Shopping in Germanys largest shopping Mall in Oberhausen Westfield Centro 2024

[@Chaos85-c8c]

Mein Oberhausen 😍

[@michellevonjaeger5743]

That is exactly what the malls looked like back in the 80's. Made it fun for hanging out and people watching!!

[@AndoStyle]

This is exactly what they look like now in Australia lol. The McDonald's of shopping centres.

[@patrik1684]

Malls are crap.

[@marleonetti7]

most of the people are just walking around and not buying anything except food and drinks . alot of the malls in america today are not crowded anymore because our economy sucks and we have too many malls to choose from but Germany and other countries only have a few malls that everyone there goes to .

[@soflodoug]

amerikas a ghetto now

[@donaldduncan7095]

That's how crowded our malls were back in the 80s & 90s, now it sad that the Puente Hills (Twin Pines) Mall may get demolished. I used to live 1 block away. "SAVE THE TWIN PINES MALL" !! Thanks for GiVing !!!

[@paradoxparade1]

Gotta love unbridled capitalism, am I right? Thank God for the Almighty Dollar.

[@jacluv7862]

Unfortunately the Puente Hills mall has been a mall that has been dead for the past 20 plus years. Not sure what they could do to save it since it’s been that way for 2 decades.

[@Ren-th7kk]

The Centro is always pretty full of visitors. For almost 30 years. Every weekend, people come from all over the country and even from the Netherlands. It's actually a very clean mall too. And I've never experienced any violence there. The cleaners and security do a good job. However, appearances are somewhat deceptive. I'm actually often in Oberhausen, and a few hundred meters further on in the old town you get a completely different picture. Many of the buildings are empty and there are lots of alcohol and drug addicts. So don't think that the cities in Germany are particularly clean and safe. They haven't been for a long time.

[@anthonyvalenti9093]

Nice to see folks having a pleasant day out. Looks safe and normal. These types of malls are very popular in Costa Rica, near San Jose. And the Dominican Republic in Santo Domingo. They are always crowded.

[@abbasbazzi1707]

it's nice that you mention your mom. Take care of her. The mom is the world.

[@davidfoltz8922]

Malls here in Canada are still busy because winter is soooo long and we like to stay in doors on the coldest days! LOL!

[@jefflu8316]

Amazing Chinese Kungfu-Super!!😊😊

[@Blaze-ee8pi]

I can't believe Germany has an Esprit Store! I haven't seen an Esprit Store since the 1980s! There used to be an Esprit Store in LA on Santa Monica/La Cienega.

[@thorz7304]

Esprit has around 1300 stores in Germany. They are closing all of them until the end of this year.

[@marge6581]

@@thorz7304 There are only 56 stores in germany and it is true, I've just read that all stores will close until the end of the year. This is very sad

[@heyjo3417]

Germany has some but very few. It used to be more popular 20 years ago now its pretty rare

[@petej.8676]

Its so clean . No trash on the ground.

[@K9_Willett]

...and no people pretending to be refugees and illegal immigrants trashing the mall.

[@shean1331]

DID YOU HEAR??? NOT A MEXICAN AROUND. UNFORTUNATELY THE MEXICANS HAVE A BAD REPUTATION MAKING TRASH AND GRAFITTI. IF YOU LOOK FOR IMAGES OF TIJUANA IN THE 70's THE PEOPLE LIVED LIKE HAITIANS IN CARDBOARD SHACKS, THANKS TO AMERICAN TAXPAYERS MONEY SENT TO BUILD UP TJ MEXICO...THEY LIVE BETTER NOW. AMERICA USED TO LOOK THIS CLEAN IN THE 80s when the hispanic population was 6 PERCENT. GO CHECK THOSE STATS ON THE CENSUS. IF YOU ALLOW THE THIRD WORLD IN BY THE MILLIONS YOU WILL BECOME THE THIRD WORLD. LOL HAHA And when you hear LA RAZA.... If these people lived in Shacks in the 70s and they say LA RAZA....Take back???? Mexico only OWNED California for 2 years prior to the GUADELUPE HILDAGO TREATY AFTER SPAIN GAVE THEM CALFIORNIA BY GRANT..... AND THE TREATY WHEN USA PURCHASED THE SOUTHWEST INCLUDING CALIFORNIA. SO LA RAZA IS A LIE... AMERICA BUILT UP MEXICO THE LAST 30 YEARS STRAIGHT FORM AMERICAN TAXPAYER MONEY> YOU WON'T HEAR THAT TRUTH OFTEN OR AT ALL. LOTS OF LIES THE MEXICANS THINK THEY ARE TAKING BACK?? YOU MEAN INVADING. . 70s THEY LIVED IN SHACKS....

