List of places known as 'the Venice of something'
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Many places have been described as the
Venice of the North,
Venice of the South,
Venice of the East or
Venice of the West, after
Venice in
Italy:
- North: Stockholm, Birmingham, Bruges, St Petersburg, Amsterdam, Giethoorn, Ottawa, Manchester, Hamburg.
- South: Zakynthos, Tarpon Springs, Florida, Sitangkai, Tawi-Tawi, Sete in France
- East: Bangkok, Udaipur in Madhya Pradesh, Alleppey in Kerala
- West: Nantes, Galway, San Antonio
- China: Suzhou
- Hong Kong: Tai O village
- Middle East: Basra (Iraq)
Also, the country name of
Venezuela means "little Venice".