City size comparison

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London is about 9 times bigger than Amsterdam.

Amsterdam is approximately 166 sq km, while London (including the 32 boroughs of greater London) is approximately 1,572 sq km, making London 848% larger than Amsterdam.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Amsterdam vs. London uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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