94 comments by 4 or more people

1. Lisa Cooper

   Germany

   22 May 2005, 21:28

2. I agree, but then I'm biased :-P

   On an aside note, though the German national anthem used to start "Deutschland, Deutschland über alles", the first two verses are now no longer sung; probably because "Germany, Germany above all" was no longer appropriate post-war.
   Nowadays only the third verse is sung which starts "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" (Unity, Law and Freedom). Thus it's now only called "Deutschlandlied".
   Just thought you might like to know ;-)

   22 May 2005, 23:26

3. Charles Bourne

   Absolutely – that led me to put "Song of the Germans" ("Lied der Deutschen") in brackets, but it should have been clearer. Of course, the tune, Austria, is by Joseph Haydn (Austro-Hungarian). A web page with information on the anthem tells me that the third verse tradition began, apparently, in 1952 after attempts to adopt a completely new anthem failed, and goes on "After Germany had become reunified on 3rd October 1990, Federal President Richard von Weizsaecker confirmed in a letter to Chancellor Helmut Kohl, dated 19th August 1991, that the third verse of Hoffmann von Fallersleben's Lied der Deutschen with Joseph Haydn's melody are the official national anthem of the reunified Germany."

   It certainly gets some (but not all!) of my votes.

   23 May 2005, 00:22

4. Casey Leaver

   I seem to remember from a recent football match that Azerbaijan has an amazingly long one (certainly memorable) – and that's almost Europe.

   (Obviously it's not us.)

   My personalvote would be with FRance, you can't beat the Marseillaise for sheer gut-wrenching gore!

   23 May 2005, 08:28

5. Well I'm biased as well, so I'm gonna go with Sweden =) Seems like many countries experienced a serious case of anti-nationalism; today, we only sing the first two verses of our national anthem publicly, and sometimes exclude the second as well (which includes "I want to die in the North"). We used to sing the last two when I was in the military as well, but they call for loyalty to the death, defending sweden's rights with "mind and hand" and to fight for the mother soil. Maybe not really that p.c….

   23 May 2005, 19:39

6. Seb

   I made a Webjay playlist out of it, in case anyone wants to listen to them all – link

   27 May 2005, 21:51

7. Charles Bourne

   Hey – that's absolutely brilliant – I'd never seen that facility before! ThanX!

   28 May 2005, 10:50

8. Murat Duman

   Turkish "Independence March

   10 Jun 2005, 15:45

9. Bob

   willhelmus/ La Marseillaise just can't deside

   12 Jun 2005, 09:59

10. Bob

    willhelmus/ La Marseillaise just can't deside

    12 Jun 2005, 09:59

11. Bernardo

    Old or new lyrics, the Russian hymn is just increadible! Give it a try, full volume on!

    23 Jun 2005, 11:27

12. S

    Portugal.

    It is a stirring example of what a patriotic and passionate anthem should be.

    01 Jul 2005, 17:01

13. Cikku

    Tghiduli xejn imma l-innu malti huwa l-isbah!
    No one can ever refuse. Innu Malti is the best!
    Patrijottiku Fil-bidu, u religjuz fl-ahhar. juri l- veru identita tal- poplu Malti, Patrijottizmu u Religjon
    Starting from being patriotic in the beginning an religious at the end, showing the true Identity of the Maltese Nation, Patriotism and Religion

    03 Jul 2005, 13:09

14. paul

    La Marseillaise wins hands down- (and I am Russian)

    05 Jul 2005, 23:40

15. paul

    and a few more words – the melody of the British anthem (God Save the King) is identical to the old Russian Molitva Russkogo Naroda (Russian Nation's Prayer, although the monarchist text also similar to god save the king) and is the same as the German anthem Heil Dir im Siegeskranz (or Kaiserhymne). The current German (Republican) anthem Deutschland, Deutschland über alles is sung to almost the same melody by Joseph Haydn as the Austrian anthem Gott erhalte, Gott beschütze, Unsern Kaiser, unser Land – or the Kaiserlied. But that's history.

    The French anthem is the best though but I guess I am just repeating myself.

    05 Jul 2005, 23:53

16. Glinthia Oddsson

    My favourite anthems:
    1. Germany (Austria-Hungary)
    2. Russia
    3. Finland/Estonia (Both with same melody)
    4. Iceland
    5. Slovenia

    German anthem is simple, perfect, melody by Joseph Haydn in Austria. But for lyrics, Austria-Hungarian lyrics is even better than the German one.

    Remember to sing the lyrics slower to obtain the "Kaiser feel"

    Russian anthem is another wonderful one. It shows what anthem should a supernation have. A bit communist-like.

    Finnish anthem is simple, but the melody is incredibly beautiful.

    Icelandic anthem is also very good one (I am Icelander)

    I dont like French anthem. It is too revoluntary and oppressive. It has slight feel of metal.

    12 Jul 2005, 10:29

17. bob

    Wow the Azerbeijan anthem is cool

    it was strange at first but after playing it a few
    times im hooked

    14 Jul 2005, 21:46

18. D. Benedict

    I would go for the Rumanian one. It really sounds coming out of their heart, inspires the listener to think of the long, powerful European history. Impressive.

