Venice of the North explained

The following is a list of settlements nicknamed Venice of the North.

The term Venice of the North refers to various cities in Northern Europe 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, while others like Birmingham are recently given and invented as self-promotion by the cities' own residents or representatives.

List

City/Town Country Photo References
Norway [1] [2]
France [3] [4] [5] [6]
Netherlands [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Norway [12] [13] [14]
Germany [15] [16]
United Kingdom [17]
United Kingdom [18] [19]
Belgium [20]
Norway [21] [22] [23] [24] [25]
Poland [26] [27]
France [28] [29]
Ireland [30] [31]
Denmark [32] [33] [34] [35]
Germany [36] [37] [38] [39] [40]
Germany [41] [42] [43]
Poland [44] [45] [46]
Netherlands [47]
United Kingdom [48] [49] [50]
Estonia [51] [52] [53]
Germany [54]
Norway [55] [56]
Poland [57]
United Kingdom [58]
United Kingdom
Germany [59]
United Kingdom [60] [61] [62]
Germany [63] [64] [65]
Germany [66] [67] [68] [69]
RochdaleUnited Kingdom[70]
Russia [71]
Germany [72] [73]
United Kingdom [74] [75]
Sweden [76] [77] [78] [79] [80] [81]
Germany [82] [83]
France [84] [85]
Norway [86] [87]
Poland [88]

See also

Notes and References

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