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32 flavours, and then some! 
Let's Stroll
Just like a good ice cream counter, I bet you can't choose just one walking tour this summer! All the dates listed here are for public registration so you can sign up solo or with friends! 
HISTORIC KITCHENER - Saturday July 9 @ 3:00pm **ONE DATE ONLY
What builds a city? What makes it grow? Explore the people, places and stories that shaped Berlin’s – and Kitchener’s – early history.

BLACK PRESENCE IN BERLIN - Friday July 8 @ 3:30 pm & various dates
Fri July 8 - 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Thurs July 21 - 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Fri. July 22 - 10:30 - 12:00 pm
Sat July 30 - 10:30 - 12:00 pm
Sat Aug 13 - 10:00am - 11:30 am
Thurs Aug 18 - 6:00 - 7:30 pm

DRINKING IN BERLIN'S HISTORY - Thursday July 14 @ 6:30 - 7:45 pm **ONE DATE ONLY
As a young city, Berlin, now Kitchener, had its fair share of brewers, taverns, hotels and saloons and the stories to go with them!

MURALS & THE OUTDOOR GALLERY - Sunday July 17 @ 3:30 -5:00 pm
and Sunday August 14 @ 3:30 pm
Street art in the alleys and side streets of Downtown Kitchener illustrate the diverse creativity of this downtown core.

MOUNT HOPE CEMETERY  - Wednesday July 20 @ 6:30 - 8:00 pm **TWO DATES ONLY
and Saturday August 20th @ 10:00 - 11:30 am
Kitchener’s early history and ‘who’s who’ etched in stone over 150 years in Mount Hope Cemetery including famous families, a fugitive slaves & a forgotten soldier.

BERLIN ABLAZE - Saturday July 23 @ 3:30pm **ONE DATE ONLY
Fires have the power to transform a city in both subtle and dramatic ways. See how downtown Kitchener has changed as the result of some historic fires.

ON THE MOVE! TRANSPORTATION IN BERLIN'S HISTORY - Sunday August 21 @ 2:30 - 3:45 PM **ONE DATE ONLY
Getting around in a city is one thing everyone has an opinion about! What did Berliners complain about 100 years ago - and is it any different than complaints today?!

PANDEMIC! Kitchener in ‘The Grip’ of the 1918 Spanish Flu  - Saturday August 27 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 ** ONE DATE ONLY
The impact of the 1918 Influenza was swift and deadly in Kitchener with some surprising similarities to the 2020 pandemic. 

and....  
HISTORIC ST JACOBS - every Thursday & Sunday until late November! 
St. Jacobs might look like a town frozen in time, but this small village blends the modern and traditional and always stays connected to its roots.
OK, if that's not enough for ya & you can't find what you're looking for here, we also have private group tours available! Get in touch, anytime! 
Neighbourhood in Your Pocket: The Straggle is Real  - a fresh perspective on taking a walk through your neighbourhood.
Sunday July 10 
3:00 - 4:30 pm
Meet at Cafe Pyrus Outpost on the Spurline Trail
Join urban photographer and writer Lori-Ann Livingston and author Tanis MacDonald for a Sunday afternoon walk. Bring your smartphone to photograph everyday, ordinary things with a fresh perspective. Tanis will read excerpts from her new book, Straggle: The Adventures of Walking While Female. You'll never look at your neighbourhood the same again. Dress appropriately for the weather.
Local podcasters Sara & Marshall of Bonn Park (Waterloo) recorded a three-part series on the Mel Brown Festival & Symposium hosted in Waterloo Region in May. You may recall that Mel Brown is a BIG part of Glenn Smith's Kitchener Got the Blues walking tour!! 
Give a listen to the podcast - I learned a lot! It also includes an interview with Glenn, Stroll guide extraordinaire. 

Visit Peggy Plet at a City of Waterloo Pop-up Museum!

Get a sneak peek into Erb Grist Mill on Silver Lake. The City of Waterloo Museum and Built Heritage staff have collaborated to open the replica Abraham Erb Grist Mill on Saturday July 16.  Drop by to chat with Peggy Plet about Black History connections to the early days of what became Waterloo. More details here. 
 

Saturday July 16
10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Or, visit the Log School House in Waterloo Park during two Pop-Up Museum events - you might remember that the Log School House was the home of Levi Carroll, a Black resident of Berlin, Ontario featured on Peggy Plet's Black Presence in Berlin walking tour. 

Apropos of our Black History Walking Tour.... 

 
On our 60-minute version of Black Presence in Berlin, Peggy Plet includes a stop at the cenotaph in Downtown Kitchener to talk about segregation in the military and the history of the No. 2 Construction Battalion. 
Here's a cool story about descendants of these soldiers who are keeping the history alive by delivering photos of the men to legions. 

have a safe & happy summer - see you on the sidewalks! 
and remember... 
 

"why wander around aimlessly when you can stroll about with purpose!?"
~ Juanita Metzger

All the best, 

Juanita Metzger
Owner + Operator
Stroll Walking Tours 
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