A double-sided flag has an opaque interlayer between its two sides. That means one flag can be on the front and a completely different one on the back, both sharp and neither of them mirrored. You put them side by side yourself in the design tool — a national flag from the library, your own file or a mix of both — in eight sizes from 60 × 40 cm to 450 × 300 cm, starting at €46.00.
There's a question some people keep being asked their whole lives. At birthday parties, at the hairdresser's, halfway through a job interview. “But where are you really from?”
The answer is almost always more complicated than the question. Born in Rotterdam, raised on the cooking of a grandmother in Ankara. A Dutch passport in the drawer, and a Moroccan one next to it. A father from Paramaribo, a mother from Winschoten. Two languages at the dinner table, sometimes tangled up in a single sentence.
From the outside, that looks like a choice. For the people living it, it never has been.
The moment it becomes visible
Most of the time you hardly notice it. You're simply who you are, and nobody asks for an explanation.
Until the day comes when something has to go up.
A wedding where one family comes from Enschede and the other from Izmir. The birth of a child who will soon be learning two national anthems. A national holiday that isn't on the local calendar, but starts weeks in advance in your home. Or simply a summer with a big tournament, when suddenly there are two shirts hanging in the wardrobe.
And then that question comes back, only now it's a very practical one. Which flag do you put up?
Pick one, and you automatically leave something else out. Hang two side by side, and suddenly there's a debate about which goes on the left and which on the right. Hang nothing at all, and you sell yourself short on a day that's meant to be celebrated.
Two sides, no compromise
A flag has always had two sides. It's just that the back usually shows exactly the same as the front, mirrored, and nobody gives it a second thought.
It doesn't have to be that way.
A double-sided flag has an opaque layer of fabric between the two sides, a black-out layer. That lets you print a completely different design on each side, without one showing through the other. The lion on one side, the crescent on the other. One flag facing the street, the other facing the garden. Both sharp, both easy to read, both the same size.
Not a fifty-fifty compromise, taking turns. Simply a hundred per cent, twice.
The fabric is 115 g/m² UV-resistant polyester and you choose from eight sizes: 60 × 40, 90 × 60, 120 × 80, 150 × 90, 150 × 100, 225 × 150, 300 × 200 and 450 × 300 cm. A double-sided flag with two designs of your own starts at €46.00. Only want to show one design? Then a single-sided flag from €30.00 will do: on that one, the print shows through to the back as a mirror image.
If this sounds familiar
These flags are for people who are tired of having to sum up who they are.
For the couple who want to see both families' flags flying in the garden on their wedding day. For parents who want their child to grow up knowing that being both is fine. For the club where half the members have a second home country. And, to be honest, also for that one neighbour who wants to show exactly where he stands during the Euros.
There's no minimum order: you can order just one. Need more, for a club or a whole street? The volume discount kicks in from the third flag and rises to 16 per cent at ten. On a facade beside an entrance, a double-sided kiosk flag from €49.95 does the same job, just in an upright format.
In the design tool on the product page, you choose what goes on each side. Two national flags from our library, your own design, or a combination of both. You upload your file and see straight away whether the resolution is high enough for the size you've chosen, and what the flag will look like, before you order anything.
In the end
A flag is only a piece of fabric on a pole. But it's also the first thing people see when they turn into your street, and the last thing you glance at before you pull the door shut behind you.
If you carry two stories inside you, there's no reason at all to put up just one of them.
Design your own double-sided flag
Choose a national flag from our library for each side, upload your own design, or combine the two. You see the result on your screen straight away, including a warning if your file is too small for the size you've chosen. Printed in Europe, ready in 3 to 4 working days; allow 5 to 7 working days in total until delivery. Shipping is free from €60, to every EU country.
