Venice of the North


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, such as the 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/TownCountryPhotoReferences
ÅlesundNorway
AmiensFrance
AmsterdamNetherlands
ArendalNorway
BambergGermany
BirminghamUnited Kingdom
Bourton-on-the-WaterUnited Kingdom
BrugesBelgium
Bulandet and VærlandetNorway
BydgoszczPoland
ColmarFrance
CorkIreland
CopenhagenDenmark
EmdenGermany
FriedrichstadtGermany
GdańskPoland
GiethoornNetherlands
Glasgow-MaryhillUnited Kingdom
HaapsaluEstonia
HamburgGermany
HenningsværNorway
KaliszPoland
LeedsUnited Kingdom
London-PaddingtonUnited Kingdom
LübeckGermany
ManchesterUnited Kingdom
PapenburgGermany
PassauGermany
RochdaleUnited Kingdom
Saint PetersburgRussia
SchwerinGermany
SkiptonUnited Kingdom
StockholmSweden
StralsundGermany
StrasbourgFrance
SvolværNorway
WrocławPoland