Author: janeswalkwr

When: Saturday, May 5, 6:30 – 8:00 pm

Where: Begin behind Centre in the Square, 20 Ellen Street East (walk will end here too)

Walk Leaders: Jeanette and Greg Vincent

Tour the streets of Olde Berlin. Join experienced walk leaders and local residents Jeanette & Greg Vincent for a look at the historic homes and neighbourhood where the wealthy lived, worked, worshiped and played. Appropriate for the whole family.

When: Sunday, May 6, 9:30 – 10:30 am

Where: Begin at Smile Tiger Coffee Roasters, 100 Ahrens Street West, end at Show & Tell Coffee, 30 Ontario Street North

Walk Leader: Anna Beard

It’s a Brew-tiful Day: How Downtown Kitchener Turned Into a Coffee Lover’s Paradise

In the last few years, indie coffee shops have popped up all around Downtown Kitchener. These aren’t your mass marketed coffee shops. These places have instead become intimate spaces, designed for feet, not cars. They’re ready made for flirtatious conversations, collaboration and idea generation, and have become pillars of education and design. We’ll take a wander around the downtown core, visiting four stand out java huts, sharing stories of how they came to be and swapping our own tales of how coffee is so much more than a drink.

Extra Info

• Accessibility: City sidewalks with some uneven terrain
• Family friendly: yes
• Bicycle friendly: yes
• Walk distance: 1.4 km from start to finish
• Stops:
  • Smile Tiger Coffee Roasters
  • Settlement Co. DTK
  • Matter of Taste Coffee
  • Show & Tell Coffee
• Parking: If you’re travelling to the walk via car, parking is available at Kitchener City Hall or the municipal lot at Duke/Ontario, conveniently across the street from Show & Tell. There is limited parking available at the Via Rail station
• Transit: Taking Grand River Transit 7A, 7B, 7F, 200 iXpress or 204 iXpress will get you close to our starting location.

(Photo by Anna Beard)

When: Sunday, May 6, 2:00 – 3:30pm

Where: Begin at Idea Exchange, Queen’s Square

Walk Leader: Shannon Markle

Learn the forbidden history of our town before it became part of The Republic of Gilead. Our handmaidens will escort you to the locations used in the hit HBO show The Handmaid’s Tale, and share the history that we don’t speak about ‘Under his Eye’.

When: Saturday, May 5, 1:00 – 2:30pm

Where: Begin at the main entrance of Galt Collegiate Institute

Walk Leader: Jim Griffin

Walk begins at the main entrance of the historic Galt Collegiate Institute and navigates across the road to the Canadian Pacific Railway Station where Jim will share significant stories of the past. This walk is hosted in partnership with the Blair Road Neighbourhood Association and Extend-A-Family Waterloo Region.

For safety reasons, no pets allowed.