The Cannstatter Volksfest is very easy to reach by bike. A total of four parking spaces are available around the festival grounds:

Parking spaces for bicycles and motorized two-wheelers:

  • under the Willi-Daume-Steg in the area of parking lot P10
  • at the “Cannstatter Wasen” tram stop (SSB crossing Mercedesstraße)
  • and at the Wasentunnel in front of the entrance to the Volksfest coming from P10

Parking spaces for bicycles only:

  • at the Krämermarkt entrance at the König-Karls-Brücke bridge

There is no charge for using the parking spaces.

Access routes

The bicycle parking spaces can be reached as follows:

  • Willi-Daume-Steg: via Talstraße and Mercedesstraße
  • festival entrance at the in.Stuttgart administration building: via the road leading to the campsite
  • campsite/recycling yard: via the Neckar cycle path (e.g. from Marbach or Esslingen)
  • Krämermarkt/König-Karls-Brücke: from the city centre, Rosensteinpark, Neckar cycle path
  • "Cannstatter Wasen" tram stop: via Mercedesstraße, from Bad Cannstatt

SDS Security stewards will supervise the parking areas located at the main entrances – i.e. in the area of the in.Stuttgart administration building, at the "Cannstatter Wasen" tram stop and at the König-Karls-Brücke. These main entrances are additionally manned by police officers. The places at the Willi-Daume-Steg and at the camping site/recycling yard are not supervised.

This is what you should bear in mind if you are arriving by bike:

  • Bicycle helmets and bicycle bags (larger than DIN A4) may not be taken into the marquee. Therefore, there is a helmet and luggage storage. They are located in an office container in front of the white building of the in.Stuttgart Veranstaltungsgesellschaft.
  • Bicycle drinking bottles as well as long air pumps may not be taken onto the festival grounds.
  • The festival grounds are to be considered a pedestrian zone. This means: if necessary, dismount on the last few metres, push the bike and patiently go through the control of the stewards.
  • There is also a blood alcohol limit for bicycles and pedelecs. Penalties can be imposed for as little as 0.3 per mille. The second blood-alcohol level limit for bicycles (absolute inability to drive) is 1.6 per mille.
  • There are large numbers of visitors at the folk festival. Therefore, all visitors – whether on foot, by car or by bicycle – must show mutual consideration.