Stuttgart

Advantages: Great city
Disadvantages: It's far from here lol

...I recently spent 8 days in Stuttgart as part of an exchange, and really loved the city and all it had to offer. Most of what I loved about it was the other towns and places that they had in the area, which I will talk about in more detail below. *Stuttgart town centre* To be honest, I didn't spend a great deal of time in Stuttgart itself, although I did spend a long time in one of the many Starbucks they had. The main shopping street, Koenigstrasse, had many German shops as well as internationally known ones such as H&M, along with a handful of restaurants. I went to the art museum one day, which was right in the middle of town and easy to get to, and really enjoyed it. *Transport* One thing that really impressed me about Stuttgart was the public transport and how clean and reliable it was. I live in Newcastle upon Tyne...

charlsayslol 03.04.2008 · Read review
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One Day In Stuttgart

Advantages: nice city, nice surroundings
Disadvantages: the dialect of the people, but if you don't know German anyway, why bother

...Today we’re going to get to know Stuttgart, the capital of the Land Baden-Württemberg in the southwest of Germany which was founded 51 years ago, on 25th April 1952. Last year there were celebrations and festivities everywhere! Before that time it had already been the home of the Kings of Württemberg who, as it is the habit with kings, had castles built in the city and outside, so there’s quite a lot to see. We’ve met in the main train station which isn’t only a good starting-point for our tour, but also worth seeing in itself as it was built in the 1920s in the style of New Realism. The tower is 56 metres high topped by a rotating Mercedes star which signals to all people arriving what Stuttgart stands for worldwide: car industry! On the one hand the Swabians are very proud of their reputation as...

MALU 13.05.2003 · Read review
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Fly away from Stuttgart

Advantages: Well run German Airport
Disadvantages: Display screens not updated quickly enough

...Stuttgart Echterdingen is situated approximately 10 miles outside of the centre of Stuttgart and is the first and last point of call for many travellers visiting this city of industry. Although not the largest of airports, Stuttgart still sees approximately 400 landings and taking offs daily and last year saw nearly 9.5million people use the airport, flying on approximately 60 different carriers. THE TERMINAL If you are flying from Stuttgart, you will see that your flight will arrive/depart from one of four terminals at the airport. However, do not be fooled as, unlike many other airports, the four terminals are encased in the same building and the number only refers to the part of the terminal that you will fly from. As well as being split into four sections laterally, the terminal is split across five floors with each...

StereoMike1983 07.06.2006 · Read review
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Schlossplatz - Stuttgart City Centre

Advantages: Central, two nice palaces
Disadvantages: Not a lot to do

...Smack bang in the middle of Stuttgart City Centre, you will find the Schlossplatz. In stark contrast to the hustle and bustle of the extremely busy main shopping street (KonigStrasse), this area much more relaxed with fountains and grassy areas in which to relax. The name Schlossplatz translates at Palace Square and this is because the area is flanked by the two Palaces of Stuttgart. The Altes Schloss (Old Palace) sits on the right of the square with the Neus Schloss (New Palace) dominating one side of the square ahead of you. The Altes Schloss was built in the 1330's and was a royal residence for much of the late 1500's. It was virtually destroyed during WWII but has been subsequently rebuilt to its former glory. Today it houses a museum celebrating the history of the Baden-Württemberg region and it costs 3? to enter. I personally...

StereoMike1983 02.05.2006 · Read review
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Stuttgart is a city of great beauty

Advantages: lots of parcs, woods, nightlife...
Disadvantages: ...

...First I´ve to say that I come from Stuttgart! Sorry, that my English is not as good as yours, but my Englsh teacher is not very good ;)! Stuttgart is the capital of Baden- Württemberg (That´s in South-Germany). Here live about 550 000 people. But nevertheless there are lots of parks and woods. Arround Stuttgart are hills. That´s very nice, because you can have a very great look on the city. I think you all know Mercedes and Porsche!? They both come from Stuttgart. If you want to go shopping, I would go to the Königsstraße (Kingsstreet). There are many shops and supermarkets... One ofe the greatest places in Stuttgart is the New Castle (das Neue Schloß)! There is a park before it, and in the summer you can see lots of people sleeping there. If you are a fan of nightlife, is Stuttgart the right place for you! Stuttgart...

