Venice of the North

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 and North America that contain canals, comparing them to Venice, Italy, which is renowned for its canals (see Grand Canal). Some of these nicknames (e.g. in the case of Amsterdam) date back centuries, A while others like Birmingham are very recently given and invented by the cities' own.

Since 2020, an Amsterdam-based luxury street wear fashion brand is known as Venice Of The North. [1]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

List
City/TownCountryPhotoReferences
ÅlesundNorway[2][3]
AmiensFrance[4][5][6][7]
AmsterdamNetherlands[8][9][10][11][12]
AnnecyFrance[13][14]
ArendalNorway[15][16][17]
BambergGermany[18][19]
BirminghamUnited Kingdom[20]
BornholmDenmark[21][22][23][24]
Bourton-on-the-WaterUnited Kingdom[25][26][27]
BrugesBelgium[28]
Bulandet and VærlandetNorway[29][30][31][32][33]
BydgoszczPoland[34][35]
ColmarFrance[36][13]
CopenhagenDenmark[37][38][39][40]
EmdenGermany[41][42][43][44][45]
FriedrichstadtGermany[46][47][48]
GdańskPoland[49][50][51][52]
GiethoornNetherlands
Glasgow-MaryhillUnited Kingdom[53][54][55]
HaapsaluEstonia[56][57][58]
HamburgGermany[59]
HenningsværNorway[60][61]
KaliszPoland[62]
LeedsUnited Kingdom[63]
London-PaddingtonUnited Kingdom[13]
LübeckGermany[64]
ManchesterUnited Kingdom[65][66][67]
PapenburgGermany[68][69][70]
PassauGermany[71][72][73][74]
Saint PetersburgRussia[75]
SchwerinGermany[76][77][78]
SkiptonUnited Kingdom[79][80]
StockholmSweden[81][82][83][84][85][86]
StralsundGermany[87][88]
StrasbourgFrance[89][90]
SvolværNorway[91][92]
VylkoveUkraine[93]
WrocławPoland[94]

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