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Netherlands Flags – Dutch Flag, Holland Bunting & Amsterdam Flags
Netherlands flags for King’s Day, Liberation Day and the Oranje at every tournament. Fly the Dutch flag in 3x2, 5x3 or 8x5ft from a pole, string Holland bunting across a bar or dockside and hand out Netherlands hand flags at the fan park. The Amsterdam flag with its three crosses sits alongside in every format.
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Netherlands flags: the Dutch red, white and blue
The Dutch flag is three horizontal bands of red, white and cobalt blue, red uppermost, in a 2:3 proportion. It descends from the Prinsenvlag of orange, white and blue flown by the followers of William of Orange in the 1570s during the revolt against Spain; by the middle of the seventeenth century the orange band had become red, probably because orange dye faded so badly at sea, and a royal decree of 19 February 1937 fixed red, white and blue as the colours of the Kingdom. That makes the Netherlands flag one of the oldest tricolours in the world and the model for the Russian and many later ones. Our Netherlands flag is printed with the bright vermilion red and the deeper blue the Dutch specify, which is what stops it being taken for Luxembourg’s lighter sky-blue banner.
Orange is the colour of the House of Orange-Nassau rather than of the flag, which is why Dutch supporters wear it and why an orange pennant is flown above the national flag on royal birthdays. We cover the capital too: the Amsterdam flag of three white St Andrew’s crosses on a black band between two red ones comes in the same three sizes, as an Amsterdam DuraFlag, as bunting and as a table flag, with an Amsterdam leaf flag and a Netherlands smiley face flag for the fan zone.
King’s Day, Liberation Day and the Oranje
Koningsdag on 27 April, King Willem-Alexander’s birthday, turns Dutch pubs, expat clubs and the Netherlands societies of London, Cambridge and Manchester orange for a day, and Liberation Day on 5 May follows a week later with the national flag at full mast after the Remembrance of the Dead at half mast on the 4th. The Oranje at a European Championship or World Cup, the Dutch hockey and speed-skating teams and the Dutch bulb growers, bars and bike shops around Britain account for the rest of the year’s orders.
Which size Dutch flag?
Pick 5ft x 3ft for a garden telescopic pole, a shop front or a bar; 3ft x 2ft for a balcony, a canal boat or a classroom; and 8ft x 5ft for a club flagpole or the back of a King’s Day stage. Every size carries eyelets on a sewn header, and the DuraFlag grade can be finished with rope and toggle or clips.
Flagtex and DuraFlag
Flagtex is the everyday printed polyester, dyed through so the stripes show on both faces, and it is what most supporters and party organisers want. The Netherlands DuraFlag is for a flag that stays up: 150gsm knitted polyester, double-stitched hems, a reinforced header and inks that hold their red and blue through a British summer, in 3x2, 5x3 and 8x5ft with clips, plus a rope-and-toggle courtesy size for a boat.
Netherlands bunting
Netherlands bunting carries the Dutch tricolour on each pennant, printed on weatherproof polyester and sewn to a strong tape in rectangle or triangle cut, so it can run along a canal-side bar, a tulip-festival stand or a marquee for the whole of a King’s Day weekend. Amsterdam bunting matches it for a capital-city theme.
Hand flags, table flags and more
Netherlands hand flags on wooden sticks are sold singly and in packs for fan zones, school Dutch days and welcome parties at the airport. The Netherlands table flag with base is the pick for a desk, a consulate counter or a Dutch restaurant, the satin Netherlands table flag on a chrome base suits a meeting room, and the Netherlands wooden table flag is the small gift. A Netherlands coffin drape flag is available for funeral directors.
Holland or the Netherlands?
Holland is strictly the two western provinces of North and South Holland, but in Britain “Holland flag” and “Dutch flag” both mean the same red, white and blue, so whichever name you searched for, this is the flag. Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany, the neighbours it is most often confused with, are under world flags.
Dutch flag FAQs
What does the Netherlands flag look like?
Three horizontal stripes of equal depth: red at the top, white in the middle and blue at the bottom, on a flag two units high by three long.
What do the colours of the Dutch flag mean?
There is no official meaning. The flag grew out of the orange, white and blue livery of William of Orange, and red replaced orange during the seventeenth century because it was easier to dye and to see at sea.
Is the Holland flag the same as the Netherlands flag?
Yes. Holland is the name of two Dutch provinces, but the flag people mean by “Holland flag” is the national red, white and blue of the Netherlands.
How is the Dutch flag different from the Luxembourg flag?
Luxembourg uses a lighter sky blue and a longer 3:5 shape; the Dutch blue is a dark cobalt and the flag is 2:3. Side by side the difference is obvious, on its own it is easy to mix up.
Why do the Dutch wear orange if the flag is red, white and blue?
Orange is the colour of the royal House of Orange-Nassau, so it is the national sporting colour. On King’s Day and royal birthdays an orange pennant is flown above the tricolour.
What size Netherlands flag for a 20ft telescopic pole?
5ft x 3ft, which is what nearly every Dutch household in Britain buys. The 8ft x 5ft belongs on a fixed pole of 25ft or more.
When is the Dutch flag flown?
King’s Day on 27 April, Liberation Day on 5 May and at half mast on Remembrance of the Dead, 4 May, as well as on royal birthdays and during tournaments.