What to do on a sunny spring weekend in Stuttgart?

Mellivinginstuttgart — Fri, 20 Apr 2018 11:24:27 +0000

Some more sunny days are in front of us. But what to do on such a lovely spring weekend in Stuttgart? Here comes a list of my top 5 things to do.

1. Get active

Sunny spring days are awesome for outdoor fun! Stuttgart is surrounded by beautiful nature so there’s a bunch of great places you could go to. For inspiration visit my former posts about:

Eselsmühle in Siebenmühlental (and download a hiking brochure of Siebenmühlental for free here)
Bärenschlössle in Stuttgart-West – a lovely mini castle next to a lake
a bike trip along the Neckar
go hiking, for example at the beginning of the Black Forest to the ruins of castle Zavelstein

2. Enjoy colorful flowers

Everywhere you look at the moment you see blooming flowers. Great places to marvel at them are:

the zoological and botanical garden Wilhelma (over 5,000 different species and varieties of plants await you – expect an overdose of blossom :-))
the Killesberg Hill Park with its amazing flower beds. This park is also lot’s of fun for kids with its petting zoo, the historical fun fair, the playgrounds and the mini railway about with I wrote in this former post.

3. Stroll over Frühlingsfest

The Frühlingsfest – the spring version of the Oktoberfest, will open its gates this weekend, on April 21. Fun rides, lot’s of food stands and of course beer tents will await you this spring weekend in Stuttgart.

4. Have an ice cream

Do you feel like ice cream, too? You get a scope of gelato nearly around every corner on a sunny spring day in Stuttgart but for good quality I can recommend these places:

Eis-Bistro Pinguin at Eugensplatz. An institution in Stuttgart. Here you can enjoy your ice cream and a great view over Stuttgart from Eugensplatz at the same time.
Gelateria Kaiserbau at Marienplatz where you can try quite creative creations. My favorite: elderflower-lime!
Not the cheapest place but definitely worth a visit because the ice cream is amazing: Old Bridge at Bolzstraße and Eberhardstraße. Fun Facts: the cream on top comes for free and if you order one portion you can divide it into two flavors.

5. Eat outside

When the temperature climbs above 20 degrees I want to sit and eat outside. Do you feel the same? If yes, how about visiting Tschechen & Söhne on top of Karlshöhe? From there you’ve got a lovely view above Stuttgart. Moreover, one of my favorite beer gardens out of Stuttgart opens this weekend: Schwabengarten in Leinfelden-Echterdingen. Definitely worth a visit, too!

If you feel like organizing a barbecue check out this map where you find public bbq places in Stuttgart.

But these are just a few ideas for fun things to do on a sunny spring weekend in Stuttgart. What are your favorites? And what will you be up to this weekend?

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Four seasons in one day – or: The weather in April in Stuttgart!

Mellivinginstuttgart — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:42:04 +0000

Hi guys! Snow capped flowers and huge puddles on the streets. If you wonder if it’s still spring, let me share some insider knowledge about April in Stuttgart with you…

We have a saying in German that goes like this “April, April, der macht was er will” – which can be translated to “April is doing whatever it wants to do” (OK, the translation sounds lame… it rhymes in German… :-)). And this saying is very, very true. April is the month where you can experience all the four seasons in one day: You wake up to a blue sky, have breakfast while it’s raining, go to work through a snowstorm, eat lunch in the sun and get soaked in rain on your way back home.

But why is the weather this crazy in April? Well, I did some research and this is what I found out: Apparently this is because the south of Europe starts heating up in spring already and produces warm air while it is still cold in the north. The warm and dry air meets the cold and humid air above central Europe and thus Germany. The air masses try to balance out their differences and this results in unpredictable weather changes.

So when you’re spending April in Stuttgart, make sure you bring shorts and T-shirts AND gloves and winter boots 🙂

P.S.: It was snowing when I started to write this short blog post and now the sun is up again! 😀

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