Stuttgart: A glimpse of the city and the Cannstatter Volksfest (Beer Festival)

I had heard a lot about Stuttgart, the capital city of Baden-Württemberg in Germany , but had never visited the city before. For the past five months, I have been living about a hundred kilometres away and only when I had some work there, did I finally get around to making two day trips. Luckily, I happened to be in the city on the opening day of the Cannstatter Volksfest, popularly known as the Beer Festival , though it has been more of an Autumn festival for hundreds of years.

I spent my morning going around the lively city centre and the market place. The KunstMuseum is located right in the centre of the city, and cannot be missed.

     Car lovers have a treat in store, with the Porsche and Mercedes-Benz Museums located right inside the city! While there is a direct tram to get to the Porsche Museum, I would suggest taking the bus 56 from Canstatter Wasen to stop right infront of the Mercedes-Benz Museum. I visited both these museums on different days. Interestingly, students have a highly reduced entrance fee between 4 pm and 5 pm , or so.

At the time of my visit, there was a 50 year celebration going on at the Porsche Museum.

            

The afternoon was reserved for the Canstatter Volksfest, at the Mercedesstrasse tram stop.

I was thrilled to see the colours, the rides, the numerous beer tents and people sporting Dirndls and Lederhosens, the traditional German wear.

           

And there were numerous beer tents too, some hosting band performances and all of them packed with people in traditional wear, enjoying their beer jugs.

            

            

 One of the scariest rides though, must have been the ‘Revolution’, which reminded me of the time I took the ‘Talocan‘ ride at Phantasialand. I didn’t even bother trying it out!

As it was nearly time for the Mercedes-Benz Museum to close for the day, I hurried to reach it. Unfortunately, my phone and camera batteries were drained and I could not take any more pictures. This is just a picture from a postcard I bought.

                 

Visiting this museum was a wonderful experience. If you happen to visit Stuttgart, definitely try to visit the Mercedes Benz World.

And so, it was time to bid Good-Bye to the city. Don’t know if I’ll ever go there again. But would love to hear about your experiences if you do! Signing off with the last few impressions.

The Solitude Castle inspired me to write a poetry by that name! You can see more pictures and the poetry at Next Stop:Solitude.

 

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