diff --git a/examples/offscreen-canvas-tiles.html b/examples/offscreen-canvas-tiles.html
index 231da2f14f..741d469e23 100644
--- a/examples/offscreen-canvas-tiles.html
+++ b/examples/offscreen-canvas-tiles.html
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ shortdesc: Example of a map that delegates rendering to a worker.
 docs: >
   The map in this example is rendered in a web worker, using `OffscreenCanvas`. **Note:** This is currently only supported in Chrome and Edge.
 tags: "worker, offscreencanvas, vector-tiles"
+experimental: true
 ---
 <div id="map" class="map"></div>
diff --git a/examples/offscreen-canvas-tiles.js b/examples/offscreen-canvas-tiles.js
index 29243c2d9d..53696a7414 100644
--- a/examples/offscreen-canvas-tiles.js
+++ b/examples/offscreen-canvas-tiles.js
@@ -4,56 +4,16 @@ import Layer from '../src/ol/layer/Layer.js';
 import Worker from 'worker-loader!./offscreen-canvas-tiles.worker.js'; //eslint-disable-line
 import {compose, create} from '../src/ol/transform.js';
 import {createTransformString} from '../src/ol/render/canvas.js';
-import {getFontParameters} from '../src/ol/css.js';
 import {createXYZ} from '../src/ol/tilegrid.js';
 import {FullScreen} from '../src/ol/control.js';
+import stringify from 'json-stringify-safe';
 
-const mvtLayerWorker = new Worker();
-
-const loadingImages = {};
-mvtLayerWorker.addEventListener('message', event => {
-  if (event.data.action === 'getFontParameters') {
-    getFontParameters(event.data.font, font => {
-      mvtLayerWorker.postMessage({
-        action: 'gotFontParameters',
-        font: font
-      });
-    });
-  } else if (event.data.action === 'loadImage') {
-    if (!(event.data.src in loadingImages)) {
-      const image = new Image();
-      image.crossOrigin = 'anonymous';
-      image.addEventListener('load', function() {
-        createImageBitmap(image, 0, 0, image.width, image.height).then(imageBitmap => {
-          delete loadingImages[event.data.iconName];
-          mvtLayerWorker.postMessage({
-            action: 'imageLoaded',
-            image: imageBitmap,
-            src: event.data.src
-          }, [imageBitmap]);
-        });
-      });
-      image.src = event.data.src;
-      loadingImages[event.data.src] = true;
-    }
-  }
-});
-
-function getCircularReplacer() {
-  const seen = new WeakSet();
-  return function(key, value) {
-    if (typeof value === 'object' && value !== null) {
-      if (seen.has(value)) {
-        return '[circular]';
-      }
-      seen.add(value);
-    }
-    return value;
-  };
-}
+const worker = new Worker();
 
 let container, transformContainer, canvas, workerFrameState, mainThreadFrameState;
 
+// Transform the container to account for the differnece between the (newer)
+// main thread frameState and the (older) worker frameState
 function updateContainerTransform() {
   if (workerFrameState) {
     const viewState = mainThreadFrameState.viewState;
@@ -65,6 +25,8 @@ function updateContainerTransform() {
     const renderedResolution = renderedViewState.resolution;
     const renderedRotation = renderedViewState.rotation;
     const transform = create();
+    // Skip the extra transform for rotated views, because it will not work
+    // correctly in that case
     if (!rotation) {
       compose(transform,
         (renderedCenter[0] - center[0]) / resolution,
@@ -75,40 +37,36 @@ function updateContainerTransform() {
     }
     transformContainer.style.transform = createTransformString(transform);
   }
-
-}
-
-function render(id, frameState) {
-  if (!container) {
-    container = document.createElement('div');
-    container.style.position = 'absolute';
-    container.style.width = '100%';
-    container.style.height = '100%';
-    transformContainer = document.createElement('div');
-    transformContainer.style.position = 'absolute';
-    transformContainer.style.width = '100%';
-    transformContainer.style.height = '100%';
-    container.appendChild(transformContainer);
-    canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
-    canvas.style.position = 'absolute';
-    canvas.style.left = '0';
-    canvas.style.transformOrigin = 'top left';
-    transformContainer.appendChild(canvas);
-  }
-  mainThreadFrameState = frameState;
-  updateContainerTransform();
-  mvtLayerWorker.postMessage({
-    action: 'render',
-    id: id,
-    frameState: JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(frameState, getCircularReplacer()))
-  });
-  return container;
 }
 
