Amsterdam

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Amsterdam

Netherlands

Amsterdam is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands. As of 1 January 2026, it had a population of 941,873 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area. Located in the Dutch province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", for its large number of canals, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Country: Netherlands
Population: 1,031,000
Latitude: 52.35° N
Longitude: 4.91° E

Which way is Amsterdam from…

From Paris, Amsterdam lies at 24° to the north-east, 429 km as the crow flies.

Paris	24° north-east	429 km
London	73° east	358 km
New York	49° north-east	5,865 km
Madrid	23° north-east	1,480 km
Rome	336° north-west	1,294 km
Montreal	52° north-east	5,498 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	332° north-west	9,494 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

As the crow flies, Amsterdam is just 358 km from London, east, at 73°. From New York, a flat map misleads you: it says 78°, east; the compass says 49°, north-east. To place it, remember that it shares the latitude of Berlin and Warsaw, and that Brussels is 173 km to the south.