Weiden in der Oberpfalz (German pronunciation: [ˈvaɪdn̩ ɪn deːɐ ˈoːbɐˌpfalts], lit.

; Northern Bavarian: Weidn in da Owapfalz) is a district-free city in Bavaria, Germany.

With the settlement of important glass and porcelain companies, the population increased, around the turn of the century it was already close to 10.000.

A structural change is reflected in the massive job cuts in the glass and porcelain industry, which is why Weiden suffers from persistently high rates of unemployment.

Next to the citybuses, there are intercity buses operated by the Regionalbus Ostbayern GmbH (RBO), a daughter company of the Deutsche Bahn.

The Nahverkehrsgemeinschaft Weiden-Neustadt (NWN) has joined the TON as well, creating one unified system for the northern part of the Oberpfalz Weiden in der Oberpfalz is twinned with:[3] This area is characterized by equable climates with few extremes of temperature and ample precipitation in all months.