Event Dates
From: Wednesday, May 28, 2025
To: Sunday, June 1, 2025
Calling all bears! Make your way to Stuttgart’s annual bear event, featuring fun social events, parties, and sexy bears!
Calling all bears! Make your way to Stuttgart’s annual bear event, featuring fun social events, parties, and sexy bears!
Stay close to the event at the EmiLu Design hotel, rated “Fabulous” by guests, with beautifully decorated rooms, excellent sauna and spa and perfect location and highly recommended.
The Event
- Next Edition: Wednesday May 28th – Sunday June 1st, 2025.
- All bear routes lead to Stuttgart in early May as the annual Bärentreffen or bear week takes over the city!
- Join hundreds of bears for five days and nights of events tailored to various interests.
- Activities include outdoor adventures, cultural tours, and leisurely gatherings in beer gardens.
- Don’t miss the welcoming Buddy Bears night and the pulsating beats at the Dancing Bears Main Event.
- Experience an exclusive guided tour through Germany’s only zoological and botanical garden during the Curious Bears event.
- And enjoy a unique Bear area XXL at the famous Gaydelight Party, held during in Summer Beer Festival tent at Festzelt Zum Wasenwirt, Mercedesstraße 50, 70372
- Stay close to Stuttgart’s gay bars and top attractions in the Mitte district at Der Zauberlehrling featuring designer rooms and an excellent onsite restaurant.
The Venues
- Eagle Stuttgart: Gay bar, hosting a variety of events and provides a welcoming space for the bear community.
- Augustiner Biergarten: Famous restaurant offering a selection of beers in a traditional beer garden setting with outdoor seating.
- Festzelt Zum Wasenwirt: A festival hall with an Oktoberfest vibe. Enjoy music, traditional food, and drinks.
- Das Leuze: World class venue featuring mineral baths, spa treatments, and wellness amenities.
- VIVA-Sauna: Busy gay sauna with steam rooms and relaxation areas.
- Wilhelma: A unique combination of zoological and botanical gardens offering a diverse range of flora and fauna.
- Café Weiß: Old World café offering a variety of coffees, snacks, and a relaxed atmosphere.
- Café Stöckle: Traditional cafe offering coffee, cakes, and light meals in a pleasant café environment.
- Brauhaus Schönbuch: A brewery and eatery offering craft beers and regional cuisine.
- reBOOTS: Western style gay bar with an inclusive atmosphere, live shows, theme nights and parties.
Recommended Hotels in Stuttgart
The following hotels are all are close to Stuttgart’s gay bars and clubs
Where to stay close to all the gay bars.
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With a few exceptions, the gay clubs, cafes and one of two saunas, are located in the central “Mitte” district, or just to the west.
Schillerstraße 23, 70173 Stuttgart, Germany
All of the air-conditioned rooms at the Hotel am Schlossgarten feature soundproofed windows, free WiFi, and a modern bathroom. Many offer scenic views of the surrounding gardens and vineyards.
Kronenstraße 17, 70173 Stuttgart, Germany
All rooms at the Unger are air conditioned and equipped with cable TV and a minibar. The marble bathrooms include toiletries. Basic WiFi is free for guests throughout the hotel. High-speed internet is also available for a surcharge.
Hohenheimer Straße 28-30, 70184 Stuttgart, Germany
The 4-star Hotel Zur Weinsteige is filled with hand-crafted bronze, carvings and antiques. The romantic rooms benefit from these furnishings as well as being fitted with modern amenities, including free wireless internet access. All rooms are equipped with air conditioning.
Zimmermannstraße 7-9, 70182 Stuttgart, Germany
Set in the heart of Stuttgart, this modern 3-star hotel offers a winter garden and peaceful rooms with free WiFi access in all areas. Secure underground parking is also available (for a fee). All rooms at the Abalon Hotel ideal include a bathroom with a shower, cable TV, and free WiFi. Some of the double rooms include a terrace.
Weißenburgstraße 28 A, 70180 Stuttgart, Germany
Weissenburg – Stuttgart Center – Stuttgart’s center for LGBTIQs with a café-bar, counseling services, event space, and offices for groups and associations.
Marienstraße 38 a/c, 70178 Stuttgart, Germany
Club 2B – Marienstraße – Venue of the Club 2B Stuttgart (Gay) e.V. with a basement ambience, bar, cruising area, lockers, and smoking and non-smoking areas. Open on Friday and Saturday from 21:00 onwards.
Jakobstrasse 6, 70182 Stuttgart
Jakob-Stube – Leonhardsvorstadt – An LGBT-friendly pub in the Leonhardsvorstadt neighborhood with a diverse and colorful clientele.
Leonhardstraße 3 70182 Stuttgart, Germany
Goldener Heinrich – Old Town – A rustic and welcoming gay pub in Stuttgart’s old town
Bopserstr. 9, Stuttgart, Germany
reBOOTS – Stuttgart West – A fun, karaoke-packed bar for LGBTs and friends.
Schulstr 3, 70173 Stuttgart, Germany
Monroe’s – City Center – A long-established gay bar
Blumenstraße 29, 70182 Stuttgart
K29 – Der Zieglerkeller – Blumenstraße – The volunteer-run pub of the fetish-friendly association Gayzone Stuttgart e.V., open on Saturdays (21:00-04:00).
Mozartstraße 51, 70180 Stuttgart
Eagle – South Stuttgart – A gay cruise and fetish bar for over 30 years, also the club location of the Lederclub Stuttgart e.V. MEN ONLY
Christophstraße 1, 70178 Stuttgart, Germany
Gay Cafe with Cakes, espresso & select apparel for sale in a charming, eclectic cafe with outdoor tables.
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