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Places we love around our homes — sights, food, beaches and the practical bits, gathered by the people who live there.

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The yellow Zahnradbahn, the Zacke, climbing from Marienplatz with the Fernsehturm behind

Stuttgart

Historic railways and the Weissenhof estate

A rack railway, a wooden funicular and a 1927 experiment in modern housing — three pieces of Stuttgart that reward a short…

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The Moorish glasshouse and flower gardens of the Wilhelma, Stuttgart

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Stuttgart with children — the Wilhelma and Rosenstein

A zoo in a Moorish garden and two natural-history houses in the same park, plus a hilltop playground — enough for a…

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The white central hall of the Stuttgart Stadtbibliothek, with its galleried floors of books

Stuttgart

Rainy-day Stuttgart — art, the library and the planetarium

Four things to do under a roof in the middle of the city: an art museum, the striking city library, the city…

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The spiralling façade of the Mercedes-Benz Museum at dusk, Stuttgart-Untertürkheim

Stuttgart

The two car museums — Mercedes-Benz and Porsche

Both brands were born here and both have built themselves a museum next to the factory. They are very different visits.

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The oval rococo pavilion and arcaded wing of Schloss Solitude

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Schloss Solitude

A duke's rococo pleasure palace on a ridge west of the city, with a dead-straight avenue aimed at Ludwigsburg and forest walks…

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The Grabkapelle on its hilltop above the autumn vineyards of the Württemberg

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The Württemberg hill — vineyards and the Grabkapelle

A domed tomb chapel built for love, on a vineyard hill east of the city, with a marked wine trail running past…

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The Bärenschlössle hunting lodge above the Bärensee in the Glemswald

Stuttgart

Lakes and woods without leaving Stuttgart

Two easy half-days in nature inside the city limits: the three Parkseen and the Bärenschlössle, and the Max-Eyth-See by the Neckar.

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The view over Stuttgart from the summit cross on the Birkenkopf

Stuttgart

Stuttgart from above — the viewpoints

The city sits in a bowl, so it is ringed with places to look down on it: a rubble hill, a beer-garden…

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The Stuttgart Fernsehturm rising above the wooded hill in Degerloch

Stuttgart

The Fernsehturm — the world’s first television tower

Stuttgart built the first concrete TV tower in the world in 1956. It still works as a viewpoint, with the Swabian Jura…

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Schlossplatz in Stuttgart, with the Neues Schloss, fountains and the Jubiläumssäule column

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Stuttgart’s old centre on foot — Schlossplatz to Schillerplatz

A short walk through the historic heart of the city: two grand squares, the old and new palaces, the collegiate church, the…

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