Travel Reference
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STUTTGART
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Ask many Germans their opinion of Stuttgarters and they will go off on a tangent: they are
road hogs speeding along the autobahn; they are sharp-dressed executives with a Swabian
drawl; they are tight-fisted homebodies who slave away to
schaffe, schaffe, Häusle baue
(work, work, build a house). So much for the stereotypes.
The real Stuttgart is less superficial than legend. True, some good-living locals like their
cars fast and their restaurants fancy but most are just as happy getting their boots dirty in
the surrounding vine-clad hills and hanging out with friends in the rustic confines of a
Weinstube
(wine tavern). In the capital of Baden-Württemberg, city slickers and down-to-
earth country kids walk hand in hand.
