The Königstrasse (King Street), is a fitting name for Stuttgart's premier shopping boulevard. Mercedes-Benz and Porsche are the most prestigious names to originate from Stuttgart, a city synonymous with the car industry.

Königstrasse, Mercedes and Porsche
The Königstrasse (King Street) is characterised on the one hand by department stores, fashion chains and specialist shops, and on the other by cafés, street musicians and the serene palace square. Get the full Porsche experience on a tour of the factory situated in the Zuffenhausen suburb. The car with the star also has something for the tourist with its high-tech Mercedes-Benz museum that tells the story of automobile history.

A stroll through Stuttgart's city centre is like taking a journey back through the history of architecture, with masterpieces such as the medieval Old Palace, the baroque New Palace, the beautiful Art Nouveau market hall and the Bauhaus-style Weissenhof housing estate giving the city its distinctive feel.

The Württemberg Regional Museum in the Old Palace is an art gallery and houses an extensive exhibition on the history of the Württemberg region. The House of History offers an informative insight into the political history of south-west Germany. The Linden Museum is one of Europe's leading ethnological museums.