Before visiting Stuttgart I literally knew nothing about the place. 3 days later I know it is centre of Mercedes Benz and Porsche production, it has San Francesco style hills that snap the calf muscles and it is the centre of the wasp universe. Honestly, I have never seen so many wasps in my life, along with flies, spiders and other insect life…not something you find the tourist brochures boast about. My hotel was 15 minutes by S-bahn out of the city centre, in the middle of an industrial park, which as I arrived on a Sunday was closed and silent. The train was right outside the hotel though so it was a very useful place to stay. Stuttgart itself really doesn’t have a tremendous amount to offer someone who isn’t working here as it lost
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