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Food! There's a Vons (full service) Grocery about 3 miles from the Sheraton. Here's a [http://tinyurl.com/cjszw map] of the route. If you walk, stay on the south side of N. Harbor until you come to the foot bridge, then cross and make your way up Nimitz. We took a taxi back for $5.

There are a couple of parks just west and within a mile or so of the Sheraton on N. Harbor including the Cancer Survivors Park.

Find below some general information around Stuttgart

The below is information from ApacheCon EU in 2005.

Tourist Information:

Central Stuttgart:

Theaters, cinemas, concerts, ...:

Clubs, pubs and taverns:

  • Barcode, Suites, zwoelfzehn (1210), Oasis, Rohbau, Scholz
  • Rocker 33, Beachbar, Perkins Park, Schocken, Palast der Republik
  • Biergaten im Schlosspark (hinterm Hauptbahnhof), Cafe Nil, Calwer Eck Braeu

Interesting cities around Stuttgart:

  • Ludwigsburg, Tuebingen, Reutlingen, Esslingen: nice to see (old towns with castles, ...)
  • Metzingen: factory outlets for Boss, Esprit, Gucci, Escada, Adidas, ...
  • Ulm (2h trip by train): Ulmer Münster, Fischerviertel
  • München (3h trip by train): Biergarten, Hofbräuhaus, Deutsches Museum

Top 10 things to do in Stuttgart

  1. Visit the "Fernsehturm" (TV-Tower): Touristy, but nice view.
    http://www.fernsehturm-stuttgart.de/index_en.html

2. Eat suabian food at the "Stuttgarter Stäffele": Slightly expensive but good, book ahead.

http://www.staeffele.de/

3. Have a "Mass" (1 Litre of Beer) at the "Biergarten im Schlossgarten":
This is where the crowd is when the weather's good.

http://www.biergarten-schlossgarten.de/

4. Have another "Mass" at the "Karlshöhe": Very nice view over western Stuttgart, nice to walk up there.

http://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/stn/page/detail.php/16710

5. Take a bike through Killesberg Park, Rosenstein Park and Schlossgarten back to the city centre. You have to push the bike through Killesberg Park (no cycling there), but afterwards its a nice downhill ride to Rosenstein. There is also a nice "Biergarten" between Killesberg and Rosenstein Park near Pragsattel where you might have yet another "Mass". Takes 1.5 hours.

http://www.killesberg-stuttgart.de/
http://www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/stz/page/detail.php/16660

http://www.killesberg-kleinbahn.de/Downloads/schul_ausflug_killesberg.pdf

6. Go to the beach at "Sky beach". Trendy "beach" bar on top of a parking garage, volleyball field included (though you have to go down 5 storeys if you kick the ball over the side (wink).

http://www.skybeach.de/

7. Visit "Städtisches Lapidarium": A bit of old Stuttgart – garden with parts (portals, colums, etc.) of old buildings.

http://www.stuttgart-tourist.de/deutsch/stuttgart/sehen/lapidarium.html

8. Visit Weissenhof-Siedlung: If you like Bauhaus architecture...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus

9. Visit Wilhelma: Botanical garden & zoo, one of the nicest. You need time to do this.

http://www.wilhelma.de/

10. Mercedes Benz and Porsche museums: For the car buffs. I think both companies are building new ones right now, so call ahead and ask if they're open.

http://www.mercedes-benz.com/mbcom/international/international_website/en/com/international_home/home/services/meetus/museum.html

http://content2.eu.porsche.com/prod/service/classic.nsf/usaenglish/worldmuseum

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