About the Europe flag quiz
Europe packs dozens of flags into a small space, and many of them share a design. Tricolours dominate: France, Italy, Belgium, Ireland, Germany, Romania and more use three bands, so the order and shade of the colours is everything.
The other big family is the Nordic cross. Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland all use an off-centre cross, and only the colours tell them apart. Learn those two families and most of Europe falls into place.
Quick tips
- Tell Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Serbia apart by their coats of arms and stripe order.
- Luxembourg's bottom stripe is a lighter blue than the Netherlands'.
- Small states like San Marino, Liechtenstein, Andorra and Vatican City are worth a second look.
Want to study first? Every flag is on our European flags page, with names, capitals and what each design means.
How to play
- Choose your difficulty. Easy gives you four answers, Hard asks you to type the country (with suggestions) and Expert takes the suggestions away.
- Pick how many questions you want: a quick round of 10, or all 45 flags. Turn on the timer if you want to race the clock.
- Answer each flag. Get it wrong and we'll show you the right answer and its capital, so you learn as you play.
- At the end, review the flags you missed and practise them until they stick.
Want a different challenge? Switch the mode to Find the flag: we show you a country's name and you pick its flag from four options.
Flags people mix up in this quiz
Chad and Romania are near-identical blue, yellow and red vertical tricolours; Chad's blue is a darker indigo. Andorra and Moldova use the same colours but add a coat of arms in the centre.
Indonesia and Monaco are both red over white. Only the shape differs: Indonesia's flag is 2:3, Monaco's is 4:5. Poland reverses the order, with white on top.
Ireland is green, white, orange from the flagpole side. Ivory Coast is the mirror image: orange, white, green. Italy swaps the orange for red.
The Netherlands and Luxembourg are red, white and blue stripes; Luxembourg's bottom stripe is a lighter sky blue. Croatia adds a red-and-white chequered shield, and Paraguay adds a round seal.
See every pair in our guide to flags that look alike.
All 45 countries in this quiz
Albania
Andorra
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Moldova
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
North Macedonia
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Vatican City