Kitchener

Worth seeing in and around Kitchener

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   University of Waterloo

   The University of Waterloo is a public research university located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is on 404 hectares of land adjacent to uptown Waterloo and Waterloo Park.

   7.8 km · public research university in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Wilfrid Laurier University

   Wilfrid Laurier University is a public university in Ontario, Canada, with campuses in Waterloo, Brantford and Milton. It is named in honour of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh prime minister of Canada.

   7.7 km · public university in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

   Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics is an independent research centre in foundational theoretical physics located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1999.

   6.9 km · theoretical physics research institute in Canada · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Conestoga College

   Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning is a public college located in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.

   6.1 km · public college in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
5. 05
   THEMUSEUM

   TheMuseum is an art and technology museum in Kitchener, Ontario. It opened to the public in September 2003.

   3.7 km · An art & technology museum in Kitchener, in Ontario, in Canada · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Institute for Quantum Computing

   The Institute for Quantum Computing is an affiliate scientific research institute of the University of Waterloo located in Waterloo, Ontario with a multidisciplinary approach to the field of quantum information processing. IQC was founded in 2002 primarily through a donation made by Mike Lazaridis and his wife Ophelia whose substantial donations have continued over the years.

   9.4 km · research institute at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Conrad Grebel University College

   Conrad Grebel University College is a liberal arts university college affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It is affiliated with the Mennonite Church Canada.

   7.9 km · Canadian university college in Waterloo, Ontario · Wikipedia
8. 08
   St. Jerome's University

   St. Jerome's University (commonly shortened to St.

   8.1 km · federated with the University of Waterloo, Canada · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Victoria Park

   Victoria Park is the oldest park in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, situated downtown. It is the site of numerous events and festivities.

   3.8 km · urban park in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Joseph Schneider Haus

    The Schneider Haus National Historic Site, formerly Joseph Schneider Haus, is a museum in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Situated on some of the earliest land to be settled by non-Indigenous peoples in what would become Waterloo County, the museum includes the oldest remaining dwelling in the area and was named a National Historic Site of Canada in 1999.

    3.4 km · house in Kitchener, Canada · Wikipedia

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Getting to Kitchener

Airports

John C. Munro Hamilton (YHM), 52 km · Toronto Pearson (YYZ), 74 km · Buffalo Niagara (BUF), 151 km

Stations

Region of Waterloo International Airport, 8.9 km · Kitchener railway station, 4.4 km · Kitchener Central, 4.4 km

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• Toronto → Kitchener

  95 km · quickest by road, 2h 2m · C$13–18
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• Windsor → Kitchener

  239 km · quickest by road, 4h 15m · C$34–46
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No local-transport research exists yet for Kitchener

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