Tag: stuttgart
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Mercedes Museum / Stuttgart
Read more: Mercedes Museum / StuttgartMercedes museum is just ten minute ride away from the Porsche museum that I just finished exploring. Now I was more interested in innovations than in racing spirit. This museum is big, nine storey big, but before we go up, check out the elevators that lead you there. We start with 130 year old history, when mister Karl Benz was trying to make a helicopter or a moving cupboard. And now we decent into nine rings of hell innovations. *Classical music plays* *Jimi Hendrix wrestling his stratocaster* *Autobahn is performed by Kraftwerk* *Jetsons theme song on repeat* *V8 Formula 1…
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Porsche Museum / Stuttgart
Read more: Porsche Museum / StuttgartDuring my spring trip to Germany I didn’t only go for the famous ADAC ZURICH 24H Race, otherwise known as Nurburgring 24h. I’ve spent half a day in Stuttgart, visiting Porsche and Mercedes museums. Museum of the iconic sportcar maker was the first on my list so as soon as I got my rent car, I headed south from Frankfurt. You can say that the museum is not very big, all the history is more or less fitted on one floor. Second floor is mostly for showroom models. You start the tour with the first construction of Ferdinand Porsche the…