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Oberhausen

Oberhausen is a city of 209,000 people (2019) in North Rhine-Westphalia. The city hosts an international short film festival, and its gasometer is an anchor point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage. Wikivoyage

Population 213,178 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Germany

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Germany
Tourist office · 480 m Tourist Information Oberhausen

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. International Short Film Festival Oberhausen

    April – May

    The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen ; formerly Westdeutsche Kulturfilmtage and then Westdeutsche Kurzfilmtage) is a German film festival for short films held in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia.

    Official site Wikipedia

  2. Oberhausen International Short Film Festival

    April – May

    The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen ; formerly Westdeutsche Kulturfilmtage and then Westdeutsche Kurzfilmtage) is a German film festival for short films held in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia.

    Official site Wikipedia

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Oberhausen); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Altmarkt

    1. Monday: 24 hours
    2. Tuesday: 24 hours
    3. Wednesday: 24 hours
    4. Thursday: 24 hours
    5. Friday: 24 hours
    6. Saturday: 24 hours
    7. Sunday: 24 hours

    24 hours

    240 m from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 30 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: Duisburg-Obermeiderich 1.9 km, Mülheim (Ruhr)-Styrum 2.4 km, Duisburg-Meiderich Ost 3.3 km, Mülheim (Ruhr) West 3.8 km, Oberhausen-Osterfeld Süd 4.0 km, Oberhausen-Sterkrade 4.6 km, Duisburg-Meiderich Süd 4.8 km, Landschaftspark Duisburg Nord 4.8 km, Mülheim (Ruhr) Hauptbahnhof 5.1 km, Essen-Dellwig 5.4 km, Bottrop-Vonderort 5.6 km, Essen-Dellwig Ost 5.7 km

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