The Wadköping area of central Örebro is a living open-air museum, consisting of traditional houses from the 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th centuries that were moved to their current location as part of the city's 700 year celebrations in 1965. The beautiful wooden houses are now used as museums, gallery spaces and artisan workshops, and there is a bakery, smithy, antique shop, cafe and restaurant, as well as a host of other intriguing and charming shops. Of special note is the Lexica antiquarian book shop, with over 25,000 volumes on its shelves.

Just outside the city is the gigantic Marieberg shopping centre, with over 60 shops including IKEA, H&M and a large supermarket.