In West Germany is the city of Stuttgart and if that name seems familiar to you its because you have seen it written somewhere and that is on the gold, red and black crest of a Porsche badge. Sat just above a familiar looking black prancing horse… and just below the word PORSCHE sits “STUTTGART”. What does this West German city have to do with Porsche? Well this city is renowned for hosting 2 of the worlds most known car manufacturers. Mercedes-Benz and Porsche!

Around 22mins from the city centre you will find the town Porsche built. With the original factory on site and their museum across the road. As you drive into Zuffenhausen (the area in Stuttgart where Porsche HQ, Porsche and Porscheplatz is located) you will not be enamoured by amazing architecture or rewarding driving roads.  Like many cities built around world famous car makers they are VERY industrial and VERY boring. You will also be greeted with a spaghetti junctions worth of under and over passes to negotiate along with their ridiculous speeds. Now I don’t mean the Autobahn’s unlimited speed. I mean 100m section of road where it can go from 70km, to 50, 130 and back to 70km. Apparently this is easier that just a blanket speed!?

Around the town you will see lots of Porsche. This is for 3 reasons:

1. They make them here

2. It is mecca for Porsche owners paying homage

3. You can rent them for the day!

That’s right you can rent them. No not off some shady company, direct from Porsche and they are not bad priced! Remember though.. hard core road network, ridiculous speed enforcement and boring roads. Make sure to take a full day option and drive out of the city.

As you arrive in the heart of Porsche land you will see the iconic tower which embodies 3 cars spiralling into the air. Depending on your route you will see Porscheplatz and the Porsche HQ left and right of this. As guests of the museum, we drove into the underground carpark which was 4 euros for the day. If you want to go carpark spotting you will find many unique cars in their basement. Using the elevators you take them up to the ground floor and entrance way of Porscheplatz. From here you can walk out and take a photo of the iconic tower, building or mirror ceiling. Inside you can grab a bite to eat from the café or restaurant and grab a souvenir.

At the tickets desk you can buy your ticket when you arrive and pay for parking. Do this first as it is a set fee and saves having to requeue. Tickets where 16 euros for adults. Once you have your ticket you can collect a free headset which comes with a Porsche lanyard that you can take home!

Now you can take the stairway to heaven. Like most car museums I have been to, they work on a top-down approach. Porsche takes you to higher floor on one of the worlds longest escalators and you spiral your way up to the top. Arriving on the top step you are greeted with Porsche’s early years. Cars he had a hand in creating but not under his name directly. Like how Scaglietti and Pininfarina didn’t have their names on Ferrari’s. This section doesn’t change as there aren’t many historical artefacts to replace it with. The environment itself is pure white and exceptionally clean. Working your way around anti-clockwise you learn about the family and see their progression through time. From the early models to race winners. The exhibits do change over time and the layout was slightly different from when I first went in 2020.

You can really get engrossed in the history of Porsche. Not to be arrogant but when I visited, I had a guided tour and most exhibits hadn’t changed that much so it wasn’t too much different. One high-light for me was the Moby Dick race car which shat below its shelved counterparts. There was also a fantastic exhibit which housed the most amazing spec 930 and 964. This was then followed by a life sized LEGO 911 Turbo!

Should you visit Porscheplatz? If you love Porsche then yes. It is cheap museum for the way it is presented. Be aware it is not near anything except Mercedes-Benz. If you are going there and you don’t plan to visit the rest of Germany you are going to be pretty bored.

For a look at all of the exhibits make sure to watch our walk around video.