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The following is an incomplete list of settlements nicknamed Venice of the North. The term Venice of the North refers to various cities in Northern Europe that contain , comparing them to Venice, Italy, which is renowned for its canals (see Grand ). Some of these nicknames (e.g. in the case of ) date back centuries, while others like are very recently given and invented by the cities' own PR teams.[1]

List

City/Town Country Photo References

Ålesund Norway [2][3]

Amiens France [4][5][6][7]

Amsterdam Netherlands [8][9][10][11][12]

Annecy France [13][14]

Arendal Norway [15][16][17]

Birmingham United Kingdom [18]

Bornholm Denmark [19][20][21][22]

Bourton-on-the-Water United Kingdom [23][24][25]

Bruges Belgium [26]

Bulandet and Værlandet Norway [27][28][29][30][31]

Bydgoszcz Poland [32][33]

Colmar France [34][13]

Copenhagen Denmark [35][36][37][38]

Dordrecht Netherlands [39][40]

Emden Germany [41][42][43][44][45]

Friedrichstadt Germany [46][47][48]

Gdansk Poland [49][50][51][52]

Giethoorn Netherlands [53]

Glasgow-Maryhill United Kingdom [54][55][56]

Haapsalu Estonia [57][58][59]

Hamburg Germany [60]

Henningsvær Norway [61][62]

Kalisz Poland [63]

London-Paddington United Kingdom [13]

Lubeck Germany [64]

Manchester United Kingdom [65][66][67]

Papenburg Germany [68][69][70]

Passau Germany [71][72][73][74]

Saint Petersburg Russia [75]

Schwerin Germany [76][77][78]

Skipton United Kingdom [79][80]

Stockholm Sweden [81][82][83][84][85][86]

Stralsund Germany [87][88]

Strasbourg France [89][90]

Svolvær Norway [91][92]

Tromsø Norway [93]

Trondheim Norway [94]

Wrocław Poland [95]

Leeds United Kingdom [96]

See also

List of places called Venice of the East Little Paris Little Venice Monasterevin Paris of the East Paris of the West

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