South of the Danube, plains and hills finally end in the northern edge of the Alps, which are approximately from Ulm and are visible from the city on clear days.
Razen Donave na jugu, je mesto obdano z gozdovi in hribi, ki se dvigajo okoli 620 metrov visoko, nekateri izmed njih so del Švabske Jure ("Schwäbische Alb").