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Fernsehturm Stuttgart
SWR Fernsehturm Stuttgart: Tickets with Panoramic Views
4.5 (809) · from $14
Fernsehturm Stuttgart tickets start at $14 on GetYourGuide, and that single listing is also the best-reviewed way to book: 4.5 stars from 809 reviews. The deck sits at about 153 metres on a 216.6 metre tower. I’d go about an hour before sunset on a clear day, which in June means roughly 8:30 pm.
| Tour | From | Rating | Length | Free cancellation | Book |
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| SWR Fernsehturm Stuttgart: Tickets with Panoramic Views | $14 | ★ 4.5 (809) | 24-hour ticket | Yes | Check availability |
I wrote this page because there is exactly one online option among Fernsehturm Stuttgart tickets, so the useful job is to explain what you get for the money, what the tower’s own counter charges, and when the view is worth it. Prices below are in US dollars from the GetYourGuide listing, checked October 2026. The links that open GetYourGuide are affiliate links, which I explain on my about page.
The tower opened in 1956 and was designed by Fritz Leonhardt, according to Wikidata. It stands in the Degerloch district on a hill 483 metres above sea level, which is why a 153 metre deck sees so far.
the world's first telecommunications tower constructed from reinforced concrete
| Detail | What I found |
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| Address | Jahnstraße 120, 70597 Stuttgart-Degerloch (per Google Maps) |
| Opening hours | Daily 10 am to 10 pm per Google Maps and the official site, last ascent 30 minutes before closing |
| Closed | 24 December, per the official site |
| Google Maps rating | 4.6 from 16,266 reviews |
| Café | Panoramacafé at the top, included as a visit in the GetYourGuide ticket |
The GetYourGuide listing is a standard entrance ticket, not a tour. These Fernsehturm Stuttgart tickets cover the observation deck and a visit to the panorama café, and it does not cover food or drink. At $14 it is the only Fernsehturm Stuttgart observation deck ticket I can book through my partner, and it suits anyone who wants the view without a guide.
The listing is free to cancel up to 24 hours ahead for a full refund. For a first visit I’d book this one and pick the day once the forecast looks clear.
Fernsehturm Stuttgart
My pick: My pick for any first visit: $14 for deck entry plus the panorama café, rated 4.5 from 809 reviews, free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
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Here is the price picture for Fernsehturm Stuttgart tickets. The online ticket is $14. The official single ticket at the counter is 12.50 euros for adults and 8 euros reduced, and the family ticket is 35 euros for one or two parents with their own children up to and including 15, all per the official site. The tower also sells a Bonuscard on site at 10 euros for adults and 6.40 euros for children.
So a family should look at the counter’s family ticket, while one or two adults pay roughly the same either way and gain the free cancellation online. Use the calculator for your group total.
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Prices are the lowest per-person prices on GetYourGuide when I last checked; the final price depends on the date, time slot and age.
The Panoramacafé is open Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 10 pm and Sunday from 11:30 am to 10 pm, and the kitchen stops taking orders an hour before closing. Restaurant Leonhardts is a separate venue that the official site lists for weekends only. The GetYourGuide ticket includes a visit to the panorama café but not a drink, so budget for a coffee if you want to sit by the window.
One reviewer wrote that it is “worth it to go down to cafe for even just a drink so can get a great view as well.” That matches how the visit is set up: the café keeps you out of the weather.
On GetYourGuide the ticket averages 4.5 from 809 reviews, and Google Maps gives the tower 4.6 from 16,266. Reviewers who bought tickets for the Fernsehturm Stuttgart praise the view and the friendly front desk. The complaints I saw were about the restaurant service, and one reviewer said the view was weak in bad weather.
GO AT SUNSET! sooo beautiful!
The GetYourGuide title calls the tower the “SWR Fernsehturm Stuttgart”, and the listing reads “Tickets with Panoramic Views.” It is the same ticket as the one above, so there is no second product to compare. The official page offers the counter alternative for SWR Fernsehturm Stuttgart tickets, and the choice comes down to price against flexibility.
The entrance fee on Fernsehturm Stuttgart tickets bought at the counter is 12.50 euros for adults. Children up to and including 5 go free, according to the official site. One accompanying person of a severely disabled visitor with a valid ID marked B also enters free, and so do birthday guests with a valid ID, on the day itself only.
German searchers often type “tickets online kaufen”. The official site sells online in advance, and so does GetYourGuide. I’d buy Fernsehturm Stuttgart tickets online when I want a fixed sunset slot in my plans, since the free cancellation removes the risk of a cloudy evening.
People searching for the Fernsehturm in Germany usually want the practical side: where it is, how long to allow and what else is nearby. The official site gives no visit length, so I plan around an hour for the ride, the deck and a drink, which is my own estimate and not a published figure. On a day with a Sunday breakfast booking, add the 10:00 to 11:30 am slot on top of that. The tower is in Stuttgart, in Baden-Württemberg, and the address is Jahnstraße 120 in the Degerloch district. It sits about 2.5 km (1.6 miles) in a straight line from Schillerplatz and the Old Castle in the city centre, so you can pair it with a morning in town.
For photos I’d book Fernsehturm Stuttgart tickets for sunset, as one reviewer suggested, so you get the city in daylight and then the lights. The weather table below shows which months have the lowest cloud cover.
The tower is 216.6 metres tall according to Wikidata. The public observation deck is listed at 153 metres by Wikipedia, while the official tour page mentions a platform 150 metres above ground. I use 153 metres for the view calculator below.
