The World’s Ten Worst Flags

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Here at Yard Flags, we deal with flags day -in and day-out. Over the years, we’ve seen thousands. A few weeks ago we pointed out the coolest flags of all. We uncovered bears with axes, a head with three legs and even a golden volleyball.

Today, its time for the flipside. Time to find the ten worst flag designs from across the world. Ten flags so strikingly bad in color and design that you might need your sunglasses on to view them. You have been warned…


10 ) Someone from Fryslan in the Netherlands must love Frogger. Or Chinese fortune cookies. Either way, they make flag odd and ugly enough to slip onto the list.

http://yardflags.us/blog/images/worstflags/Fryslan.jpg

9 ) What better way to celebrate than by raising a flag that shows someone chopping off their own arm? This odd piece of came from Captain Phillip Dimmitt during the years of revolution in Texas.

http://yardflags.us/blog/images/worstflags/dimmitsarmflg.gif

8 ) The hoe and the book in Mozambique’s flag exemplify the best characteristics a nation wants in its people. But, an AK-47?!?

http://yardflags.us/blog/images/worstflags/mozambique-flag.gif

7 ) Durban in South Africa must be proud of their town hall, but I doubt they’re so proud of this flag. Is that a strange hat, a midde finger, or something worse?

http://yardflags.us/blog/images/worstflags/durban.png

6 ) Why have one flag when you can have four? Most of Sydney’s flag is unintelligible to people without 20/20 vision. Other places to make the same mistake are Detroit and Georgia.

http://yardflags.us/blog/images/worstflags/sydneyflag.jpg

5 ) For some reason, North-Central Europe is a hotbed of terrible design. Witness Brussels which manages to mangle the beautiful lily into something that looks like an evil turnip.

http://yardflags.us/blog/images/worstflags/brussels.png

4 ) Some colors just don’t work in combination. Sports teams understand this, almost always choosing blues, reds, whites and greys. Baltimore doesn’t get it. What’s worse is that this yellow/black mix can be seen in flags across Maryland.

http://yardflags.us/blog/images/worstflags/Baltimore.gif

3 ) Lombardy in Italy must have invented the game of Jacks. Mustn’t it? Not much else can explain this flag that is simple to point of boredom, but still includes a slightly nauseous shade of green.

http://yardflags.us/blog/images/worstflags/splodge.gif

2 ) Many of the flags in our Top 10 list had cool animals such as dragons and bears. St Petersburg, Florida decided not only to use a badly drawn pelican but to place it over the top of a five-color clashing background.

http://yardflags.us/blog/images/worstflags/us-fl-sp.gif

1 ) The worst flag in the world comes from the Antwerp in Belgium. Its a chess set on acid. What more do you want?

http://yardflags.us/blog/images/worstflags/antwerp.png