Getting here

Let’s have fun at the Wasen
The rich-in-tradition Cannstatter
Volksfest invites you to celebrate.

The Cannstatter Volksfest is easy to reach whether by car, coach, public transport or on foot. Bus stops and train stations are in the close proximity of the festival site. Also available for visitors is CCTV-secured bicycle and motorbike parking, guarded parking for cars and coaches and physically disabled parking right next to the festival site entrance. A taxi rank is also available in the immediate vicinity.

Stuttgart Airport is an approximately 25-kilometre drive away from the Cannstatter Wasen. Depending on the traffic, the journey will take will take about 30 to 40 minutes. There is also a direct train service from the airport to the Volksfest. Taking either the S2 or S3 commuter trains from the “Flughafen/Messe“ station, alight at Bad Cannstatt.

Public transport

By the ”SBahn” system and regional train services

S1, S2 or S3 or RE90, MEX12, MEX13, MEX16, MEX18, MEX19, MEX90 to Bad Cannstatt station. Then less than 10 minutes walk along the signs. The exit via the underpass at Elwertstraße has a stroller ramp.

Temporarily changed visitor guidance: The two underpasses between the Wasen area and Bad Cannstatt will function as "one-way streets" for pedestrians on days with high visitor numbers (Sat., Sept. 23, Sept. 30, Oct. 7, Mon., Oct. 2, Tue. Oct. 3, other days if necessary), then the following applies:

  • access to the Wasen grounds via the subway at Kegelenstraße
  • exit towards Bad Cannstatt via the subway at Elwertstraße


With the “U-Bahn” – the light railway system

Stops in the immediate vicinity of the Cannstatter Wasen:

Cannstatter Wasen
U11 (special line on all days), U19 (Monday to Friday until 8 p.m.).

NeckarPark (stadium)
U11 (special line; only during events in the Hallenduo and the MHPArena Stuttgart), U19 (until 8 p.m.)

Bad Cannstatt Wilhelmsplatz
stop U1, U2, U13, U16, U19 (Monday to Friday until 8 p.m.)

Mercedesstraße
U1, U2, U11 (special line on all days), U13, U16

By bus / night bus

NeckarPark (stadium) 45, N5
Bus stop Bad Cannstatt Wilhelmsplatz 45, N4, N5, N6

Take either the S1, S2 or S3 SBahn services or respectively the R1, R2, R3 or R8 trains to the Bad Cannstatt station. Following the signposts, the festival site is a 10-minute walk away.