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The shipyard that the city is famous for, mainly builds large cruise ships these days. One of the largest shipyards in the world, the Meyer shipyards was founded in 1795 and still a family business operated by the 7th generation. To actually visit the shipyard, make an online booking on the website and pick up the printed tickets at the museum ship Frederike or at the Papenburger Zeitspeicher. There are shuttle buses from there to the shipyard. They also have a visitor center where no reservations are needed.
Meyer Werft is a German shipbuilding company, headquartered in Papenburg at the river Ems. It was founded in 1795, as a builder of small wooden vessels. It was owned and managed by the Meyer family for seven generations until September 2024, when the German federal government and the state of Lower Saxony acquired an 80% majority stake, leaving the Meyer family with just under 20%. Since 1997, it has been part of the Meyer Neptun Group, together with Neptun Werft in Rostock. In 2014, the company added the Turku shipyard in Finland to the group. Since then, it has also been a builder of luxury passenger ships. 700 ships of different types had been built at the yard. The Dock 2 Hall is the third largest shipbuilding hall and the fifth-largest usable volume in the world as of 2022. The shipyard is an anchor on the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
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Local history museum. On the ground floor there's an information center. The second floor is an interactive experience of Papenburg's history, and on the third floor you can learn about the nearby automotive testing facility ATP.
Windmill built in Dutch style near the Hauptkanal. Here you can buy milled products but also souvenirs.
Neo-Gothic Lutheran church.
A replica of a wooden ship, serving as a museum and tourist information center. It's moored in the Hauptkanal between the town hall and St. Antonius.
In central Obenende next to the Hauptkanal, the town hall is a good landmark.
Turning entirely with the wind, this is the last mill of this type in Emsland.