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My ex from Norway mentioned how unusual it was that so many places and people here fly our flag (USA), so I was curious to hear what it's like for others here on the fediverse.

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[โ€“] resurge@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pretty funny that coming from a Norwegian because they still have the flag out many places in my opinion :)
It's actually one of the things that stuck out the most after I had moved there.
Especially at "hytter" (vacation cabins) I think the majority has a flag out.
Same for national day, you'll see a bunch of flags.

Compare that to Belgium, where I'm from. Even on national day it's a rare sight to see a flag.
And it's only very fanatic people that will actually wave it around on the street.

The moment you'll see most flags out is probably during the world cup.

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[โ€“] olorin99@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In Australia there are flags at government buildings and very rarely do I see any in personal homes.

[โ€“] dogmuffins@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah. I'm in regional Australia, I'm guessing but maybe 1 in 500 homes have flags outside. I don't really know but I always assume they're "fuck off we're full" types.

[โ€“] KrimsonBun@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

In Spain it's extremely common to hang the flag on your balcony, especially since the pandemic. It's also quite common to see younger people wearing bracelets of the spanish flag. I'm not really a fan of it but most people don't do it for political reasons, it's just nornalized, so I can't really blame them.

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[โ€“] Tangentism@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

UK here. A UK flag is only flown from govt buildings unless it's some royal event or football but then it's usually the individual national flag such as England, Scotland, Wales, etc

The union flag & the St George cross (Englands flag) were co-opted by the far right in the 70s so flying one outside of the occasions named above had other people mark you as a bit of a nationalist & to be weary of you.

[โ€“] KevinKraft@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

Northern Ireland is also part of UK. When I lived in the UK people would always ask me about northern Ireland because I'm Irish. My response: "It's your country mate, not mine"

[โ€“] snota@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

In the UK it's very unusual unless it's football or royal related. The union flag, the Welsh flag and the Scottish flag are ok most of the time but the England flag is seen as being a bit racist.

[โ€“] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I see people with their county flag outside quite a bit out in the sticks

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