City size comparison

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Amsterdam is about 1.9 times bigger than Zurich.

Zurich is approximately 88 sq km, while Amsterdam is approximately 166 sq km, making Amsterdam 89% larger than Zurich.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Zurich vs. Amsterdam uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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