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Kitchener is well know by the second largest Oktoberfest of the world. And it is a real Oktoberfest because it is celebrated in October. I have visited the original one in Munich several times, but unfortunately we never made it to that one in Kitchener. Friends who know both, told me that it is really good and lots of fun. In Germany, I got most the time an invitation to that one in Munich. Maybe that is the reason for missing the Kitchener Oktoberfest until today because nobody invited me so far and sometimes I need to be pushed. Certainly, you are now expecting pictures from Canadians in Lederhosen. Sorry, without being in Kitchener at Oktoberfest time I can not take pictures. From other festivities which I visited in Canada I can ensure you they look the same as Bavarians. Oktoberfest is celebrated in many communities and by many clubs. Unfortunately most of the organizers never got a business trip paid to the world famous original to learn how it is properly done and I was sometime disappointed by the outcome. Hopefully they find some sponsors and can make their little Oktoberfests more successful. But certainly not everybody can be in Kitchener at Oktoberfest time, and also not everybody tries to drink as much beer as he can in a short time. Kitchener has to offer much more than Oktoberfest. German food you can enjoy all the time in one of the German restaurants or in a German club. We even found a Swiss restaurant which offered Swiss wine. The Kitchener Farmer Market is also an attraction. It is open every Saturday from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and every Wednesday from June to October from 11 a.m. to 7 PM. We always purchased some meat specialities from the Mennonites. Then suddenly most of the Mennonites stayed away - the reason was according to my information a serious management fault. I hope that this has been corrected and the Farmers Market has gained back its good reputation. If not go to Farmers Market in close by St. Jacobs. 
Became very rare at the Kitchener Farmers Market Naturally, I asked immediately our friends in Kitchener for the reason of the missing Mennonites and Amish. They told me that a new manager made so many of the vendors so angry that most of them moved to the market close to Waterloo. The female manager is not any longer at the "Kitchener Farmers Market", but the damage could still be seen at this time and I never came back. 
The bell tower
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