City size comparison

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Amsterdam is about 1.6 times smaller than Edinburgh.

Edinburgh (map shows its 30 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 259 sq km, while Amsterdam is approximately 166 sq km, making Amsterdam 64.0% the size of Edinburgh.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Edinburgh vs. Amsterdam uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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