The central square is Wilhelmsplatz, which is used for regular events, daily recreation and a farmer's market on Mondays and Thursdays.

There are two churches dating back to the foundation of the suburb, the Catholic St. Bonifatius and the Protestant Christuskirche [de], whose 65 metre high tower is one of the major landmarks of western Heidelberg.

Rohrbacher street runs in a north–south direction, separating a small part of the suburb on the slope of the hill from the rest of Weststadt.

Heidelberg's main shopping centres are located at the northeastern corner of Weststadt in the area around Poststraße and Bismarckplatz.

The Landhausgrundschule (country house elementary school) is a stone structure which was used as a hospital during the First World War (Ernst Jünger was a patient in 1915).

Other buildings belonging to the Julius Springer school are located in Südstadt, on the other side of the old railway line, along with the Helmholtz-Gymnasium Heidelberg.

The Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Heidelberg, a tertiary institution devoted to church music, is also located in Weststadt.

The local cemetery is the Bergfriedhof [de], located on the lower slopes of Gaisberg in the neighbouring section of Südstadt.