Flags / Starter pack

Europe

Ten flags from western, northern and southern Europe, including four vertical tricolours that are easy to mix up.

A round shows all ten in a new order, each with four names from this pack.

Practise with descriptions shows a written description of each flag before you answer, for learning by ear or with a screen reader. Those rounds are counted separately.

The ten flags

NetherlandsThree equal horizontal bands: red, white, then blue.
BelgiumThree vertical bands: black at the hoist, then yellow, then red. Officially almost square.
FranceThree equal vertical bands: blue at the hoist, white, then red.
GermanyThree equal horizontal bands: black, red, then gold.
ItalyThree equal vertical bands: green at the hoist, white, then red.
SpainRed, a double-width yellow band, then red, with a crowned coat of arms towards the hoist.
PortugalGreen at the hoist (about two fifths) and red, with a yellow armillary sphere and shield on the boundary.
United KingdomBlue field with a red upright cross edged in white over red and white diagonal crosses.
IrelandThree equal vertical bands: green at the hoist, white, then orange.
SwedenBlue field with a yellow cross whose upright is set towards the hoist.

Telling the look-alikes apart