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Venice of the North

Index Venice of the North

The following is an incomplete list of settlements nicknamed Venice of the North. [1]

53 relations: Amiens, Amsterdam, Annecy, Arendal, Ålesund, Birmingham, Bornholm, Bourton-on-the-Water, Bruges, Bulandet, Bydgoszcz, Canal, Colmar, Copenhagen, Dordrecht, Emden, Friedrichstadt, Gdańsk, Giethoorn, Glasgow, Grand Canal (Venice), Haapsalu, Hamburg, Henningsvær, Kalisz, Lübeck, Leeds, List of places called Venice of the East, Little Paris, Little Venice, London, Manchester, Maryhill, Monasterevin, Moscow, Idaho, Northern Europe, Paddington, Papenburg, Paris of the East, Paris of the West, Passau, Saint Petersburg, Schwerin, Skipton, Stockholm, Stralsund, Strasbourg, Svolvær, Tromsø, Trondheim, ..., Værlandet, Venice, Wrocław. Expand index (3 more) »

Amiens

Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, north of Paris and south-west of Lille.

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Amsterdam

Amsterdam is the capital and most populous municipality of the Netherlands.

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Annecy

Annecy (Arpitan: Èneci or Ènneci) is the largest city of Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.

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Arendal

Arendal is a municipality in the county of Aust-Agder in southeastern Norway.

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Ålesund

Ålesund is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.

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Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England, with an estimated population of 1,101,360, making it the second most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Bornholm

Bornholm (Burgundaholmr) is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of the westernmost part of Poland.

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Bourton-on-the-Water

Bourton-on-the-Water is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England that lies on a wide flat vale within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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Bruges

Bruges (Brugge; Bruges; Brügge) is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country.

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Bulandet

Bulandet is an archipelago in the sea off the mainland coast of Western Norway.

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Bydgoszcz

Bydgoszcz (Bromberg; Bydgostia) is a city in northern Poland, on the Brda and Vistula rivers.

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Canal

Canals, or navigations, are human-made channels, or artificial waterways, for water conveyance, or to service water transport vehicles.

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Colmar

Colmar (Alsatian: Colmer; German during 1871–1918 and 1940–1945: Kolmar) is the third-largest commune of the Alsace region in north-eastern France.

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Copenhagen

Copenhagen (København; Hafnia) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark.

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Dordrecht

Dordrecht, colloquially Dordt, historically in English named Dort, is a city and municipality in the Western Netherlands, located in the province of South Holland.

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Emden

Emden is an independent city and seaport in Lower Saxony in the northwest of Germany, on the river Ems.

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Friedrichstadt

Friedrichstadt (Frederiksstad) is a town in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

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Gdańsk

Gdańsk (Danzig) is a Polish city on the Baltic coast.

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Giethoorn

Giethoorn is a town in the province of Overijssel, Netherlands with a population of 2,620.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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Grand Canal (Venice)

The Grand Canal (Canal Grande; Canal Grando, anciently Canałasso) is a channel in Venice, Italy.

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Haapsalu

Haapsalu (Swedish and German: Hapsal) is a seaside resort town located on the west coast of Estonia.

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Hamburg

Hamburg (locally), Hamborg, officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, Friee un Hansestadt Hamborg),Constitution of Hamburg), is the second-largest city of Germany as well as one of the country's 16 constituent states, with a population of roughly 1.8 million people. The city lies at the core of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region which spreads across four German federal states and is home to more than five million people. The official name reflects Hamburg's history as a member of the medieval Hanseatic League, a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire, a city-state and one of the 16 states of Germany. Before the 1871 Unification of Germany, it was a fully sovereign state. Prior to the constitutional changes in 1919 it formed a civic republic headed constitutionally by a class of hereditary grand burghers or Hanseaten. The city has repeatedly been beset by disasters such as the Great Fire of Hamburg, exceptional coastal flooding and military conflicts including World War II bombing raids. Historians remark that the city has managed to recover and emerge wealthier after each catastrophe. Situated on the river Elbe, Hamburg is home to Europe's second-largest port and a broad corporate base. In media, the major regional broadcasting firm NDR, the printing and publishing firm italic and the newspapers italic and italic are based in the city. Hamburg remains an important financial center, the seat of Germany's oldest stock exchange and the world's oldest merchant bank, Berenberg Bank. Media, commercial, logistical, and industrial firms with significant locations in the city include multinationals Airbus, italic, italic, italic, and Unilever. The city is a forum for and has specialists in world economics and international law with such consular and diplomatic missions as the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the EU-LAC Foundation, and the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning. In recent years, the city has played host to multipartite international political conferences and summits such as Europe and China and the G20. Former German Chancellor italic, who governed Germany for eight years, and Angela Merkel, German chancellor since 2005, come from Hamburg. The city is a major international and domestic tourist destination. It ranked 18th in the world for livability in 2016. The Speicherstadt and Kontorhausviertel were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO in 2015. Hamburg is a major European science, research, and education hub, with several universities and institutions. Among its most notable cultural venues are the italic and italic concert halls. It gave birth to movements like Hamburger Schule and paved the way for bands including The Beatles. Hamburg is also known for several theatres and a variety of musical shows. St. Pauli's italic is among the best-known European entertainment districts.

