Stuttgart

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also see the wikipedia Stuttgart page about extensive information.
Stuttgart Tourist Information
WikiTravel information about Stuttgart
have a look at the Couchsurfing Germany page for general information to get a more general idea of where and how Stuttgart is situated

Couchsurfing Stuttgart

Couches and emergency couches!

TODO

Couchsurfing zone information
sort it up a bit
trips to Rothenburg odT, Tübingen, Schwäbisch Hall, Freiburg, Aalen: Römermuseum, Schlösser/Burgen im Umland/Schwäbische Alb, Barock-Schloss Ludwigsburg, Schwäbisch Gmünder Münster/Kirche, Siebenmühlental, Schönbuch, Marbach/Neckar, Weil der Stadt, Herrenberg
Catch the bus (gibt's das in Stuttgart eigentlich noch?)
Add locations to the cs.stuttgart Stuttgart-Google Map, add thos location's links to the entries on this page.

Couchsurfing Activities

Google calendar for Couchsurfing Stuttgart Activities
Have also a look at the Couchsurfing Stuttgart group
Regular meeting: traditional meet-up each 17th of a month at 0700pm, we keep changing locations!
Also, local Couchsurfers meet rather spontaneously with a special event as background.

CouchSurfing Community Facts

Traditional Meet-Up

Look it up in the Stuttgart CS calendar!

1st Meeting, 2007-12-17, 0800pm: location: Café Mambo (group post), ca 15 people attended
2nd Meeting, 2008-01-17, 0800pm: location: Deli (group post), CS Meeting page, ca 15 people attended
3rd Meeting, 2008-02-17, 0700pm: location: Sophie's Brauhaus (group post), CS Meeting page, ca 15 people attended
4th Meeting, 2008-03-17, 0700pm: location: Biraboom Besenwirtschaft (group post), CS Meeting page, 15 people attended
5th Meeting, 2008-04-17, 0700pm: location: Akademie der schönsten Künste (group post), CS Meeting page, 23 people or more attended
6th Meeting, 2008-05-17, 0700pm: location: Forum III Café (group post), CS Meeting page, ? people attended
7th Meeting, 2008-06-17, 0700pm: location: [location na] (group post), [Meeting page na], x people attended

Misc Meetings

2008-02-09: Spontaneous CouchSurfing Meeting (Mata Hari)
2008-02-02: Spontaneous CouchSurfing Meeting (Mata Hari)
2008-02-03: Even more spontaneous CouchSurfing brunch (Ciba Mato)
Most famous meetings in the past were the Frühlingsfest-Meetings 2006 + 2007.
In 2007 over 50 international Couchsurfers participated at the CS celebrations at Corrado's flat and the Frühlingsfest festival Area.
Paul's famous party in November 2007.

Members

2007-07-10:
- 300+ Couchsurfer available trough CouchSearch.
- 145 of them with a Couch available or definitely available.
- 84 members in the local Stuttgart Group
2007-11-13:
- 300+ Couchsurfer available trough CouchSearch.
- 154 of them with a Couch available or definitely available.
- 179 members in the local Stuttgart Group, 95 members more since 2007-07-10: app. 24 new members per month!
2008-01-18:
- 239 members in the local Stuttgart Group, 60 members more since 2007-11-13: app. 30 new members per month!
2008-02-19:
- 296 members in the local Stuttgart Group, 95 members more since 2008-01-18: app. 57 new members per month!
In the period between 2007-07-10 and 2008-02-19 (7 months) the Stuttgart CouchSurfing group received 212 new members. That's an increase by more than 150%. This means that the member count has more than doubled in a half a year.

Orientation

Maps

Stuttgart Stadtplan, city maps
Google map of Stuttgart

Town Twinnings

St Helens (Merseyside) (England)
Cardiff (England)
St. Louis, Missouri (United States)
Strasbourg (France)
Mumbai (India)
Menzel Bourguiba (Tunisia)
Cairo (Egypt)
Łódź (Poland)
Brno (Czech Republic)
Samara (Russia)

Transportation

Stuttgart features a multitude of public transportation means:

S-Bahn (timetable via VVS site)
U-Bahn (timetable via VVS site)
Strassenbahn, ceased service in december 2007
Busses (timetable via VVS site)
Bike by Call-A-Bike, a service by the Deutsche Bahn (germain rails), you'll need a mobile to use this service!

By these means you are able to reach quite a location in Stuttgart and surroundings by day.

By night there are night buses (straight forwardly called "Nachtbusse") on Friday night at 0111am, 0222am and 0333am from station "Schloßplatz" in the city center.

There's always the chance to take a Taxi. Taxis are quite safe and drivers aren't expected to trick on you, but just talk to them about your plans, ask for costs and watch the meter (as usual, anyway..).

Important Stations

Main Train Station: "Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof" (Wikipedia: Stuttgart HBF). The Stuttgart Main Station is located in the Stuttgart city center, you can't get more in the center ;).
Airport Stuttgart: "Stuttgart Flughafen" (Wikipedia: Stuttgart Airport). The Airport of Stuttgart is located outside of the city, as is with most cities.

Locations Near To Stuttgart Airport

All mentioned locations are part of the local public transportation network.

Stuttgart city center, ca. 40+ minutes by public means (S-Bahn or U-Bahn + bus).
Plieningen (small village, part of Stuttgart), 8 minutes by bus, 15 minutes by foot walk, 20 minutes by S-Bahn (via bus to Bernhausen).
Bernhausen (small village, part of Esslingen), 5 minutes by S-Bahn.

Traffic Companies

Region

VVS Prices and detailed information on how to reach locations, including foot paths between stations and buildings/other stations.
- Airport Stuttgart is also known as "Stuttgart Flughafen (wichtiger Punkt)" to the information system.
- Main Train Station is also known as "Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof (wichtiger Punkt)" to the information system.

Nationwide

Use the service of the Deutsche Bahn to reach cities within German boundaries and major foreign cities in Europe. There is now a fast high-speed connection between Stuttgart and Paris by use of the French TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse, a french pendant to the German ICE (InterCity-Express) that takes only about three and a half hour.

Deutsche Bahn Nationwide train connections, pricing etc. Online tickets available for shipping and printing.

There's an FAQ about Transportation within and to/from Germany in the guidelines of the Germany group. Make sure you check this page!

Hitchhiking

Accomodation

Priority is most probably to find a couch to surf on. But, as a general safety rule, you should always be able to have enough financial spirit to backup in a hotel, hostel or similar. Intentionally, it is adventure you are seeking. That could mean that a couch gets lost or none is available.

By Couchsurfers

Search for Couchsurfers in Stuttgart via the Couchsurf-Search or in the list of members of the Couchsurf Stuttgart group.
Stuttgart Emergency Couch (911CS-de-stuttgart) group. Respect the guidelines!
Email address for emergency couches: 911cs [dot] stuttgart [dot] de [at] gmail [dot] com

Hotels

Search the Stuttgart Tourist Information.

Hostels

List of hostels so far uncategorized by hostel type:

(links provided by Gero Gröschel and thenomen)

night and day

Youth Hostels

Jugendherberge Stuttgart, Youth Hostel Stuttgart

Backpacker Hostels

Camping

Yes, could be done..

Campingplatz Stuttgart

What You Can Do in Stuttgart (Activities)

Have a nice time together! :-)

Cinemas

Cinemas in Stuttgart (Corso presents movies in native tongue!)

Spas

General list of spas in Stuttgart.

Some picked out:

Museums

Party

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