    Cheers

    20 Jul 2005, 04:56

19. whycat

    I agree with you, Benedict.

    21 Jul 2005, 08:21

20. Katya

    I like the french one, but ukraine's is the best

    03 Aug 2005, 09:42

21. JP

    French, Italian, UK, Polish, and USA !

    03 Aug 2005, 19:15

22. JD

    Hi, I understand nations without state could not be listed here, but since my country, Catalonia, has one of the most beautiful anthems in Europe I felt like posting a link to a midi file: link
    Some info and translated lyrics here: link

    However, my absolute favourite is "The Flower of Scotland"

    04 Aug 2005, 00:54

23. JD

    About my post on the Catalan anthem above, you enjoy this mp3 full rendition: link

    05 Aug 2005, 00:43

24. Xavier

    Liberté chérie, tu vas bien au-delà des frontières embrassant tous les peuples de la Terre, mais c'est en France que tu naquis sous ta forme moderne il y a un peu plus de deux siècle et nulle autre hymne ne te rends mieux hommage !

    Dear Liberty, you don't know any borders and you embrace all the nation of the Earth ; but it's en France that you were born through your modern appearance over two centuries ago and no anthem celebrates you better than the frenche one !

    25 Aug 2005, 19:32

25. Hapsburg

    Wait, Catalonia is a country?
    I thought it was an autonomous region…wikipedia classifies it as such.
    However, I must say, Kaiserquartett gets my vote.

    27 Aug 2005, 01:08

26. G. Luca

    The match is hard.
    Really I think there are THREE winners with EQUAL impact..
    Soviet (because it is reallya the SOVIET anthem), German and French.

    Maybe it is bitter..but these anthem has been forged in the blood…and the music is exactly what I should expect from this kind of nation.
    They taste like a breath real expection….

    30 Aug 2005, 21:11

27. Vadim

    RF no doubt! I always loved the tune of the patriotic hymn and I am very glad that President Putin changed it back, with the new words of course. The other one was crap!

    04 Sep 2005, 16:38

28. norc

    These are the words to the Slovenian anthem:
    Žive naj vsi narodi
    ki hrepene dočakat' dan,
    da koder sonce hodi,
    prepir iz sveta bo pregnan,
    da rojak
    prost bo vsak,
    ne vrag, le sosed bo mejak!

    And english:
    God's blessing on all nations,
    Who long and work for that bright day,
    When o'er earth's habitations
    No war, no strife shall hold its sway;
    Who long to see
    That all men free
    No more shall foes, but neighbours be.

    NOTE:
    This is the 7^th verse of the 8-verse poem Zdravljica(A Toast) by Dr. France Prešeren
    For the full poem go to: link

    11 Sep 2005, 23:12

29. Joseph

    I enjoy Russia, Spain, Denmark, Albania, Germany and Poland.

    22 Sep 2005, 01:33

30. X

    Catalonia isn't a nation, is an Spanish autonomous region, and has flag and anthem as all other Spanish regions such as mine, Balearic islands…..some people likes science fiction:-P
    My favourits, Bulgaria, Turkey and Italy

    25 Sep 2005, 21:46

31. Lana

    WAW! Did you heard BULGARIAN? Oh, so great!!!

    27 Sep 2005, 17:48

32. Artuto Gonzaga

    hmmm the Mexican national anthem is the second best in the world. Second to the French Anthem. Mexicanos al grito de guerra!

    02 Feb 2006, 02:10

33. parmentier

    The best ones are

    Belarus
    Albania
    Ukraine
    Lettonie
    Pologne

    07 Feb 2006, 15:17

34. Amber

    I have know idea what I am doing!!

    07 Feb 2006, 22:56

35. Igor Kossich

    Montenegro
    Italia
    Slovenia
    Switzeland
    Poland

    Russian anthem here:http://russianhymn.narod.ru/

    11 Feb 2006, 14:46

36. Ludwig

    Realmente todos los himnos nacionales de europa son especiales , solo imagino un dia en que todos los coros nacionales europeos se unan a cantar cada uno de los himnos al mismo tiempo en un stadium o algo asi y que no podamos distiguir a nin guno de los perticipantes por una bandera sino que digamos que Coro tan espectacular , se saben el himno de todos los paises europeos y lo cantan con la mejor voz , la voz de una europa donde cad uno vale por lo que es loq ue fue y lo que sera ,el heredero de una de las mas bellas regiones del mundo VIVA EUROPA Y TODOS LOS QUE EN ELLA HABITAN

    20 Feb 2006, 18:51

37. Jonathan

    The best one is surely the French one "La Marseillaise"

    14 Mar 2006, 19:25

38. wolfsburg

    The UK anthem is crap but had u included, England, Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland instead of just the UK then Wales would have been my favourite on this poll.

    Anyway in my opinion Germany

    21 Mar 2006, 20:23

39. Johnny

    Germany
    Russia
    Bulgaria
    Croatia
    France
    Finland
    Hungary
    Slovenia
    Italy
    Spain
    Netherlands

    etc…

    30 Mar 2006, 22:58

40. robert

    malta no.1

    28 Apr 2006, 06:28

41. a paddy

    Ireland FTW!

