Showing posts with label stuttgart. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stuttgart. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Vacation 2010 Day 6: Mercedes Benz Museum

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As I was in Stuttgart I couldnt not visit the Merecedes Benz Museum, not because I am into cars, but because I am into interesting architecture.

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The museum opened in 2006 and was designed by the Dutch architectural firm UNStudio.

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I found it a very good museum, well laid out and with excellent displays.

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The museum starts at the top with the oldest examples of Daimler vehicles. and visitors then descend and pass through time up to the present day.

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There were also examples of what the future holds.

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The entrance price was reasonable, audio guides in various languages are available, and photography is permitted..... I am tending to avoid paying to enter somewhere I cant take pics.

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Between the museum and the neighboring showroom was this fine sculpture.

Friday, July 30, 2010

Vacation 2010 Day 5 Stuttgart

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I used to live in Germany, but I never made it down south, so this was my first visit to Stuttgart.

The Hauptbahnhof is huge, but there were'nt that many people around.

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Out on the streets though it was a wonderful warm sunny spring day so the crowds were out.

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Lots of old baroque buildings with statues of famous people looking down.

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I was really taken with the big, steep rooves with their dormer windows.

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The Sclosskirche (Castle Church) was only open to visitors for a few hours a week and I happened by at an opportune moment so could enjoy the deliciously decorative baroque interior.

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In the afternoon I met up with a friend and enjoyed a few beers sitting outside the new Art Museum.
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Then it was time to wander over to the Liederhalle (concert hall), continuing to snap pictures as I went.

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The main reason for my visit to Stuttgart was to hook up with some old friends who were on the last leg of their European Tour.