List of places known as 'the Venice of something'
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".