Promoting the economy
in Oberhausen

We are your contact partner as the Oberhausen Economic and Tourism Development Agency.

Would you like to invest in Oberhausen, domicile your company here, relocate or take over an existing company or found a company? Perhaps you’d simply like to visit and get to know Oberhausen, experience live one of the many activities or events, discover one of the many attractions, take an extensive shopping trip, experience art and culture or simply have an enjoyable time in stimulating surroundings?

If that’s the case then you’re spot on with the OWT. Our know-how and contacts enable us to ideally support you in realising your plans.

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Where you can invest, experience a great deal and simply be at home.

Oberhausen, with more than 210,000 residents, is located right in the centre, in the middle of Germany, in the middle of NRW and in the middle of the Ruhr Region. And this town is also surprisingly different – a lot of green, tons of culture and great shopping options. It’s also very sporty and has a great deal of friendly people who live and work here.

Innovative companies come together with a highly functional infrastructure and efficient networks, offer attractive employment and find well-trained and motivated employees. With a total of more than 5,000 companies, you’re in the very best society here with your own company. Our town serves as the headquarters for both large corporate groups as well as small to medium-sized companies from a wide range of industries.

16 motorway connections ensure that the town is easily reached from each and every direction. Oberhausen also has an ICE and Eurocity railway station and the Düsseldorf International and Dortmund airports are easily reached in less than 30 minutes. Navigable river and canal networks and connection to Europe’s largest inland harbour in Duisburg guarantee fast connections to all over the world.

Oberhausen in moving images

Welcome to a town with an exciting history, a town that offers a great deal of perspective for people and companies, that is open for new developments and where people simply feel good. A town with great quality of life along with an open and tolerant environment. A town that is able to bring much together – nature and urbanity, the charm of the Ruhr Region and multi-culturalism, high-tech and a down-to-earth attitude.

The film demonstrates our town as an attractive business location with a diverse array of leisure and cultural offers – as the town where you can simply live well and work well.

Oberhausen in moving images

The film demonstrates our town as an attractive business location with a diverse array of leisure and cultural offers – as the town where you can simply live well and work well.

We have the ideal space for your ideas

Entrepreneurs in Oberhausen can look forward to a wide selection of attractive real estate and areas in very good, attractive locations – for rent or purchase, for new constructions or else a property with history and industrial charm. Here you can find precisely the right place for your innovation and growth.

And something else that will definitely benefit you as a company: the Ruhr metropolis is an urban area for knowledge and expertise. More than 260,000 students visit the region’s 22 universities, and these all have outstanding research facilities and work in close cooperation with local companies.

 

Familiar with Oberhausen?

40 percent of the Oberhausen urban area consists of green areas, which is why people call it the ‘Parkstadt Oberhausen’. This means a lot of space and countless possibilities for relaxation, sport and all types of recreation.

 

On foot, on a bike or even boating along the canal: Oberhausen is the place where culture lives, ranging from the Gasometer Oberhausen, the Ludwig Galerie, Theater Oberhausen and the Ebertbad to the Stage Metronom Theater, the Turbinenhalle, the König-Pilsener Arena and several smaller stages. It’s also why the town is a highly popular destination for visitors and tourists.

 

Metropole Ruhr


Home to more than five million people. A size of 3,900 square kilometres. One of the largest megacities in Europe – the “city of cities”.

Oberhausen is part of this unique city. And we’re highly proud of it!