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)