 const map = new Map({
   layers: [
     new Layer({
-      render: render.bind(undefined, 'mapbox')
+      render: function(frameState) {
+        if (!container) {
+          container = document.createElement('div');
+          container.style.position = 'absolute';
+          container.style.width = '100%';
+          container.style.height = '100%';
+          transformContainer = document.createElement('div');
+          transformContainer.style.position = 'absolute';
+          transformContainer.style.width = '100%';
+          transformContainer.style.height = '100%';
+          container.appendChild(transformContainer);
+          canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+          canvas.style.position = 'absolute';
+          canvas.style.left = '0';
+          canvas.style.transformOrigin = 'top left';
+          transformContainer.appendChild(canvas);
+        }
+        mainThreadFrameState = frameState;
+        updateContainerTransform();
+        worker.postMessage({
+          action: 'render',
+          frameState: JSON.parse(stringify(frameState))
+        });
+        return container;
+      }
     })
   ],
   target: 'map',
@@ -119,10 +77,28 @@ const map = new Map({
   })
 });
 map.addControl(new FullScreen());
-mvtLayerWorker.addEventListener('message', function(message) {
-  if (message.data.action === 'request-render') {
+
+// Worker messaging and actions
+worker.addEventListener('message', message => {
+  if (message.data.action === 'loadImage') {
+    // Image loader for ol-mapbox-style
+    const image = new Image();
+    image.crossOrigin = 'anonymous';
+    image.addEventListener('load', function() {
+      createImageBitmap(image, 0, 0, image.width, image.height).then(imageBitmap => {
+        worker.postMessage({
+          action: 'imageLoaded',
+          image: imageBitmap,
+          src: event.data.src
+        }, [imageBitmap]);
+      });
+    });
+    image.src = event.data.src;
+  } else if (message.data.action === 'request-render') {
+    // Worker requested a new render frame
     map.render();
   } else if (canvas && message.data.action === 'rendered') {
+    // Worker provies a new render frame
     transformContainer.style.transform = '';
     const imageData = message.data.imageData;
     canvas.width = imageData.width;
diff --git a/examples/offscreen-canvas-tiles.worker.js b/examples/offscreen-canvas-tiles.worker.js
index d801747de5..e80187e7af 100644
--- a/examples/offscreen-canvas-tiles.worker.js
+++ b/examples/offscreen-canvas-tiles.worker.js
@@ -7,81 +7,35 @@ import {getTilePriority as tilePriorityFunction} from '../src/ol/TileQueue.js';
 import {renderDeclutterItems} from '../src/ol/render.js';
 import styleFunction from 'ol-mapbox-style/dist/stylefunction.js';
 import {inView} from '../src/ol/layer/Layer.js';
+import stringify from 'json-stringify-safe';
 
 /** @type {any} */
 const worker = self;
 
-let frameState, pixelRatio;
+let frameState, pixelRatio, rendererTransform;
 const canvas = new OffscreenCanvas(1, 1);
 
-function getCircularReplacer() {
-  const seen = new WeakSet();
-  return function(key, value) {
-    if (typeof value === 'object' && value !== null) {
-      if (seen.has(value)) {
-        return '[circular]';
-      }
-      seen.add(value);
-    }
-    return value;
-  };
-}
-
-function getTilePriority(tile, tileSourceKey, tileCenter, tileResolution) {
-  return tilePriorityFunction(frameState, tile, tileSourceKey, tileCenter, tileResolution);
-}
-
-const landcover = new VectorTileLayer({
-  visible: false,
-  declutter: true,
-  maxZoom: 9,
-  source: new VectorTileSource({
+const sources = {
+  landcover: new VectorTileSource({
     maxZoom: 9,
     format: new MVT(),
     url: 'https://api.maptiler.com/tiles/landcover/{z}/{x}/{y}.pbf?key=get_your_own_D6rA4zTHduk6KOKTXzGB'
-  })
-});
-const contours = new VectorTileLayer({
-  visible: false,
-  declutter: true,
-  minZoom: 9,
-  maxZoom: 14,
-  source: new VectorTileSource({
+  }),
+  contours: new VectorTileSource({
     minZoom: 9,
     maxZoom: 14,
     format: new MVT(),
     url: 'https://api.maptiler.com/tiles/contours/{z}/{x}/{y}.pbf?key=get_your_own_D6rA4zTHduk6KOKTXzGB'
-  })
-});
-const openmaptiles = new VectorTileLayer({
-  visible: false,
-  declutter: true,
-  source: new VectorTileSource({
+  }),
+  openmaptiles: new VectorTileSource({
     format: new MVT(),
     maxZoom: 14,
     url: 'https://api.maptiler.com/tiles/v3/{z}/{x}/{y}.pbf?key=get_your_own_D6rA4zTHduk6KOKTXzGB'
   })
-});
-
-const layers = [landcover, contours, openmaptiles];
-let rendererTransform;
-layers.forEach(layer => {
-  layer.once('change', () => {
-    layer.setVisible(true);
-    worker.postMessage({action: 'request-render'});
-  });
-  layer.getRenderer().useContainer = function(target, transform) {
-    this.containerReused = this.getLayer() !== layers[0];
-    target.style = {};
-    this.canvas = target;
-    this.context = target.getContext('2d');
-    this.container = {
-      firstElementChild: target
-    };
-    rendererTransform = transform;
-  };
-});
+};
+const layers = [];
 
