) but gets a fraction of the attention. For adult companionship, Stuttgart falls under Baden-Wuerttemberg jurisdiction.
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Stuttgart lies in a valley basin surrounded by hills, vineyards, and forests in Baden-Wuerttemberg. The population is around 630,000. Porsche and Mercedes-Benz both have their headquarters and flagship museums here. Bosch, the engineering conglomerate, is based in nearby Gerlingen. The city's topography means steep hills, staircases (Staeffele) connecting neighbourhoods, and the Fernsehturm (TV tower), built in 1956 as the world's first reinforced concrete television tower at 217 metres. Stuttgart 21, the controversial railway project converting the terminus station into a through station, has been under construction since 2010 with completion repeatedly delayed.
The Koenigstrasse is one of Germany's longest pedestrianised shopping streets. Stuttgart's wine culture is notable, with vineyards within city limits producing mostly Trollinger and Riesling. The Cannstatter Volksfest, Stuttgart's beer festival, predates Oktoberfest by two years (first held in 1818) but gets a fraction of the attention. For adult companionship, Stuttgart falls under Baden-Wuerttemberg jurisdiction.
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