Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Stuttgart Webcam - Wine Festival 2010

For connoisseurs of wine and beer, summer is a fantastic time to be in Germany. This week it is the turn of Stuttgart to host their annual wine festival.

This live webcam is in the city centre throughout the festival:

Stuttgart webcam

The middle Neckar region has a viniculture tradition which is more than a thousand years old. In order to hold the national drink of the Swabians in honor and to celebrate it duly, the Pro-Stuttart Verkehrsverein initiated to the beloved festival in 1974. From the end of August to the beginning of September, the Stuttgart city center is changed into a festive wine village ever since.

On the marketplace and the Schillerplatz as well as in the Kirchstrasse, around 120 cozy wine alcoves are decorated according to the Swabian folklore tradition. Respectively from the end of August to the beginning of September, for ca. 12 days around 250 different Wuerttemberg wines are poured.

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 (December 2008) while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million (2008).