Kitchener is the 10th largest city in Canada* and used to be known as Berlin. It's part of the Waterloo Region which includes Cambridge, and Waterloo. Kitchener is notoriously hard to navigate for newcomers and is the home of some interesting residents including the man with the World's Greatest Memory, among other notables.
It has a an art scene, restaurants, and a historically exciting parking lot.
* this statement is deceptive as it relates to the size of the Census Metropolitan Area which means that the city is rather sprawling.