Stuttgart is a modern and vibrant metropolis, but the capital of the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg is at the same time anchored in its history.
Surrounded by vineyards and greenery, Stuttgart is famous for its high quality of life, but it is also the city of cars, culture and bien-vivre and in 2019 offers more than a pretext for a visit.
The 10th anniversary of the Porsche Museum
The Porsche Museum is one of the flagships of Stuttgart, known worldwide as the cradle of the automobile: it is in fact in the district of Bad Cannstatt that in 1883 Gottlieb Daimler invents the first internal combustion engine. The Porsche Museum, housed in a futuristic building near the headquarters of Zuffenhausen, celebrates its first ten years in 2019 with several initiatives and two special exhibitions: “50 years 917 – Colors of Speed” (from May, the 14th to September, the 15th) and “50 years 914 – Typically Porsche” (from June, the 2nd, to July, the 7th). Inside the museum visitors can admire, with the help of digital devices and interactive media, more than 80 wonderful cars, both standard and race, and take a journey through the Porsche adventure, accessing different thematic areas.
Engines, what a passion!
Also the Motorworld of Stuttgart is 10 years old in 2019. It is a mecca for car enthusiasts where you can buy, sell or adjust in various workshops classic or vintage car parts, as well as admire historical models, have fun on the theme with games and installations and even sleeping in two hotels where everything is thought around the car. Motorworld will celebrate its jubilee on September, the 8th, with a big car party, live-act and food track. In Stuttgart it is also a must to visit the Mercedes-Benz Museum, which tells over 130 years of history of the car and presents a vast array of rare models entered into legend – such as the Popemobile and the red SL of the Princess Diana. And for true fans, there is the birthplace of Gottlieb Daimler – now a museum – in Schorndorf and the memorial in Bad Cannstatt, where today his workshop is rebuilt.
Architecture paths
From its Renaissance-style Old Castle to the art nouveau-covered market, from the television tower that made history in the fifties to the post-modernist art museum of James Stirling and the futuristic city bookstore signed by Korean Eun Young Yi in 2011. Stuttgart offers a real journey through the architecture of different epochs and forms of expression. In the year in which Germany celebrates 100 years since the birth of the Bauhaus movement, don’t miss a visit to the Weissenhof quarter, conceived in 1927 for the exhibition “Die Wohnung”. 17 architects took part in the project, run by Mies van der Rohe and designed to build
a model residential complex for the inhabitants of urban centers, some of whom are today considered masters of modern architecture. The complex designed by Le Corbusier also houses the museum dedicated to the district and the exhibition and was awarded the UNESCO seal in 2016. On the occasion of the centenary of the Bauhaus the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Art Gallery presents, from June, the 7th, to October, the 20th, the exhibition “Weissenhof City: history and present of the future of a city”.
Top tastings
Nestling among vine-covered hills, Stuttgart is the capital of a region with a strong wine vocation since Roman times. From August, the 28th, to September, the 8th, the city presents its “Wine Village”, where you can sample 500 local labels, from the beloved red Trollinger to Riesling, accompanied by traditional specialties such as the Maultaschen ravioli and the Kässpätzle cheese dumplings. It should not be forgotten that the capital of Baden-Württemberg is also home to one of the largest beer festivals in the world. Opened in 1818 after a severe famine, the Cannstatter Wasen is today a colorful and carefree party offering toasts accompanied by local specialties.
(info: www.stuttgart-tourist.de).
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