Stuttgart 21
In July 2011, I went down to Stuttgart by train (from Mannheim, where I had attended an opera premiere the night before) to take part in a large demonstration against Read More …
Category: Stuttgart
Stuttgart Central Station (Hauptbahnhof)
In 2004 I posted a ‘tip’ on the now-defunct website VirtualTourist about the central railroad station in Stuttgart. Little did I know, at the time, that the fate of this Read More …
Literature House in Stuttgart
Located next to the Liederhalle concert hall, the Literaturhaus is in a listed building (from a bygone century, the 20th) that was once the headquarters of the engineering and technology Read More …
Renitenztheater in Stuttgart
Not far from the Hegel House is the cleverly-named Renitenztheater, a cabaret theater that was founded in 1961. To understand the name, you have to know that lots of German Read More …
Hegel House in Stuttgart
The German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was born in this house on August 27, 1770. The house now contains a small museum about his life and work. The quotation Read More …
Operas in Stuttgart
The State Opera in Stuttgart has a great reputation for high quality, innovative opera productions. I have seen quite a few operas in Stuttgart, including L’italiana in Algeri (The Italian Read More …