The best day to use Fernsehturm Stuttgart tickets is a clear one, and the data shows how rare that is in some months. In Open-Meteo’s 2025 data for the tower, the clearest month was June, with 45 percent average cloud cover. August followed at 46 percent and April at 51 percent. The cloudiest was November at 75 percent, and July had the most rainy days at 18. The earliest sunset is 16:27 in December and the latest 21:28 in June.
| Month | Sunset (Berlin time) | Cloud cover | Sunshine a day | Rainy days |
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| Jan | 16:55 | 72% | 4.9 h | 10 |
| Feb | 17:44 | 69% | 5.6 h | 8 |
| Mar | 18:28 | 55% | 7.5 h | 9 |
| Aprclearest | 20:15 | 51% | 10.9 h | 11 |
| May | 20:58 | 54% | 10.9 h | 8 |
| Junclearest | 21:28 | 45% | 13.2 h | 11 |
| Jul | 21:21 | 58% | 11.8 h | 18 |
| Augclearest | 20:38 | 46% | 11.1 h | 9 |
| Sep | 19:35 | 66% | 7.7 h | 17 |
| Oct | 18:33 | 69% | 6.6 h | 11 |
| Nov | 16:43 | 75% | 5.1 h | 13 |
| Dec | 16:27 | 66% | 5.2 h | 3 |
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Sunset and cloud cover for the same dates in 2025 at the deck (Open-Meteo historical weather (ERA5), 2025); sunset moves by about a minute between years.
I’d arrive 45 to 60 minutes before sunset so you can see the light change. Weather data comes from Open-Meteo.
From 153 metres the horizon is about 44 km away on a perfectly clear day. The official site names the Neckar valley, the Swabian country, the Alps, the Black Forest and the Odenwald in its description of the view, though you will need very good visibility for the farthest ones.
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Geometric horizon d ≈ 3.57 × √h (km, h in metres); refraction adds about 8%. Haze and clouds usually limit the real view first. Formula: Distance to the horizon.
These are the landmarks I’d look for, with straight-line distances from the tower: Schlossplatz at 2.6 km (1.6 miles), Staatsgalerie at 2.7 km (1.7 miles), Chinese Garden at 3.6 km (2.2 miles), Birkenkopf at 4.4 km (2.7 miles), Mercedes-Benz Museum at 4.8 km (3.0 miles), Schloss Solitude at 8.5 km (5.3 miles) and the Porsche Museum at 9.1 km (5.7 miles).
Historical place
4.6 · 46,947 Google reviews
Schloßpl., 70173 Stuttgart, Germany
Art museum
4.6 · 4,614 Google reviews
Konrad-Adenauer-Straße 30-32, 70173 Stuttgart, Germany
Botanical garden
4.0 · 3,436 Google reviews
Birkenwaldstraße 65, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany
Cultural landmark
4.7 · 1,683 Google reviews
Rotenwaldstraße 371, 70197 Stuttgart-West, Germany
Museum
4.8 · 57,388 Google reviews
Mercedesstraße 100, 70372 Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, Germany
Historical landmark
4.6 · 6,446 Google reviews
Solitude 1, 70197 Stuttgart-West, Germany
Technology museum
4.7 · 40,430 Google reviews
Porscheplatz 1, 70435 Stuttgart, Germany
Stuttgart has plenty of hillside viewpoints, and none of them sells tickets through my partner. This table compares the ones with the most reviews on Google Maps, with distance from the tower.
| Viewpoint | Google rating | Reviews | Distance | Free or paid |
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| Fernsehturm Stuttgart | 4.6 | 16,266 | 0 km | Paid, $14 online |
| Killesbergturm | 4.7 | 494 | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) | Check locally |
| Aussichtsplattform Birkenwaldstraße | 4.7 | 362 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) | Check locally |
| Aussichtsplattform Zeppelinstraße | 4.6 | 272 | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) | Check locally |
| Aussichtspunkt Leonorenstraße | 4.6 | 206 | 1.6 km (1.0 mile) | Check locally |
Fernsehturm Stuttgart tickets buy the one deck here with a staffed café, which is why I use the others for a second look at the city, not instead of the tower.
On GetYourGuide the entrance ticket is $14. At the tower's own counters the official site lists an adult single ticket at 12.50 euros, a reduced ticket at 8 euros and a family ticket at 35 euros for one or two parents with their own children up to and including 15.
The official site says the tower is open daily from 10 am to 10 pm, with the last ascent 30 minutes before closing. It is closed on 24 December. Google Maps shows the same 10 am to 10 pm hours for every day of the week, so I'd still check the official page before a holiday visit.
Per the official site, children up to and including 5 years old go free. So does one accompanying person of a severely disabled visitor with a valid ID marked B, and birthday guests with a valid ID on the day itself. The page does not name a free birth year for 2026, so I wouldn't count on one.
Yes. The official site says tickets are sold online in advance or at the counters at the tower. I'd book online if you want a fixed plan for sunset, because the GetYourGuide booking is free to cancel up to 24 hours ahead, which takes the risk out of a cloudy forecast.
Yes. The official site lists a Panoramacafé open Monday to Saturday from 10 am to 10 pm and Sunday from 11:30 am to 10 pm, with the kitchen closing an hour earlier. Restaurant Leonhardts opens at weekends. The GetYourGuide ticket includes a visit to the panorama cafe but no food or drink.
Only on Sundays, according to the official site: breakfast runs from 10:00 to 11:30 am and needs a prepaid booking through leonhardts-stuttgart.de, followed by an email request. I could not find a breakfast price on the official pages, so check the booking page for the current cost.
Wikidata gives the tower a height of 216.6 metres. The public observation deck sits at about 153 metres per Wikipedia's list of public decks, while the official guided-tour page speaks of a platform 150 metres above ground. The small difference likely comes from which level is measured.