[@Mansikkacake]

yup and no hoodie looters with nike sneakers.

[@mgratk]

@@K9_Willett Oh Germany has plenty of those. Harm to women, ahem, grapes, is up by 100s of %, and it isn't those of German heritage who are responsible.

[@Exgrmbl]

@@K9_Willett it's in the ruhr valley area, the densest urban area in all of the country. If that stuff happens anywhere, it's there. Just makes me wonder what your frame of reference is, because it must be quite bad.

[@sophist1cated]

I was there first time in the 90s and then later on. Remembering bought several stuff there, Windows ME at the Kaufhof, they had a computer department on the ground floor, and several CDs from the HMV Store, which doesn't exist anymore. Shopping 25 years ago was more exciting, today it is just clothes. But the Centro Oberhausen is still an excellent mall.

[@fundatunc]

German malls are very enjoyable!

[@susanrombak7959]

Mall culture is so awesome…another fun Vlog GiV. Makes me feel melancholy for the days before Online for everything. ✌🏽

[@fionaryder632]

And before malls, there were real cities with downtowns to go to! This mall caused the real Oberhausen to die!

[@ColleenKlock]

That's a very busy mall, reminds me of Mall of America. Loved the ferris wheel ride, as always thanks for taking me along on your journey....next time.we need to stop for one of those hot dogs !🎉

[@stanleybower5137]

Stay in Germany 🇩🇪 with your family 👪 mum have great time 😎👍

[@bigvito4630]

fantastic! vid....I could spend all day there...

[@albertomaldonado4714]

GIV salutes from Tijuana, Mexico!!

[@chrislong5416]

That's where Westfield went. I used to work for them in the late 80s/early 90s.(Same Font) I used to clean their parking lots... in Missouri.

[@ErikMuellerGermany]

Centro Oberhausen - lots of free parking spaces - unlike in the city centers of Cologne or Düsseldorf. Put on your hiking boots and come over, It's huge!

[@Terry-1111]

Love your videos, especially Germany, thank you for sharing your home country with us! Can’t wait to see more ❤

[@narcisnistor8866]

It's so much nicer at Christmas. Been there with my children for Christmas market

[@raymonddeflaviis2306]

Thanks again for showing us every day life in modern Germany! Even though they eat fast food they appear slimmer than Americans! Maybe RFK Jr is right? We are being poisoned by our corporate masters! ❤

[@Craicfox161]

Yeah man the quality is better in Europe

[@yvonne35533]

We love fast food just as much but many of us ride bicycles and walk a lot or have gym memberships. When I lived in New Hampshire, riding a bike wouldn’t have worked out. There were no roads safe for them.

[@boerekable]

Our portion sizes are smaller and the EU is regulating a lot of stuff. Since many countries are part of EU it is hard for one company to get through with everything they want unmitigated. But nevertheless overweightness is a huge problem here as well

[@Mustafaisik-x6e]

😂😂😂 funny video ... more please. vielen dank für dein content

[@adrianduda5973]

German Döner 🥙 best ever 🇩🇪👍

[@Stuwan831]

I'm commenting from the USA and I'm impressed by the mall nice 👍

[@Blaze-ee8pi]

:Mike A lot of those malls you saw in 1980s movies are malls in Los Angeles, the Valley and Southern California.

[@Pilotkosinus]

That Duck was a Nilgans. There are a lot in the Ruhrgebiet area in summertime.

[@Blaze-ee8pi]

That's what shopping malls looked liked in the 1970s and 1980s super crowded with people.

[@honeydate]

Those burgers look awesome! Thanks for taking us on your travels, hope to visit Germany one day.

[@tootz1950]

It's a beautiful country. I couldn't afford it now...sigh.

[@paradoxparade1]

Waaayy overpriced and not worth it.

[@ErminTra]

Great Video! I was there late 90s I believe it opened shortly before that. Great to see again! Thank you!

[@SarahRenz59]

Good to see that mall culture is alive and well in Germany. I used to be a real mall rat back in the day; the game arcade was called Aladdin's Castle. I hardly ever go to the mall these days; like you, I wear bigger sizes (tho' I'm starting to shrink Thank God) and it's easier to find stuff online. Will we see more of your Mom and Gogo and Tommy and Maxie before you head back to the US?

[@yvonne35533]

Im happy you liked it there. I live pretty close by and love the Centro. You can spend a full day in the area without seeing everything. I used to live in the USA for a few years and adored the malls there. So glad we have something similar here now.

[@SkywalkerSam64]

Coming back from the U.S. to live in GERMANY ☠️👎🏻👎🏻 these days, is an incredible dull decision!!