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Henningsvær

Henningsvær is a fishing village located on several small islands off the southern coast of Austvågøya in the Lofoten archipelago in Norway.

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Kalisz

Kalisz (Old Greek: Καλισία, Latin: Calisia, Yiddish: קאַליש, Kalisch) is a city in central Poland with 101,625 inhabitants (December 2017), the capital city of the Kalisz Region.

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Lübeck

Lübeck is a city in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany.

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Leeds

Leeds is a city in the metropolitan borough of Leeds, in the county of West Yorkshire, England.

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List of places called Venice of the East

The following is an incomplete list of places which have been nicknamed Venice of the East.

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Little Paris

Little Paris may refer to.

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Little Venice

*Little Venice, Michigan is a small unincorporated area northwest of Charlotte, Michigan.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 530,300.

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Maryhill

Maryhill (Maryhull, Cnoc Mhoire) is an area of the City of Glasgow in Scotland.

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Monasterevin

Monasterevin is a town in County Kildare in Ireland.

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Moscow, Idaho

Moscow is a city in northern Idaho along the state border with Washington, with a population of 23,800 at the 2010 census.

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Northern Europe

Northern Europe is the general term for the geographical region in Europe that is approximately north of the southern coast of the Baltic Sea.

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Paddington

Paddington is an area within the City of Westminster, in central London.

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Papenburg

Papenburg is a city in the district of Emsland in Lower Saxony, Germany, situated at the river Ems.

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Paris of the East

The description Paris of the East has been liberally applied to a large number of locations, including: Urmia, Iran.

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Paris of the West

The description Paris of the West has been applied to a number of locations, including.

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Passau

Passau (') is a town in Lower Bavaria, Germany, also known as the Dreiflüssestadt ("City of Three Rivers") because the Danube is joined there by the Inn from the south and the Ilz from the north.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg (p) is Russia's second-largest city after Moscow, with 5 million inhabitants in 2012, part of the Saint Petersburg agglomeration with a population of 6.2 million (2015).

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Schwerin

Schwerin (or; Mecklenburgian: Swerin; Polish: Swarzyn or Zwierzyn; Latin: Suerina) is the capital and second-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

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Skipton

Skipton (also known as Skipton-in-Craven) is a market town and civil parish in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England.

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Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden and the most populous city in the Nordic countries; 952,058 people live in the municipality, approximately 1.5 million in the urban area, and 2.3 million in the metropolitan area.

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Stralsund

Stralsund, (Swedish: Strålsund) is a Hanseatic town in the Pomeranian part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

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Strasbourg

Strasbourg (Alsatian: Strossburi; Straßburg) is the capital and largest city of the Grand Est region of France and is the official seat of the European Parliament.

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Svolvær

Svolvær is the administrative centre of Vågan Municipality (9,200 inhabitants) in Nordland County, Norway.

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Tromsø

Tromsø (Romsa; Tromssa; Tromssa) is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway.

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Trondheim

Trondheim (historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem) is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway.

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Værlandet

Værlandet is an island in Askvoll Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway.

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Venice

Venice (Venezia,; Venesia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.

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Wrocław

Wrocław (Breslau; Vratislav; Vratislavia) is the largest city in western Poland.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice_of_the_North

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