City size comparison

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Edinburgh is about 1.6 times bigger than Amsterdam.

Amsterdam is approximately 166 sq km, while Edinburgh (map shows its 30 named neighbourhoods; the area covers the whole city) is approximately 259 sq km, making Edinburgh 56% larger than Amsterdam.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Amsterdam vs. Edinburgh uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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