Westfield Centro

The Westfield Centro Christmas Market in Oberhausen is a festive, family-friendly highlight of the season — and definitely worth a visit. From mid-November to 23 December, roughly 140 lovingly decorated wooden huts line the squares and promenade in front of the centre, offering everything from handcrafted gifts and seasonal decorations to warming treats like mulled wine, hot cocoa, crêpes, and gingerbread hearts. What stands out is the variety: there’s a rustic, alpine-style “FlachauAlm” serving hearty dishes like Kasnocken and Kaiserschmarrn, and for children there’s a “Bergweihnachtsmarkt” with a real-snow toboggan run, a whimsical fairytale tree, a little gnome railway, and a merry-go-round — so kids are delighted as soon as they arrive. At night, the atmosphere becomes truly magical. Warm lights, festive decorations and a glow across the promenade create a cosy mood. The official opening is marked by a “Lights On” ceremony and a drone show lighting up the sky above the centre — a beautiful way to kick off the festive season. Practicalities are good too: the centre offers ample free parking (12,000+ spots) and is easily reachable — but if you come on a weekend it’s probably wise to use public transport to avoid parking stress. If you like, I can write a longer, 400-word “photo-blogger style” review of the market — that might suit you well, given your interest in photography.

The largest mall in Oberhausen, I guess. I love the layout and spaciousness, which make it easy and comfortable to move around. It also features natural elements like plenty of daylight and trees inside the mall.

It's the most largest mall I've since in Europe, so far. You'll find virtually everything you wish to shop for. Also, the Gasometer and Sea Life (aquarium) is within walking distance.

Christmas market is fully going. Seriously s special atmosphere and very friendly people. I love going to this market every year. And it is about a four hours drive for me to get there. It's worth every kilometer.

Very busy place, when you are from arnhem where you see less number of crowds ..it was a suprise to so many people at the mall. There are so many eateries but most if them are busy and its hard to find a place to sit .

Never everrr again! What an absolute and horrible nightmare. Super hard to find the toilets, the signs are horrible. We walked in circles for 15 min till we found them. Then there was such a queue of at least 20/30 people. None of the restaurants or bakeries have a toilet, so we had to go outside to the christmas market and find a toilet there. By then i was exploding (need to pee and frustratration). You cant even walk around normal, youre just shoving among other people. Tooo much crowd, too little facilities, and even of you want to buy something you have to wait everywhere! Even if you need a rest, the seats are all taken and every foodspot is full with people with queues aswell :( They also allow too many tourbuses to come. We counted about 70 of them. And there is no escaping the crowds, if you walk outside there is xmas market and the shoving continues. Being crammed and crowded and not able to let your eyes take it all in. Or just find a spot to de-sensitize :( If you come by tourbus its a 15 min downhill walk to Centro. On the way back its an uphill climb. Honestly, it felt like a nightmare having no overview and not being able to think clearly. My advice: skip this place!

CentrO is a very big mall with a big variety of shops. We were there in the end of November and at that time of the year, there is also a Christmas market outside the building. It's situated not so far from the Dutch border. There are a lot of parking garages. One negative thing to mention: charging the car didn't work at all. The loading station didn't accept my Shell badge and the qr-code crashed time after time as soon as the PayPal data were inserted. For a modern country and such a fancy mall, that is very bad.

Definitely worth a visit for a day out! This largest covered shopping centre in Europe offers an impressive range of commercial store chains and charming stalls with local products. Spending a good half day here is easily done, especially if you have a snack in between and conclude your visit at one of the many restaurants outside the centre. Actually, spending a whole day here is absolutely worth it. Besides entertainment and amusement, the shopping centre also offers relaxation and conviviality. I say... five stars worthy!