Coolest national flags

In My Humble Opinion
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We’ve got threads on the coolest U.S. state and U.S. city flags, so why not talk about cool national flags?

Of course I appeal not to your patriotism, but your sense of aesthetics. My picks:

United States - A classic; good colors, good symbolism, highly evocative.

United Kingdom - Ditto.

Antigua and Barbuda - Striking design.

Bahrain - Love that jagged line and visually-interesting asymmetry (ditto Qatar).

**Finland ** - Cool and elegant.

**Estonia ** - Usually tricolors are boring, but for some reason I’ve always liked the blue, black and white stripes of this flag.

What say you?

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Nepal, for thinking outside the box (sorry)

The Phillippines, for this bit of trivia: the flag shown in the link is correct for peacetime only. During times of war, the flag is meant to be flipped, and flown red-side-up.

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Surely many Americans would vote for Mozambique’s flag featuring the AK-47

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I’ve always been partial to Scotland. Simple and classy. Ireland too, for that matter; plus, I like the symbolism.

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I like Wales’s flag, but then, I like dragons.

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I quite like the Polish flag. It’s very solid and reassuring.

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I vote for Libya, for simplicity and uniqueness. Who else would think to have a one-color flag?

Of the flags with more than one color, I like Canada’s the best. Simple, elegant, and unique.

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St Lucia’s is kinda cool as well. Reminds me of a Star Trek emblem.

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Simplicity is key. I’m not a huge fan of the American flag because it’s so busy. Pretty colors, though…

Countries with no imagination who just line up some colors horizontally or vertically normally don’t get my vote, either, but somehow Austria’s flag appeals to me.

I like Canada’s flag, and Japan, and the Czech republic. Oh, and Switzerland. The Scandinavian flags, with the crosses, are good too.

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It is all these things. But do you know what they call it? “The nosebleed.”

I like Scotland’s too. Also Denmark’s. (They plaster their flag all over the place too. At Christmas they put strings of 'em on trees. Their tourist bureau logo is the flag in a heart shape, which is perfect.)

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The Canadian flag is known as the nosebleed? Where?

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I never heard of this expression either.

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I’ll second Wales; if you like dragons Bhutan is also cool. I also like Algeria; in fact, it may be my favorite national flag. (I like crescent designs and I think red, white, and green make an appealing color combination.) Japan has a classic simplicity to it; among flags that are probably too complicated for their own good, I think Kazakhstan is pretty. I also kind of like Kyrgyzstan.

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I like Iceland and Norway . Good balance of pleasant colours, strong, simple designs that aren’t too busy.

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Finland. Simple, noble, recognizable.

Also, I’ve always thought Saudi Arabia’s flag was kinda cool, for one of the too complicated designs. Pakistan’s is nice too.

For a neat flag with no religiosity, give me Greenland.

Canada’s is nice too.

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Two good ones are Cyprus , which contains a map of the country , and Lebanon which has a picture of a cedar tree.

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Well, not only for patriotic reason, I love the symbolism of the US flag. But it’s hard to completely objective, so take it for what it’s worth.

I, too, vote for St Andrew’s Cross. But then, I’m half Scot, so see above.

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Peru’s flag has a coat of arms that features a llama, a quinine tree and a cornucopia of gold coins – it’s all-singing, all-dancing all the time. I’ve formulated a theory that countries with animals on their flags tend to be less developed on balance and tend also to have more problems and violence. Sri Lanka, where I was for the last two years, not only has a lion, but a lion holding a [i[sword*. Go figure. And Bhutan has the whole dragon on rollerblades thing going, so that’s cool too.

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Neither have I.

I like our flag. Simple and yet unique, and very recognizable.

I’m also fond of Japan and Jamaica. Israel’s is very striking.

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I like Gibralter for being so hideous. Such forced symbolism yet ever so grandesque.