+// Font replacement so we do not need to load web fonts in the worker
 function getFont(font) {
   return font[0]
     .replace('Noto Sans', 'serif')
@@ -90,23 +44,63 @@ function getFont(font) {
 
 function loadStyles() {
   const styleUrl = 'https://api.maptiler.com/maps/topo/style.json?key=get_your_own_D6rA4zTHduk6KOKTXzGB';
+
   fetch(styleUrl).then(data => data.json()).then(styleJson => {
+    const buckets = [];
+    let currentSource;
+    styleJson.layers.forEach(layer => {
+      if (!layer.source) {
+        return;
+      }
+      if (currentSource !== layer.source) {
+        currentSource = layer.source;
+        buckets.push({
+          source: layer.source,
+          layers: []
+        });
+      }
+      buckets[buckets.length - 1].layers.push(layer.id);
+    });
+
     const spriteUrl = styleJson.sprite + (pixelRatio > 1 ? '@2x' : '') + '.json';
     const spriteImageUrl = styleJson.sprite + (pixelRatio > 1 ? '@2x' : '') + '.png';
     fetch(spriteUrl).then(data => data.json()).then(spriteJson => {
-      styleFunction(landcover, styleJson, 'landcover', undefined, spriteJson, spriteImageUrl, getFont);
-      styleFunction(contours, styleJson, 'contours', undefined, spriteJson, spriteImageUrl, getFont);
-      styleFunction(openmaptiles, styleJson, 'openmaptiles', undefined, spriteJson, spriteImageUrl, getFont);
+      buckets.forEach(bucket => {
+        const source = sources[bucket.source];
+        if (!source) {
+          return;
+        }
+        const layer = new VectorTileLayer({
+          declutter: true,
+          source,
+          minZoom: source.getTileGrid().getMinZoom()
+        });
+        layer.getRenderer().useContainer = function(target, transform) {
+          this.containerReused = this.getLayer() !== layers[0];
+          target.style = {};
+          this.canvas = target;
+          this.context = target.getContext('2d');
+          this.container = {
+            firstElementChild: target
+          };
+          rendererTransform = transform;
+        };
+        styleFunction(layer, styleJson, bucket.layers, undefined, spriteJson, spriteImageUrl, getFont);
+        layers.push(layer);
+      });
+      worker.postMessage({action: 'request-render'});
     });
   });
 }
 
-const tileQueue = new TileQueue(getTilePriority, () => {
-  worker.postMessage({action: 'request-render'});
-});
+// Minimal map-like functionality for rendering
+
+const tileQueue = new TileQueue(
+  (tile, tileSourceKey, tileCenter, tileResolution) => tilePriorityFunction(frameState, tile, tileSourceKey, tileCenter, tileResolution),
+  () => worker.postMessage({action: 'request-render'}));
+
 const maxTotalLoading = 8;
 const maxNewLoads = 2;
-
 let rendering = false;
 
 worker.addEventListener('message', event => {
@@ -124,7 +118,7 @@ worker.addEventListener('message', event => {
     return;
   }
   rendering = true;
-  requestAnimationFrame(function() {
+  requestAnimationFrame(() => {
     let rendered = false;
     layers.forEach(layer => {
       if (inView(layer.getLayerState(), frameState.viewState)) {
@@ -139,7 +133,7 @@ worker.addEventListener('message', event => {
     }
     renderDeclutterItems(frameState, null);
     if (tileQueue.getTilesLoading() < maxTotalLoading) {
-      tileQueue.reprioritize(); // FIXME only call if view has changed
+      tileQueue.reprioritize();
       tileQueue.loadMoreTiles(maxTotalLoading, maxNewLoads);
     }
     const imageData = canvas.transferToImageBitmap();
@@ -147,8 +141,7 @@ worker.addEventListener('message', event => {
       action: 'rendered',
       imageData: imageData,
       transform: rendererTransform,
-      frameState: JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(frameState, getCircularReplacer()))
+      frameState: JSON.parse(stringify(frameState))
     }, [imageData]);
   });
 });
-
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 67d75abf99..2eca898191 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
     "jquery": "3.4.1",
     "jsdoc": "3.6.3",
     "jsdoc-plugin-typescript": "^2.0.5",
+    "json-stringify-safe": "^5.0.1",
     "karma": "^4.4.1",
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "3.1.0",
     "karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter": "^2.1.1",