Leisure, pleasure, tips and information for expats living in Stuttgart
After having been rather silent for a few weeks I’m back for ya with the latest Stuttgart foodie world news- Swabian tapas!
Yes, you’ve heard this right – Gasthaus Bären has opened its doors at the old Zwölfzehn location and is serving small tapas portions of Swabian (as in local Stuttgart) food.
Welcome to Germany – where medieval meets modernity! With forests full of fairytales, unexpected natural beauty and many gastro delights.
This section is here to make you feel the wanderlust! Here are five experiences, you can only have in Germany:
We get it, we get it – learning German is difficult. (Not as difficult as learning Hungarian, I can assure you that!)
The Germans are fond of saying, “Deutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache,” (“German language, difficult language”), often with a hint of Schadenfreude in their voices.
Acutually German is not tooo compicated to learn. But it’s also too damn funny, if someone gets the pronounciation wrong! But watch these videos to see for yourself:
Source: Conner Sullivan
Before I have started this blog I came across this beautiful video:
“Wandnotiz – Das Stuttgart-Manifest”.
A declaration of love to Stuttgart in moving images.
It’s voice over (in German, though) is done by Smudo, a famous German Musician from Stuttgart. He’s part of Gemany’s first successful German Hip-Hop Band “Die Fantastischen Vier”.
They came up in the 90ies but perform till this day and will go on tour, soon again. I used to be a massive fan and I still like them! This summer they will play (amongst many international A-listers) at some really nice festivals, for example the Stuttgart Jazz Open! Wohoooo, and I’ve been given a ticket as a xmas present, yay!
This video captures some of the nice spots and things to do in Stuttgart, so I thought you might like it, too.
Enjoy!
Who can resist, when there’s an art and fashion event and on top of that…. for free? Not me, for sure, so hello there “UNIQLO Art Weekend”!
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Spoiler alert: This event is (so far) only available in German language. But that might change over time!
Wine hikes in winter…?
I don’t know how you feel about winter, but once the xmas glow is over, the cold and grey months can become quite dull, at least for me. That’s why I’m always planning some of fun stuff to do, especially in January. That’s how I came across the web page “Weinerlebnis Stuttgart” (Wine experience Stuttgart), which already sounded good to me! The page, founded last year by Karin Nehls, mainly offers… wine hikes. I’ve actually discovered wine hikes as a new hobby when I moved to Stuttgart, because it’s one of the fun things to do here. But usually those wine hikes take place in May or July, with the sun out, your shorts on and a glass of cool white wine in your hand! (Click here, to see where) But in this case, “Weinerlebnis Stuttgart” offered a little tour named “Winterglühen” (Winter glowing) through the vineyards, at the beginning of January with some Glühwein (mulled wine) and chili instead. I was totally curious, so I booked the tour, right away.
Yakiniku ( 焼き肉 or 焼肉) literaly means ‘grilled meat’ in Japanese. And the name says it all, because this is excatly what awaits you here! Located in the ‘Heusteigviertel’ neighborhood, near Österreichischer Platz, this minimalistic yet cozy designed place only offers seven tables. Each one of them is equipped with its own grill which has a special exhaust air system, to make your experience as smoke free as possible.
One of the first things you probably want to do, once you’ve setteled in a new place, is: Meet other people and make new friends, who understand your situation, share your interests and hobbies.
Fortunately, there is a variety of groups for all the English speaking people, to choose from. Where international people like you meet, connect, and exchange information. Welcoming communities of open-minded individuals who share your experiences.
As a meber you can always:
A few weeks ago, we were lucky to attend the opening party of a really nice and new Italian deli: Bottega da Giulia in Stuttgart West. I’ve passed the place a few times while it was beeing renovated and was curious about what it’s ging to be. But it was just by chance, that I saw the invitation for the opening on Facebook a few days before. And we’ve decided to join, of course, because my boyfriend and me absolutely love food, so we couldn’t miss that chance!
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