Whether it's a hip-hop festival or an award-winning opera house, a castle festival or a musical - the Stuttgart region is at the top of the German cultural metropolises. The region is also a gourmet paradise under the stars and Stuttgart is one of the greenest cities in Europe. Just a short S-Bahn ride from the state capital, nature lovers will find the impressive mountain landscapes of the Swabian Alb biosphere area, vineyards and idyllic swimming lakes.
Would you like even more variety? Here you will find lots of leisure tips - from the all-time classics to real insider tips among the excursion ideas.
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No matter whether big or small, alone or in a team: everyone gets their money's worth in the forest climbing garden in Schmellenbachtal near Stuttgart. The climbing garden offers numerous challenges between two and a half and twelve meters high. All courses are integrated into the forest and its trees and built in a way that protects the forest and trees. On ten...
Hunting criminals in the museum? This is possible at the Police Museum in Stuttgart! Stuttgart crimes and their investigations over the last two hundred years are shown. Visitors get an insight into crime scene work and police forensics in criminal cases. Highlights include a large collection of counterfeit money and police uniforms from the 19th century to today. Aside from that ...
In the “House of the Forest” in Stuttgart everything revolves around wood. The hands-on exhibition there “StadtWaldWelt” is intended to make it clear to visitors how important trees are for our lives and the environment. There are many opportunities to experience the city, forest and world in a playful and active way on three themed stages. Everything that...
At the Carl Zeiss Planetarium in Stuttgart, visitors can go on a journey through time and space: observe the starry sky, discover distant planets and look at the Earth from above - regardless of the time of day or the weather. In the planetarium, a projector creates a lifelike imitation of the starry sky, the semicircular dome...
In the Museum of Illusions in Stuttgart, nothing is as it seems. Over 70 exhibits and optical illusions help visitors understand how illusions are created and why the human eye sees things that the brain cannot understand: overcoming gravity, shrinking people or taking a selfie in infinite space...
A slightly different way to explore the Stuttgart region and get to know it from a completely different side is with a boat trip on the Neckar. From Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, the passenger ship travels down the Neckar via a total of twelve piers, where you can get on and off flexibly, to...
Whether for locals or tourists: on a tour with a double-decker bus you get to know Stuttgart's important sights from a different perspective and, above all, in a very comfortable way. You can get on and off as you like at nine stops, look around at your leisure and then continue on with the next bus. With help of a ...
The Pig Museum in Stuttgart is the largest in the world. Over 50.000 exhibits from all over the world are on display in the rooms of the old Stuttgart slaughterhouse. From pig figurines made of wood, plush and ceramics, to information about pork, to the introduction of all types of pigs and the importance of pigs in art, culture...
The local recreation area Max-Eyth-See in Stuttgart invites you to relax and enjoy, especially in summer. If you don't feel like just lying lazily on the meadow around the lake, going for a walk or barbecuing on the shore, you can rent a boat and explore the lake. On the 600...
If you long for sun, vacation and beach, you don't have to fly south: the city beach on the upper bank of the Neckar in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt offers a great alternative. 120 tons of sand have been piled up there. In summer there are loungers for sunbathing, a large children's playground with water games, a beach volleyball field with free balls and...