Context
- Public-facing city guide app delivered for Stuttgart visitors and newcomers
- Officially presented by Stuttgart-Marketing GmbH, the tourism partner of the state capital Stuttgart
- Combines destination discovery, city orientation, event planning, and practical visitor information in one mobile product
Public information products for cities and destinations only become convincing once they reduce friction around a real visit. People need help understanding where they are, what is nearby, what is happening, and what to do next without piecing that journey together themselves. That is where the Stuttgart Tourist Guide feels strong because it brings orientation, planning, discovery, and current information together in one official mobile product.
Product visuals
Screens, product surfaces, and supporting material
Core differentiator
What makes the product stand out is not one isolated tourism feature. It is the way the app behaves like an official digital front door to a city visit rather than a narrow tourism add-on.
- It brings city highlights, map-based orientation, tours, infrastructure information, and events into one curated experience
- It supports practical planning through saved favorites, filtered event views, and location-based discovery
- It stays useful across different use cases including day trips, longer stays, and people who are new in the city
This is exactly the kind of product logic that matters in public-sector and destination work. The value is not in publishing more information. It is in making official city information feel coherent, accessible, and worth using in the moment.
What the product delivers
- Integrated digital city map for sights, museums, restaurants, and nearby points of interest
- Watchlist functionality for personal trip planning
- Curated walks, tours, and neighborhood-based discovery
- Event overview with date-based filtering
- Practical information such as infrastructure, opening hours, and Wi-Fi hotspots
- Optional push reminders and current information updates
- Multilingual app experience
Content and operating model
One of the stronger aspects of this case is that the product ambition is broad, while the operating model stays practical.
- The live product spans attractions, restaurants, events, tours, and infrastructure information
- The app was implemented as a modular Flutter application and connected to a CMS for flexible management of content and menu structures
- That setup is especially relevant for public-facing products where editorial teams need to adapt content, categories, and navigation without rebuilding the whole app each time
That combination gives the case study weight beyond tourism alone. It shows how a public information app can stay stable as a product while still giving editorial teams room to keep the experience current day to day.
Contribution note
Members of our team contributed directly to this product. In this case study, we draw on hands-on experience with modular Flutter delivery, CMS-backed content operations, and public-facing city information products developed in cooperation with Stuttgart-Marketing GmbH.
Disclaimer & sources
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