Ludwigsburg Residential Palace
Ludwigsburg Residential Palace is one of the largest baroque buildings in Germany to survive in its original state.
Stuttgart Highlights
State Gallery
Art museum, home to Amedeo Modigliani’s Female Nude Reclining on a White Pillow and seven costumes for Oskar Schlemmer’s Triadic Ballet.
Mercedes-Benz Museum
Featuring over 160 vehicles, the Mercedes-Benz Museum celebrates the automobile invented by Carl Benz in 1886.
Weissenhof Museum
Modernist house by architect Le Corbusier, now a museum dedicated to the history of the Weissenhof Estate.
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
Contemporary art museum housed in a striking building, which is closed for renovation until 2027.
Solitude Palace
Initially intended as a simple hunting lodge, Duke Carl Eugen turned Solitude Palace into a pompous palace.
Sepulchral Chapel on Württemberg Hill
Neoclassical hilltop mausoleum in memory of Katharina Pawlowna, Queen consort of Württemberg.
Stuttgart City Library
Thanks to its breathtaking white atrium, Stuttgart’s city library is among the world’s most Instagrammable modern libraries.
State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart
Rosenstein Palace houses the biological exhibition of Stuttgart’s State Museum of Natural History.
Wilhelma
Home to some 11,000 animals from around 1,200 species, Wilhelma is one of Germany’s largest zoos, and a delightful botanical garden.
Further Recommendations
Baden-Württemberg House of History
Museum devoted to the history of Baden-Württemberg from 1790 to the present.
Beer Garden Tschechen & Söhne
This open-air café on the Karlshöhe ridge offers great beer with an even better view.
Burgholzhof Observation Tower
25-m-high observation tower overlooking Bad Cannstatt’s vineyards.
Chinese Garden
Teeny-weeny traditional Chinese garden providing a corner of calm for visitors to mellow out for a while.
Domnick Collection
Brutalist villa in Nürtingen housing a collection of post-war modern & contemporary art.
Eugensplatz
Hillside square featuring a cascading waterfall fountain and a lovely prospect of the city.
Gottlieb Daimler Memorial
The workshop where Gottlieb Daimler & Wilhelm Maybach developed the first high-speed four-stroke combustion engine.
Hotel Silber
Housed in a former Gestapo headquarters, the exhibition at Hotel Silber explores the history of the secret police.
Killesberg Railway
The minimum-gauge railway traversing Killesberg Park with its Lilliputian locomotives is wildly popular with toddlers.
Killesberg Tower
42-m-high observation tower with four observation decks & two staircases hanging from a central mast.
Kirchheim Palace
Duchess Henriette’s dower palace offers a rare glimpse into the 19th-century home of an upper-class widow.
Kunstgebäude Stuttgart
Art gallery hosting exhibitions of the Württembergischer Kunstverein, the State Gallery and the Kunstmuseum.
Linden Museum
Ethnographic museum showcasing cultural artifacts from Asia, Africa, America, and Oceania.
Ludwigsburg Favourite Palace
Baroque summer residence boasting fully preserved neoclassical interiors.
Miniature Worlds Stuttgart
180-m² N-scale model railway depicting Stuttgart’s central station and its surrounding neighbourhood.
Museum am Löwentor
The Museum at the Lion’s Gate houses the paleontological exhibition of Stuttgart’s State Museum of Natural History.
Museum Hegel House
Museum devoted to Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, his work, and the immense impact of Hegelian philosophy.
Museum of Modern Literature
Museum by architect David Chipperfield, home to Franz Kafka’s manuscript of The Trial.
Palace Square
Vibrant city square dominated by the New Palace & the Jubilee Column for King Wilhelm I of Württemberg.
Pomeranzen Garden
The Pomeranzen Garden in Leonberg is Germany’s only remaining terraced garden from the late renaissance.
Porsche Museum
The sterile all-white Porsche Museum showcases around 80 cars, including a 1948 Porsche 365 № 1 roadster.
Schauwerk Sindelfingen
Museum hosting exhibitions of 20th- & 21st-century painting, sculpture, photography, and installation art.
Schiller National Museum
Museum dedicated to Friedrich Schiller, one of the leading exponents of the Sturm & Drang literary movement.
Stauffenberg Memorial
Memorial site about Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg and his unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
Stuttgart City Museum
Museum dedicated to the history of Stuttgart from the end of the 18th century to the present day.
Stuttgart Funicular
Built in 1929, this 536-m-long funicular railway, which has a gradient of up to 28%, still operates its original cable cars.
Stuttgart Market Hall
Stuttgart’s art-nouveau market hall opened in 1914 and is home to a great many retailers selling all sorts of food.
Stuttgart Rack Railway
The Zacke is a 2⅕-km-long metre-gauge rack tramway connecting Stuttgart’s city centre to Degerloch.
Stuttgart State Theatre
The Stuttgart State Theatre features opera, ballet and theatre performances, as well as classical concerts.
Stuttgart Tram Museum
Public transport museum showing dozens of trams, including several ME GT4 articulated trams.
Swabian Forest Railway
The Schwäbische Waldbahn operates a DB Class V100 diesel locomotive on the 23-km-long heritage railway line between Schorndorf and Welzheim.
Teahouse in Weissenburg Park
Charming art-nouveau teahouse in a pleasant park on a hilltop providing a pleasing prospect of the city below.
Television Tower Stuttgart
The Fernsehturm is the world’s oldest television tower, with an observation deck at a lofty 150 m above ground level.
Württemberg State Museum
Art & regional history museum showcasing a wide range of historical artifacts, including Württemberg’s crown jewels.