Stuttgart Attractions

Mercedes-Benz Museum

Opened shortly before the start of the Football World Cup in Germany, the impressive Mercedes-Benz Museum is housed in a slick, contemporary building, an icon of modern architecture. With an exhibition space of almost 182,986 ft² (17,000 m²) covering seven storeys, the museum takes visitors on a chronological journey through the history of the Mercedes automobile. Combining world events occurring at the same time as Benz breakthroughs and displaying over 160 different vehicles from racing cars and concept cars to the pope mobile and airplane engines, there is much for the automobile aficionado to see.

Address: Mercedesstrasse 100; Website: www.museum-mercedes-benz.com; Telephone: 711 173 0000; Transport: The S1 subway to the Daimler Station; Opening time: Tuesday to Sunday from 9am to 6pm. Closed Mondays; Admission: €8 (adults), €4 (concessions)