Amsterdam is like 150 kilometers of. The dot is nearer to Antwerp. When that wasnt it. I was trying to think of placenames staeting with an a in the Zealand province (couldnt think of one) never in a million years would I have thought typing Amsterdam. I know it starts with an "a" and is in the netherlands, but that's about it. For people that do not know where it is located that is enough. But if you do know where it is. You exclude it immediately. It would be like asking for new york and the dot beung at los angeles. Ny would cross your mind and you d think about places starting with "n" near the dot.
Å is it's own letter, just like Ø, Æ, Ð, Þ, etc.