This week I had a chance to visit Stuttgart – the Detroit of Europe!
I had time to visit the schloss area. The palace itself was closed due to some maintenance/ construction works. The lake behind the palace made up for a good early morning walk. The state museum put up a good show of the history of Württemberg with its stunning displays of ancient to modern traditions of this region, along with artifacts of cultural and historical significance. I liked the section of antique clocks the most. The crown jewels were good to look at but there was really not much!
The two famous car museums – of Mercedes Benz and Porsche were a nice experience too. Both boasted about their history and showcased some of their most famous productions till date. To be short and curt the Benz museum was a wonderful experience and gave me a good class in the history of automobiles. While the Porsche museum failed to live up to the hype generated by the other museum (in terms of value of the money spent vs the number of displays) it was a class of its own!
Here are some pics from my short trip to Stuttgart.
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- A Beautiful Artefact
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- A Building in Old City Area
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- A Fountain Near Old City Area
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- A Pillar of the Landesmuseum Museum
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- A Statue in Old City Area
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- Ancient Automobiles
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- Antique Glass
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- Built for Pace and Power
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- Built to Race and Rule
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- F-1 Car
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- From an Antique Clock Collection
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- Gills on Cars
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- Insides of a Porsche Engine
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- Its Raining Porsche!
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- Lake and the Palace
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- Mercedes-Benz Showroom
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- Mideaval Automobile
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- My Favourite of the Whole Lot
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- One of the Oldest Automobiles
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- Spectacular Skies!
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- Style Icon of its Era
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- Style Porsche!
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- The Interior of a Porsche Car
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- The Porsche Building
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- The Unbeaten!
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- The Various Porsche Models in One Diagram
