Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the Stuttgarter Kessel and lies an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest. Wikipedia
Population 609,365 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Schicksals-Brunnen Memorial · 320 m -
Staatsgalerie Museum · 440 m -
Haus der Geschichte Baden-Württemberg Museum · 520 m -
Schlossplatz Attraction · 560 m -
Neues Schloss Castle · 560 m -
Kunstmuseum Museum · 660 m -
Landesmuseum Württemberg Museum · 720 m -
Stauffenberg Erinnerungsstätte Museum · 720 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Stuttgart Spring Festival
April – May
Stuttgart Spring Festival (in German called Stuttgarter Frühlingsfest or sometimes vernacular Cannstatter Wasen or just Wasen) is an annual fair that takes place in the German city of Stuttgart between the middle of April and the beginning of May.
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Stuttgarter Frühlingsfest
April – May
Stuttgarter Frühlingsfest a fun fair like Cannstatter Wasen in April/May, but smaller
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Bohnenviertelfest
July
Downtown street music festival in mid-July - music, food, drinks
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Hamburg Fish Market
July
10-day festival featuring seafood, beer, and vendors from the northern port city of Hamburg. The market fills Karlsplatz near the Schlossplatz in mid-July
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International Festival of Science Fiction, Horror and Thriller
July – August
Late July or early August: Festival for strange films, one week of Horror, Splatter, Asia, Suspense, Action and Animation
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Stuttgart Jazz Open
July
Festival in mid-July lasting about one week featuring American, European and other international performers at two downtown venues, one outdoor near the main train station and one indoor at a jazz club
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Fantasy Filmfest
August – September
The Fantasy Filmfest (FFF), is an international genre film festival held annually around September in major German cities.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Stuttgart); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
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Markthalle
Covered hall- Monday: 07:30–18:30
- Tuesday: 07:30–18:30
- Wednesday: 07:30–18:30
- Thursday: 07:30–18:30
- Friday: 07:30–18:30
- Saturday: 07:00–17:00
- Sunday: closed
Times vary by day
- Monday
- 07:30–18:30
- Tuesday
- 07:30–18:30
- Wednesday
- 07:30–18:30
- Thursday
- 07:30–18:30
- Friday
- 07:30–18:30
- Saturday
- 07:00–17:00
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Wochenmarkt am Bismarckplatz
Öffentlicher Markt mit Obst, Gemüse, Lebensmitteln und Blumen. Samstag sehr überfüllt. Preisvergleich zwischen den Händlern lohnt sich.
- Monday: closed
- Tuesday: 07:00–12:30
- Wednesday: closed
- Thursday: 07:00–12:30
- Friday: closed
- Saturday: 07:00–12:30
- Sunday: closed
07:00–12:30
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 44 places to eatSomewhere to run
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.