[@NewYorkRipper77]

at the start of Centro there was a NAMCO Arcade, that was great! After the first hype it closed, also all those restaurants,...they serve good food and culture inspired food like mexican, us food like burgers and so on. What you called a Koonigs is : KÖNIGS,....the Beer brand from Duisburg which is called König Pils,.....they serve the called out beer there fresh from a Barrel or a Fass-.....years ago they also had good food and at 21 or 9pm they startet with disco and dinning table where carried out and so people hat a dance floor . For some shock for others YAY moment

[@jeremydiamond8824]

Very CQQL Mike thank you so much for the info also Adam and Justin Scarred were speaking of ya about the (Back to The Future Mall ) Puente Hills Mall !! Tell MOM we love her and give her a big hug and 💋 😚❤️🤗

[@pattianderson7241]

Have loved seeing all your journeys while in Germany, that mall is enormous. You're a great son, I'm sure your Mom loves having you there. Enjoy all the time you have left on your time in Germany.Thank you for showing us around your travels, be safe and have fun. Have been watching you for years in Las Vegas Nevada, orginally from Santa Monica California🙂❤P.S. hello to your Mom, she's the best.💐🌹🌺🌻🌷🌸⚘🌼

[@goldenshark3182]

Reminds me of a California mall on the weekend circa 1999.

[@stevennpitt]

Early 80s in Fountain Valley were great for me...

[@shadowfilm7980]

So much American influence there. Too. Shows how America has such an influence to the world. Businesses, movies, etc.

[@emiliaciascai5941]

PREA MULTĂ! 😢😢😢

[@JAM-65]

absolutely. We notice it more and more each vsit

[@denniswitt1638]

The U.S. have mall rat gangbangers, we have talahons instead.

[@kbittorf335]

That was was entertaining as well as informative! I never cared for the USA malls, everything is overpriced. The box stores offer better prices. Thank you for giving the English meanings for the German words! Some day i‘ll be able to sprechen sie deutsch.👍

[@Max_Superfoxi_der_Assessor]

awesome place, probally ran into each other,🙂cheers.

[@kennethespinosa2280]

Thanks for the mall tour. Keep up the good videos. ❤❤

[@nancydyer3143]

Wish our malls were full like this. Thank you, Mike

[@GatosChow]

Have really enjoyed the videos with you and your mom from Germany for the last 2 months. Everything and everyplace is so nice and so clean and you are safe, Will miss seeing more of Germany and the surrounding places. You've taken those of us who are not able to travel there, on our own personal tour. Thank you, Mike. You should consider staying there with your wonderful mom and taking us on more tours together. Not a lot left in So Cal. Just a lot of danger.

[@steveec9704]

Germany is an great country man the people there are really civilized and very polite give your mom a hug she's awesome bro Rock On!🤘

[@RayAllen1776]

Love it. I grew up in American malls. 70’s and 80’s. God bless GIV ❤️✝️🇺🇸

[@adrianduda5973]

You can everywhere drinking Beer 🍺🍻 in Deutschland 🇩🇪 it's wonderful👍.

[@Rick1234567S]

Thanks! People enjoying life carrying on normal lives. Nice to see what is really going on. You see videos where the sky is falling well they have money they are shopping the sky is not falling.

[@avi4francis]

More video from Germany please ❤

[@adrianduda5973]

🇩🇪❤

[@billschultz6558]

Great job. Really enjoy your work also love you mom Miss mine

[@ameyarupal]

Hallo Mike, Grüße aus Indien! Awesome video. Can you do videos of small factories in Germany? Perhaps some "Mittelstand" companies, maybe give us glimpse into working and practices of German Engineering companies..maybe my request is too specific in nature and might not appeal to general viewer, but I thought you can give it a try. I always enjoyed seeing Made in Germany video series from Deutsch Welle and it would be interesting to see one made by an independent vlogger such as yourself. Thank You bro

[@mariondiemert430]

This is so funny. I grew up in Oberhausen-Osterfeld and know this mall very well. It has developed since it opened about 20 years ago. A sad fact, after Centro opened, the shops in the Oberhausen Innenstadt slowly died. Business just left them for the mall. I don't understand how it works here in the US. We have a huge mall in the Woodlands and hundreds of small shops all around. Everyone is doing fine here. Thank you for the videos.

