Flag of the Netherlands
Three equal horizontal bands of red, white and blue, in 2:3 proportions.
What Does the Flag of Netherlands Mean?
It descends from the Prince’s Flag of orange, white and blue used by William of Orange in the 16th-century revolt against Spain. During the 17th century the orange gave way to red. Orange still appears as a pennant above the flag on royal occasions.
Main colours: redbluewhite
Flags That Look Like Netherlands’s
Luxembourg. Luxembourg has the same stripes with a lighter, sky blue, and it is longer (3:5).
Croatia. Croatia uses the same red, white and blue with a red and white chequered coat of arms in the centre.
Paraguay. Paraguay is red, white and blue with an emblem in the white band.
France. France has the same colours in vertical bands, in a different order: blue, white, red.
Key Facts About Netherlands
| Official name | Kingdom of the Netherlands |
|---|---|
| Capital | Amsterdam |
| Continent | Europe (Western Europe) |
| Land area | 41,850 km² — #131 of 195 |
| Languages | Dutch |
| Currency | Euro |
| Flag colours | red, blue, white |
| Flag proportions | 2:3 (height:width) |
| Flag adopted | February 19, 1937 (colours confirmed by royal decree; in use since the 1600s) |
| ISO 3166-1 codes | NL / NLD / 528 |
Which Countries Border Netherlands?
The Netherlands shares a land border with 2 countries:
Belgium — capital Brussels
Germany — capital Berlin
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Other Countries in Europe
AlbaniaTirana
AndorraAndorra la Vella
AustriaVienna
BelarusMinsk- BelgiumBrussels
Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo
BulgariaSofia- CroatiaZagreb
CyprusNicosia
CzechiaPrague
DenmarkCopenhagen
EstoniaTallinn
FinlandHelsinki- FranceParis
- GermanyBerlin
GreeceAthens
HungaryBudapest
IcelandReykjavik
IrelandDublin
ItalyRome
LatviaRiga
LiechtensteinVaduz
LithuaniaVilnius- LuxembourgLuxembourg
MaltaValletta
MoldovaChișinău
MonacoMonaco
MontenegroPodgorica
North MacedoniaSkopje
NorwayOslo
PolandWarsaw
PortugalLisbon
RomaniaBucharest
RussiaMoscow
San MarinoCity of San Marino
SerbiaBelgrade
SlovakiaBratislava
SloveniaLjubljana
SpainMadrid
SwedenStockholm
SwitzerlandBern
UkraineKyiv
United KingdomLondon
Vatican CityVatican City
Flag of Netherlands: FAQ
What does the flag of the Netherlands look like?
Three equal horizontal bands of red, white and blue, in 2:3 proportions.
What colours are on the flag of the Netherlands?
The main colours are red, blue, white.
When was the flag of the Netherlands adopted?
The current flag was adopted on February 19, 1937 (colours confirmed by royal decree; in use since the 1600s).
What is the capital of the Netherlands?
The capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam.
Which flags look like the flag of the Netherlands?
Luxembourg has the same stripes with a lighter, sky blue, and it is longer (3:5). Croatia uses the same red, white and blue with a red and white chequered coat of arms in the centre. Paraguay is red, white and blue with an emblem in the white band. France has the same colours in vertical bands, in a different order: blue, white, red.
Data Sources
Country names, capitals, area, languages, currencies and borders: the world-countries dataset (ODbL), based on ISO 3166-1 and ISO 4217. Flag image: public domain, via flagcdn.com. Flag colours and proportions are measured from the image.