Its premier landmark is the so-called Television Tower that overlooks the city. Stuttgart's cultural status is exemplified by the State Theater's ballet company, considered among the finest in Europe, and its New State Gallery, which houses one of the world's most important collections of modern art. The city's bustling center is a polyglot of pedestrian-only shopping streets, generic office buildings, expansive parks and gardens of meticulously tended flowers. Only a few cathedrals and historic structures downtown survived the air raids of the war. On an autumn Sunday afternoon, the Schlossplatz main square in the heart of Stuttgart comes alive.
Children romp in the plaza.
The city relaxes, but only for a day. In the end, we mostly work.