[@riptors9777]

Thats because germans like to do their shopping in one place. Also old cities like Oberhausen barely have any parking spots, so actually getting close to the city center where most of the stores would be located is less comfortable then just going to the Centro that has massive parking spaces. Its a matter of convinience really. German cities are for the most part very tight on space and not nearly as attractive or modern as the centro presents itselfe. The cleanlyness and security you have at centro is also something you wont find in most old small cities around germany. So as allways, local politicians are the issue... they focused on centro and left the inner city shops to drown. Add the dominance of Amazon and online shopping ontop of that and the rising cost of rent and electricity and little shops simply cant compete anymore.

[@SkywalkerSam64]

„20 YEARS AGO“?!! You are BEKLOPPT!!! This mall opened in 1996!!

[@allanvanuga9196]

I appreciate you and thank you for making content.

[@WillyYoung-hx5jq]

Guten Tag Deutschland, the people are very happy.

[@5GreenAcres]

It is nice to see another country. Thank you GIV.

[@allisondowning383]

Thank you so much for showing us your country. I love your videos much more now.Beautiful places, please keep up the good work.

[@cynthiahansen691]

God bless you and your mom. This is the first time I've seen the German in Germany. Seems nice.

[@supersonicdevin3212]

How cool to see, thank you for sharing!

[@brendaeaves1079]

Hi Mike: Enjoying This Vid! Our Mall Is Also Called “Westfield” But Has Went Too The “Trash!” Barely 2 Name Brand Stores There/The Economy Theft Crime Gone Now😢You Should Move Permanently Too Germany😊Be With Your Mom/This Mall Looks Great Fun Lively Great People/California Is Going Too Hell Now😢San Francisco San Jose & Others Sad Too Say Also There’s A Raging Fire Now😢Thanks For Sharing❤USA

[@dianeyoung8068]

Thanks for the trip into the pretty mall in Germany. I have not been in a mall in the U.S. in many years. I avoid shopping trips, lol. I can't afford to go shopping anymore and I am doing the best I can to declutter my place. I love the palm trees. Take care Mike.

[@glendajames6006]

Really enjoyed this video,,we still have some busy malls in my part of Canada although I shop alot online now

[@smileytownSF]

Malls in America have been dying for many years. It’s nice to see them surviving elsewhere.

[@tootz1950]

Re-watch it. Maybe it's crowded because it's someplace to go that's cool or to eat, but not many people carrying bags from the stores.

[@tubby_1278]

There are only a handful of shopping malls still alive in the states. American Dream and the Mall of America being the 2 biggest malls in the country.

[@tootz1950]

@@tubby_1278 And you got your stats from where? Did you travel the country going to the malls? I know that after Covid many malls closed in Arizona, but there were still half that were opened...more than a handful in one state.

[@RobindeGroot752]

Same story in Europe unfortunately! Amazon, globalism....

[@DanSharp-j5h]

they dont really survive in europe and here in germany as well. First victim like 20 years ago were the smaller shops because of huge stores like media markets which were like best buy in the US. Now those are dying because of online shops like amazon. People buy on amazon, its faster and cheaper, more products, you can send it back without any hassle.

[@spottedfawn639]

Thank you! What a gorgeous mall!! I love the food court with all the plants and palm trees

[@riptors9777]

Bin überrascht das da noch soviel betrieb ist da in centro eigentlich nur noch Kleidungsgeschäfte und Parfümerien anwesend sind. Allerdings hat sich Centro von der Optik doch sehr verbessert. Früher gabs da noch andere Geschäfte und hobbyläden aber die haben sich anscheinend nicht gut genug verkauft. Das Gamestop dort noch existiert hat mich aber überrascht.

[@NA-me6sh]

Westfield- I knew you well Funny seeing all the American junk food in the midst of glorious German baking and chocolates..

[@thelittlewildkat1]

Can't wait for our new adventure woohoo!! ❤❤ and tell Mom hi too!

[@vitormanuel9338]

wow i love your videos ,very good ,congrats from portugal

[@EnnisDougal]

What an enormous Mall Westfield is GIV.We have two of them in London and they are big but not as big as that.Great place to be and lots of trees inside so you can eat underneath a palm tree if you want.Hope Mum is ok but she is wise not to walk around in the heat bless her.

[@Sven1968]

Great Video again, Mike!😊 Do you remember Rhein-Ruhr-Zentrum in Mülheim? One of the first malls in our area opening in the 70s

[@jetstreamx15]

Great segment Mike...I loved the Malls..I miss them in America...their closing I think is a mistake....I'm sure the taxes became too much thus the rent for shops....looks like they are thriving in Deutschland..I mean they have too be far better too shop at in the Winter and more fun....

[@alamedajon1453]

It doesn't matter where you are, you always make great video.

[@andrejka_talking_out_loud]

When I was child growing up in the 1970s and 1980s in NYC the Big Apple there were no malls in Manhatten, I only saw them in the movies too until the late 1980s and early 1990s.

