City size comparison

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Amsterdam is about 1.6 times bigger than Barcelona.

Barcelona is approximately 101 sq km, while Amsterdam is approximately 166 sq km, making Amsterdam 64% larger than Barcelona.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Barcelona vs. Amsterdam uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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