Which Euro Country Has Ugliest Flag?

BossaNova · Post by **BossaNova** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 2:30 am

Fons wrote:After 57 votes no-one vote for Italy, is that really the most beautiful flag?

someone read that, and now it has one vote..

but that only means that's the less ugly, not the most beatifull

but I like it very much, it's very elegant, and really very italian...

I also like the tradicional Nordic design (Norway, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, England, Cornwall... any more?)

bn

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also Aland (maybe some more automonous regions...

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BossaNova · Post by **BossaNova** » Tue Jun 17, 2003 2:54 am

hmm also the Faroe islands..

someone knows the link between all these flags?

bn

ps: of corse Germany and France not included....

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 7:46 am

BossaNova wrote:someone knows the link between all these flags?

bn

ps: of corse Germany and France not included....

I think the Danish flag is the oldest flag in the world as it was used already in viking times. I'm pretty sure the Swedish flag is the second oldest flag of the Nordic countries; it was taken to use at latest in the 17th century. Finnish flag is one of the newest, I think it's from 1918.

There used to be many suggestions for the Finnish flag and in quite early stage they decided to use white and blue which symbolise snow, bright sky and the several lakes. The ended up to the cross shape for two reasons:

1. Because it symbolises the Christian religion. I don't know if that's the original idea of the cross shape used in other Nordic flags.

2. The other Nordic countries had cross-flags as well and Finland wanted to tell with it that we are a part of the same cultural area.

groentje · Post by **groentje** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 8:18 pm

I would prefer a poll were I could choose the nicest flag. I don't have a great dislike for any flag, personally... Austria I don't like to much, but I can't select it...

I would prefer Finland, I think, at least in the current EU. Or Sweden. Estonia or Lithuania I like, very much, Latvia less.

There are other flags that are similar, Chad and Romenia, or Monaco and Indonesia. The most Arab flags are indeed also very similar. And some of the flags in the Pacific are also very alike.

source: www.cia.gov

querty · Post by **querty** » Wed Sep 17, 2003 8:20 pm

Belgium second in the results.

Van Geel · Post by **Van Geel** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 7:38 am

http://www.theodora.com/flags/new11/flanders.gif

Van Geel · Post by **Van Geel** » Tue Dec 16, 2003 7:41 am

Van Geel wrote:http://www.theodora.com/flags/new11/flanders.gif

Here you can take a look at the Flemish flag. What do you think about that? The flag of my city (Ghent) is the same but the lion is white and the background is black.

Evert · Post by **Evert** » Wed Dec 17, 2003 3:04 pm

Yeah, why isn't Austria taking part to the poll??

Or Luxembourg

Hahah.. Well the blue in it is just a bit lighter they say, otherwise it is similar to the Dutch one.

I don't really like the Spanish flag for some reason :/

Gauss · Post by **Gauss** » Wed Dec 17, 2003 4:32 pm

Evert wrote:Yeah, why isn't Austria taking part to the poll?

Because every poll has at most ten options and the person who started it judged very correctly that there is no reason to propose that the Austrian flag were the ugliest in Europe.

nodisch18 · Post by **nodisch18** » Wed Dec 17, 2003 4:35 pm

Gauss wrote:
Evert wrote:Yeah, why isn't Austria taking part to the poll?
Because every poll has at most ten options and the person who started it judged very correctly that there is no reason to propose that the Austrian flag were the ugliest in Europe.

Benighted · Post by **Benighted** » Fri Jan 02, 2004 11:05 am

i don't like the german flag; why? don't know... maybe because i like the belgian flag

bios4 · Post by **bios4** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 6:05 pm

with the Austrian flag?

Why isn't it mentioned in this poll???

Greetz
bios4

groentje · Post by **groentje** » Tue Feb 10, 2004 6:13 pm

Someone asked this question already. It's because a poll has 10 possibilities maximum. Austria just fel out.

Tob-Imb · Post by **Tob-Imb** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 4:32 pm

so- you don't like the german flag, ya?

i think the belgiums have the same colors onlye the playce of the colors are different.
SO i think its not the flag you dont like- its the country!

so, i don't like the colurs in the irish flags. i don't like this kind of red and green.

Venga · Post by **Venga** » Thu Feb 12, 2004 5:28 pm

Tob-Imb wrote:so- you don't like the german flag, ya?

i think the belgiums have the same colors onlye the playce of the colors are different.
SO i think its not the flag you dont like- its the country!

Belgium is runner up with 11 votes now, so that makes clear it definitely has to do with the colours.

And admit, the black/yellow/red is not the most happy combination, right?

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