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Reutlingen
City in Germany, known for narrowest street

Reutlingen

Reutlingen is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

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It is the capital of the eponymous district of Reutlingen. As of June 2018, it had an estimated population of 116,456. Reutlingen has a university of applied sciences, which was founded in 1855, originally as a weavers' school. Today, Reutlingen is home to an established textile industry and also houses machinery, leather goods and steel manufacturing facilities. It has the narrowest street in the world, Spreuerhofstraße.

Get in

Getting to Reutlingen

From Stuttgart Airport the X3 bus, leaving in front of the terminal 2, takes you to the city center (Stadtmitte). The journey takes about 45 minutes and costs €6.60. For more information about the airport see the Stuttgart page. The train connection from the airport to Reutlingen takes 1 hour and 30 minutes, is quite complicated and expensive.

  1. 01
    Reutlingen Hauptbahnhof

    The long-distance bus market has been rapidly expanding in Germany, ever since the passing of a new law in 2013, which enabled companies such as FlixBus to take hold in most parts of the nation.

  2. 02
    Intercity bus stop Bahnhofstraße

    Bahnhofstraße 12 (next to the train station).

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Marienkirche

    Mary's church), upper end of Wilhelmstraße, Weibermarkt.

  2. 02
    Spreuerhofstraße

    The narrowest street in the world, measuring 31 cm in width.

  3. 03
    Spendhaus
  4. 04
    Tübinger Tor
  5. 05
    Gartentor
  6. 06
    Naturkundemuseum
Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Bärenhöhle

    It is one of the most visited dripstone caves in Germany, named after the many bear skeletons inside.

  2. 02
    Nebelhöhle
Eat

Where to eat

In the city centre of Reutlingen there are many restaurants. Döner Kebap, the excellent Turkish fast-food, can be found on almost every corner of downtown. All these are in the city centre:

  1. 01
    Udo-Snack

    Kaiserstraße 19.

  2. 02
    Ohrwurm

    Bahnhofstraße 8.

  3. 03
    Pit-Pat Anlage im PomologiePark

    Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 12.

  4. 04
    Kaiserhalle

    Kaiserstraße 58.

  5. 05
    Kebap Häusle

    Weibermarkt 10.

How locals move

Getting around Reutlingen the local way

  • Get inHitchhiking to/from Stuttgart is quite common; it's best to use a sign with the city symbol (S for Stuttgart, TÜ for Tübingen); typical starting points towards Stuttgart are in front of the Sports Institute; from Stuttgart to Tübingen is best hitched from Stuttgart-Degerloch

From Wikivoyage: Tübingen, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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