City size comparison

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Amsterdam is around the same size as Saint Petersburg.

Saint Petersburg is approximately 160 sq km, while Amsterdam is approximately 166 sq km, making Amsterdam 4% larger than Saint Petersburg.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Saint Petersburg vs. Amsterdam uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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