[@mapoyacab5567]

Thanks for taking me to Oberhausen again… through this video… been there a couple of times when I used to live in NL but it seems to be bigger and better now…wow!

[@BrendaKemp-x4i]

Great video. Brenda, Nashville, Tennessee

[@Susi4050]

​@@BrendaKemp-x4iso schön Ost Deutschland nicht, die gigantische Landschaft in Amerika ist traumhaft, seien sie stolz

[@ellenbalgley9985]

❤ I live in Miami Florida and reminds me of Aventura mall it's always so busy they even have a hotel in the mall 😂!!!

[@alliekuma4234]

That's a really awesome mall with all the mini bridges inside of it. I love seeing it so busy. : )

[@Andrew-h8j2v]

Hi there giv love the show and can’t wait for you to go back and check out the puete hills mall 👍

[@woop2235]

I googled and it says there are 12.000 to 15,000 Mexicans that live there. I knew there was some there Mike🥰😉

[@alanevans1858]

Great vlog,, Giv Interesting insight into shopping life in Germsny. 👍

[@rosalindalay4499]

What an awesome tour. Thank you Michael ❤

[@suddenlysolo2170]

I'm Canadian but I lived in Lahr, Germany for most of the 1970's while my father was in the military. I think department stores were fairly new then - I remember shopping at Kaufhalle in Lahr as a kid

[@colinmardell3229]

Great to see you at the Fischeln open day Colin

[@germaninvenice]

Likewise

[@sphjr1]

Thanks from Anderson Indiana USA

[@samchannel8199]

Very pleasant to watch your introduction video. Thank you. Though one correction would be Buldak ramen which is from South Korea. So good vibe from you thank you.

[@gruberjens4354]

Had a date there once... We met at the movie theater, walked the mall and had dinner at one of the restaurants. A good place for a first date. When you are not over the age of 20 that is ;-D

[@tedlambert8604]

Awesome video Mike! Especially the view on the Ferris Wheel.

[@alp196]

Best time to see German malls or market places during Xmas. They decorate very lovely

[@tootz1950]

If you watch it again there are a lot of people, but not many are carrying bags. The food places were really bringing in money, but not so much the stores.

[@mickgatz214]

I enjoyed ur video, sent it to Mutti. 👍

[@therrykeasberry425]

Always interesting subjects. GIV👍👍

[@JerryW75]

Thanks for another great video. Wife beater part was funny, or the Eminem shirt.

[@thegatesofdawn...1386]

Germany looks very nice. I noticed the green trees outside. 🌲

[@ChristianCarmona-y2b]

Hi German and Venice, I really enjoy watching your KZbin vlog

[@anthonyvalenti9093]

Forget, the mall seems pricey. Inflation sucks. But the prices here in Jacksonville, Fl. are lower.

[@joelfrombethlehem]

Starting at 17:16, it seems like you have returned back to the USA for a few moments. Yes, I do remember the other video. Thanks for this great video.

[@christinemcmurray207]

Very nice mall. Thanks for the video.

[@dutchbert1]

Mike another great video. It is hard to keep coming up with new stuff but these are good videos. Stay safe and hope you make it back to Venice ok. Bert from Leisure World Seal Beach California ⛱️

[@KING4aday46]

Good evening. Thanks for the video.

[@fakerating]

I love your videos! Always learn something new...

[@aileeneto1399]

So modern, and many U. S. stores and foods.

[@claudiarautenberg7689]

There is no supermarket in the mall. There was a Walmart the year it opened, but that hasn't been the case for a long time now. Also I miss the Disney Store .

[@roxorange6022]

Wow German economy must be doing good! Shops all busy, elsewhere in the world malls are a ghost town.

[@MrKugelsicher90]

city mals in duisburg all are dead and are now rented to offices. Duisburg and Obehausen are pretty much 0 km away from each other because they directly share borders its even hard to know if you are still in duisburg are are already in oberhausen if you missed the sign.

[@denizthebig]

@@MrKugelsicher90 thats straight up bullshit, you dont wanna see all the store cause they are not german owned am i right ? also there is open shopping malls in duisburg, even Forum is pretty full all the time

[@MrKugelsicher90]

@@denizthebig königsgalerie is already sold as a building as a whole. Münzstraße is like a ghost town now.

[@denniswitt1638]

It is the Dutch folks shopping there. I live a few kilometres away and have been there one in over 30 years. Does not appeal at all to my generation.

[@MrKugelsicher90]

@@denniswitt1638 make sense the prices in the netherlands are crazy and compared to germans they earn more money.

[@victoriamayo5774]

Hello mike and your mom ❤