What's on in Stuttgart, Germany through the year

Busy — Christmas holidays in Germany, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in January.

Still on: Valley inversion air (15 Nov – 28 Feb (usually))

Shoulder season — school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it, an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in February.

Still on: Valley inversion air (15 Nov – 28 Feb (usually))

Busy — Easter holidays in Germany, school holidays in 3 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in March.

Peak crowds — Stuttgarter Frühlingsfest, Easter holidays in Germany

• Festival

  Stuttgarter Frühlingsfest

  10 Apr – 15 May · usuallyMajor festivalCrowded

  The spring version of the Wasen: two beer tents, a funfair and the same dirndls, on the Cannstatt meadows for three weeks. Locals rate it above the autumn one because it is half the size and you can get a table. Source ↗

Peak crowds — Stuttgarter Frühlingsfest, Whitsun/Pentecost holidays in Germany

Nothing new starts in May.

Still on: Stuttgarter Frühlingsfest (10 Apr – 15 May (usually))

Busy — school holidays in 4 of the markets that fill it, one of its best months for weather

Nothing new starts in June.

Busy — Summer holidays in Germany, school holidays in 6 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in July.

Peak crowds — Stuttgarter Weindorf, Summer holidays in Germany

• Festival

  Stuttgarter Weindorf

  24 Aug – 10 Sep · usuallyHarvestCrowded

  Twelve days when the squares around the old palace fill with wooden booths pouring Württemberg wine — Trollinger and Lemberger, which barely leave the region — with maultaschen to go with it. Vineyards grow inside the city here. Source ↗

Peak crowds — Stuttgarter Weindorf, Cannstatter Volksfest

• Festival

  Cannstatter Volksfest

  20 Sep – 15 Oct · usuallyMajor festivalCrowdedBook early

  The second-largest beer festival in the world after Munich's, running since 1818 under a fruit column on the Wasen. Hotel rates across the region climb for its seventeen days and the S-Bahn is standing room after eight. Source ↗

Still on: Stuttgarter Weindorf (24 Aug – 10 Sep (usually))

Peak crowds — Cannstatter Volksfest, Autumn holidays in Germany

Nothing new starts in October.

Still on: Cannstatter Volksfest (20 Sep – 15 Oct (usually))

Busy — Stuttgarter Weihnachtsmarkt, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Hazard

  Valley inversion air

  15 Nov – 28 Feb · usuallyWinter smog

  The city centre sits in a steep bowl with almost no through wind, which is why it spent years as Germany's worst spot for traffic particulates and still traps its own air on still winter days. Sensitive lungs notice it downtown, not on the hills. Source ↗

• Festival

  Stuttgarter Weihnachtsmarkt

  25 Nov – 23 DecChristmas & New YearCrowded

  One of the oldest and largest in Europe, filling the palace squares and courtyards, and known for the decorated roofs the stallholders compete over. A rink and a small market for children sit alongside it. Source ↗

Peak crowds — Stuttgarter Weihnachtsmarkt, Christmas holidays in Germany

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Valley inversion air (15 Nov – 28 Feb (usually)), Stuttgarter Weihnachtsmarkt (25 Nov – 23 Dec)