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Stuttgart

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Country: Germany

Population:591,688

Time Zone:UTC+2

Stuttgart has hosted official FIFA World Cup matches twice, first in 1974 and again in 2006. The capital and largest city of Baden-Württemberg, it spreads along the Neckar River through the fertile Stuttgarter Kessel, with the Swabian Jura and Black Forest about an hour away. Its metropolitan area ranks among Germany’s largest and Europe’s top five by GDP, while the city also earns international recognition for quality of life, innovation and global influence.