theGerman 24.01.2001 · Read review
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Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart

Advantages: free transport to the museum and free entry
Disadvantages: have to stay in the museum complex at all times

...at the moment and this multibillion pound project is worth seeing just for the sheer size of it. There you have it, anyone interested in cars will appreciate this museum, and will enjoy about two hours in it. Another bonus is that the Porsche museum is also a mere 3 kms away so a good day can be had in Stuttgart viewing both....

littledoves 14.09.2005 · Read review
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Wine, Ballet & Arts or Beer,Benz & Sauerkraut ?

Advantages: Lots to do and to see for every taste
Disadvantages: none

...Let me introduce you to the city where I was born: Stuttgart, which is the capital of the German federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. Baden -Wuerttemberg itself was founded in 1952 and is a federation of the former duchy of Baden, the duchy of Hohenzollern and the former kingdom of Wuerttemberg. Now for all these, who don't know were on earth this place might be found on the map: Baden-Wuerttemberg is in the south-west of Germany, bordering to France in the west and Switzerland in the south. The natives of Stuttgart are called Schwaben (Swabians). You can recognize them easily as soon as they open their mouth. The Swabians have a very strong dialect and even if you've learned German to a higher degree, you might still find it hard to understand. Most of the younger generations and many of the older, are able to speak at least...

fritzthecat 27.03.2006 · Read review
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The People's Festival

Advantages: It's like Disneyland, but with beer
Disadvantages: Crowded public transport and hangovers

...It seems that German cities have festivals for everything. In Stuttgart, sauerkraut is being celebrated at the end of October, once the fairground and beer tents have been cleared away from the Cannstatter Volksfest ("the people's festival", originally a celebration of bringing in the harvest). In September they were praising the wine. The entire purpose of my trip to Stuttgart was to visit the Volksfest with my family. Having lived in Stuttgart for two years, and knowling the city intimately, they said that the best time for me to visit was during this 3-weekend period (from the last weekend of September to the 2nd weekend of October) when an enormous tarmac space by the Canstatter park is taken over by one of the biggest mobile fairgrounds in Europe and beer tents big enough to seat 5,500 people (each). Many of the large...

eddybennet 10.10.2005 · Read review
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Porches, Mercedes and more importantly Beer

Advantages: Small is good for this festival
Disadvantages: What apart from a hangover??

...First off I am not going to claim that you are going to learn too much about Stuttgart itself from this review. If truth were told I could hardly remember half the time I spent in the City. That's not to say I didn't have a good time or enjoy the place - to the contrary. I shall explain. My reason for visiting this fine city was not to explore the shops of Koenigstrasse, climb the TV Tower or find out the inner workings of a Porsche or Mercedes for that matter. No the reason was the "Cannstatter Volksfest". Having decided around early summer we wanted a 'lads' trip to a beer festival Munich was naturally muted as the obvious choice. However the logistics of managing to book a hotel anywhere remotely near Munich made me look for other alternatives. It was at this point I heard about the Volkfest. The Stuttgart version happens...

Pookie_Rabbit 15.10.2004 · Read review
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O-Town live in Stuttgart

Advantages: it's great fun, the music is good, the performance is awesome, the boys are cute *g*
Disadvantages: it's very loud, all the screaming

...Hi everybody, I know?long time no opinion, but now I?m back with another one for you :) Today?s op will be about a concert that I?ve been to about 3 weeks ago. I like a wide range of music and so I?m not one of the people who says ?Shame on me? I listen to ?boybands!?? No? I like a lot of so-called boybands, not only because of their music, some of them look pretty gorgeous as well ;) So this time, I chose O-Town to be my Number 1 and so I went to their concert in Stuttgart (remember, I?m from Germany) which was on 15th of February. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* O-Town are a group existing of 5 boys who got picked out of quite a few guys in a casting, mainly for their abilities to sing and dance. Obviously their looks were quite alright as well and they fitted together perfectly. The project, that was started in America, by...

clauds 05.03.2002 · Read review
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