Best Burgers in Stuttgart: West to Bad Cannstatt

The best burgers in Stuttgart are concentrated in the city centre and the dense residential districts on the valley slopes around it: Stuttgart-West, Stuttgart-Süd around Marienplatz, and the Bohnenviertel and Heusteigviertel on the edge of Mitte. Bad Cannstatt, across the Neckar, is the other district worth searching.

Stuttgart is the capital of Swabia, and Swabian cooking leans on pasta and pork rather than minced beef. Maultaschen, large pasta pockets filled with meat and spinach, and Spätzle, soft egg noodles scraped into boiling water, are the local staples. The region’s heritage pig, the Schwäbisch-Hällisches Landschwein, gives a pork that carries an EU protected geographical indication. The Markthalle, an Art Nouveau market hall opened in 1914 in the centre, is the place to see that regional produce, and each autumn the Cannstatter Volksfest turns the Wasen in Bad Cannstatt into a huge beer festival.

Burgers in Stuttgart: key facts

• Neighbourhoods to explore: Stuttgart-West, Stuttgart-Süd, Bohnenviertel, Heusteigviertel, Mitte and Bad Cannstatt.
• Local staples: Maultaschen and Spätzle.
• Regional meat: Schwäbisch-Hällisches pork, protected by an EU geographical indication.
• Market: the Markthalle Stuttgart, an Art Nouveau hall from 1914.
• Getting around: Stadtbahn light rail and S-Bahn; the city sits in a valley basin, so expect steep streets between districts.

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