Stuttgart

""He's not exactly hiding.""

- Jasper Sitwell on Loki

Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.

History
After he stole the Tesseract from S.H.I.E.L.D., Loki came to Stuttgart to retrieve iridium, an element necessary to stabilize the interdimensional portal which he needed to bring the Chitauri to Earth. He disrupted a gala at a large museum while Hawkeye raided a secure installation for iridium.

Later, Loki strode out after the screaming crowd into the streets where he made several copies of himself, trapping the people and demanding that they kneel before him. Loki bragged that this was man's purpose, but a single man challenged him and his intentions. When Loki prepared to kill the old man, Captain America appeared and challenged him. Seconds later, the Quinjet carrying Black Widow also challenged him from the sky. After a brief battle with the super-soldier, during which Loki had the upper hand, Iron Man arrived and threatened to fire upon Loki, daring him to make a move. Outnumbered, he allowed himself to be captured, secretly plotting to use this to his advantage.