Woman in a dirndl posing in front of a giant pretzel statue

A First-Timer’s Guide to the Stuttgart Cannstatter Volksfest

When you think of Germany you probably think of a German beer festival with pretzels, beer, and lederhosen.  If you want to experience Germany’s second-largest beer festival (after Oktoberfest in Munich, of course), you need to attend the Stuttgart Cannstatter Wasen. What is Stuttgart’s Cannstatter Wasen? Actually the question is where, because the Cannstatter Wasen…