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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The Schopflocher peat bog near Lenningen is the only larger raised bog in the Swabian Alb. North of Schopfloch, nature enthusiasts can explore this unique landscape. The vegetation, with its many bushes and forests, is completely atypical for the Swabian Alb. The peat bog lies at an altitude of 750 meters and is...
The “murder hole” in the Roggental near Geislingen is not quite as dangerous as it sounds, but only experienced cave goers should venture into the 4.382 meter long, water-filled cave. New passages, halls and lakes are constantly being discovered in the cave. In the front area the cave can also...
In Spiegelberg in the Rems-Murr district you can feel like Robin Hood: an archery course has been set up in a forest where you can shoot at targets or exotic plastic animal figures, such as leopards or gorillas. If you don't have your own bow and arrow, you can rent the accessories on site. The ...
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 ...
Since 2003 there has been a very special museum in the old building in the Geislingen Museum: the Southwest German Treasure Chest Museum. Visitors can marvel at 50 artistically painted, etched, engraved and decorated chests and coffers mainly from Central Europe, but also from the rest of the world. You can see chests made of iron, often decorated with gold and...
You can climb between trees in the forest ropes course in Herrenberg. There are different levels of difficulty at numerous stations: Children from the age of three can climb on the children's course at a height of 1,50 meters. Young people and adults can choose whether they want to exercise four meters or up to 13 meters above the ground...
Wascherschloss Castle near Waschenbeuren in the Göppingen district is also known as the “cradle of the Staufers”. The German ruling family was at home here for a long time. According to legend, the well-preserved small castle with the hexagonal courtyard and half-timbered structure was the love nest of Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa in the 12th century...
The Breitenstein is an 811 meter high rock plateau near Ochsenwang in the municipality of Bissingen an der Teck. The rocky outcrop made of White Jura rock is located on the northern edge of the Swabian Alb directly on the Albtrauf. The 200 meter wide plateau of the Breitenstein offers a fabulous view of the surrounding area as far as Stuttgart. A small cable car leads...
Jebenhausen in the Göppingen district had one of the largest Jewish communities in Württemberg in the 19th century. Around 1850 around 530 Jews lived there. The Jewish Museum in Göppingen shows the history of the Jewish people in Jebenhausen and Göppingen in its exhibition. This began in 1777 with the issuance of a letter of protection for...
The Nippenburg towers above the Glemstal in the Stuttgart region. It was built around the year 1600. In addition to the castle building, the property includes a farm yard and a park in the style of an English landscape garden. There are many legends and myths surrounding the Nippenburg, but especially ghost stories. The most famous one tells about...