StadtPalais
Stuttgart
Heart of Stuttgart
What makes the StadtPalais especially relevant for BMX Flatland is its modern role in Stuttgart’s cultural landscape.
In recent years, the museum has become a vibrant urban meeting point - hosting street-culture exhibitions, skate and surf community events, open-air formats, concerts and contemporary cultural experiments.
It is a place where tradition meets youth culture and where the city regularly opens itself to new creative movements.
Hosting a Flatland event here isn’t just a choice of location, it’s a continuation of this cultural dialogue, merging historical architecture with modern urban sport in one unique setting.
“The most powerful moments happen when diversity becomes visible and different parts of the city come together.”
Dr. Thorben Giese
Director Museum StadtPalais
The history
The StadtPalais is housed in one of the city’s most historically layered buildings. Originally constructed between 1834 and 1840 by Giovanni Salucci, it began as the Wilhelmspalais, built for the daughters of King Wilhelm I of Württemberg. Over the decades it changed identity many times - from the “Prinzessinnenpalais,” to the residence of King Wilhelm II, to being instrumentalized as a propaganda site during the National Socialist era.
In 1944, the building was heavily damaged in an air raid and burned almost entirely, leaving only the outer walls. Its reconstruction in 1962 repurposed the space as Stuttgart’s main city library, preserving fragments of the original structure while redefining its function.
In 2018, the building was reborn once again as the StadtPalais – Museum for Stuttgart. Today, the venue stands as a striking blend of classical heritage and contemporary architecture.