Böblingen is a city in Baden-Württemberg, near Stuttgart.
Understand
The town can be seen as made up of three parts: to the west of the rail line and around the old airfield a mainly industrial and commercial area; east of the rail station a modern shopping area; and the old town further east going up the hill. The town is influenced by the automotive industry, in particular Daimler (Mercedes).
Get in
Map of Böblingen
By plane
Stuttgart International Airport, then S-Bahn
By train
Regional trains from Stuttgart, Singen, Rottweil, Freudenstadt. S1 From Kircheim-unter-Teck, Herrenberg, Stuttgart. S60 from Sindelfingen, Schönbuchbahn from weil im schönbuch
By car
Off the A81 just off of Kreuz Stuttgart (A8).
Get around
By taxi
- TAXI ZENTRALE Böblingen Sindelfingen, ☏ 49 7031 19 410, toll-free: 49 800 11 19 410, fax: 49 7031 23 61 63. Since 1969, with 45 cabs day & night on the road.
- TAXI Yellow, ☏ 49 7031 710657.
See
- 1 MotorWorld, Wolfgang-Brumme-Allee 55, ☏ 49 7031 306940. Collection of classic cars to view and some to buy. free entry to walk round, but guided tour costs..
Do
- 1 Summer at the Lake.
- Christmas Market.
Buy
Eat
Budget
- 1 Subway, Postplatz 1.
- 2 XXXL Gamerdinger Restaurant, Otto-Lilienthal-Straße 8-16, Böblingen-Hulb, ☏ 49 7031 2120. Yes a furniture store, but on the top floor is a restaurant providing reasonable priced meals.
Mid-range
- 3 Wichtel Hausbrauerei, Graf-Zeppelin-Platz, ☏ 49 7031 3069899. Good beer and food.
- 4 Brauhaus Schönbuch, Lange Straße 20, ☏ 49 7031 681323. Excellent beer and good food in Bavaria style beer hall and beer garden.
Splurge
Drink
- 1 Seegärtle, Tübinger Straße 7, ☏ 49 7031 229828. Nice beer garden with look on the sea of Böblingen.
- 2 O’Donovan’s Irish Pub, Breite Gasse 5, ☏ 49 7031 465444.
Sleep
- 1 Mercure Hotel, Otto-Lilienthal-Straße 18, ☏ 49 7031 6450.
- 2 V8 hotel, Graf-Zeppelin-Platz 1, ☏ 49 7031 3069880. Automotive themed room, if budget is not an issue.