City size comparison

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Amsterdam is about 1.3 times bigger than Vancouver.

Vancouver (map shows its 61 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 126 sq km, while Amsterdam is approximately 166 sq km, making Amsterdam 31% larger than Vancouver.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Vancouver vs. Amsterdam uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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