    29 Apr 2006, 04:43

42. Mieke

    I'd have to say…Germany. Even though I live in the US,I am still a proud German girl

    08 May 2006, 06:25

43. jovana

    Montenegrin one is the best!

    10 May 2006, 02:13

44. Robert

    Catalonia is a Nation. An opressed Nation by Spain and France.

    13 May 2006, 00:53

45. Chini

    Hey find ich ja cool das unsere Hymne hier zu den beliebtesten gehört. :–)

    Ich persönlich mag
    Montenegro
    Turkei
    Bulgarien

    14 May 2006, 20:55

46. test user 9390-a

    1 Russia (sung in male chorus, as it should be)
    2 Germany (brings a tear to the eye..)
    3 Romania (majestic, beautiful tune)
    4 France (too bloody long, yet awe inspiring emotion)

    17 May 2006, 21:48

47. Annonymus

    Germany
    Portugal
    Spain
    France
    Poland

    26 May 2006, 19:09

48. Thornton Shepherd

    I like the songs as follows:

    Russian Federation (Grander than all others)
    United Kingdom (More regal than all others)
    Estonia/Finland (not sure why but the tune is cool)
    Greece (More cheerful than all others)
    Albania (another cool tune)
    Italy (multi–mooded)
    Germany (unfortunately the tune raises bad images)

    28 May 2006, 01:03

49. Independent the Serb Republic

    The national anthem of the Serb Republic and Serbia is by far the best one, then the French "La Marseillaise". The worst ones are "bosnian" (Bosnia is historically Serbian/Chetnik land), Croatian and Albanian.

    CCCC

    29 May 2006, 02:01

50. BAJ

    Sheesh, what's with the over–patriotic crap. Everyone is proud of their country, thats great, but can't we have an objective opinion every now and then?

    I like Germany's, it sounds melodic and emotional. Sweden is only iincluded as a midi which is unfortunate as the real thing is quite good.
    French is exactly what you'd expect from France, and so is the Russian. Both quite good.

    I'm American and I think our anthem is okay as well. I also like the Meican anthem.

    29 May 2006, 22:36

51. Serb from The Independent Serb Republic

    the national anthem of the Serb Republic and Serbia are by far the best ones

    30 May 2006, 00:50

52. Lujnek

    hey lemme tell ya, the best is the russian national anthem. Regardless of the motive of the song, it has the best melody n all. esp when the red army choir sings the song. it feels as though the workers gathered together and sang the song.

    23 Jun 2006, 17:25

53. Treee

    Russia has the greatest national song ever! I have to give a shout out to the former national anthem of Bosnia "Jedna si Jedina". It was great. And it was replaced by some stinking version with no words. tragic! Look it up and then agree with me!

    28 Jun 2006, 08:24

54. gorazd

    Alovenian – its a toast…! Who could ask for more?

    04 Jul 2006, 19:49

55. ironMask2

    for sure that:
    1) Italia
    2) Czech
    3) France

    05 Jul 2006, 10:51

56. Union Soviet

    i am Russian. i give russian and USSR anthem.

    e mail: ttcccptt@mail.ru

    14 Jul 2006, 23:58

57. Mr.Norway1

    The new from Montenegro is beautiful and has a sense of grandeur in it. Japan, Canada, Netherlands/Holland, Sweden, Russia and both the 2 of Denmark are fine anthems as well.
    I also like the U.S.anthem and the U.K./G.B.is quite alright.

    I´m norwegian but of the norwegian anthems I prefer two older ones, that have been official anthems in the 1800s. A simple version of them are here: link

    In the north of Europa and northwest Russia, there´s a former nomad people called sámi (in french "les lapons"). Their anthem is fine and can be heard here: (their language is not scandinavian but vaguely related to finnish, but with slavic–like pronounciation)

    link (bottom of page beside "Norway")

    26 Jul 2006, 18:59

58. restonite55

    As a fan of Formula One auto racing, I hear the German, French, and Italian national anthems frequently. I've always thought the best of the many anthems is "La Marseillaise." The Berlioz version is outstanding, as are the recordings by Mireille Mathieu and Milva. While the anthems of Germany and Italy, and probably a number of others, are quite nice to listen to, for me "La Marseillaise" packs the most emotional punch.

    30 Aug 2006, 04:12

59. s.i.

    Russia
    Grecce
    Germany
    United Kingdom

    09 Sep 2006, 17:06

60. john

    Hi,

    I personally like the anthem of Wales very much.
    The anthem of Germany, Czech Republik, Poland, France, Italy, Albania, Spain, Scotland, Denmark (Kong Kristian) and Russia are also great.
    Besides this, I like the European anthem very much (lyrics by Friedrich Schiller, melody by Ludwig van Beethoven) – actually it is the final chorus of Beethoven´s 9th Symphony.

    Sorry that I cannot deceide for only one anthem ;-)

    07 Oct 2006, 06:45

61. nick-name

    my favourites are ;

    1) turkey
    2) bulgaria
    3) italy
    4) azerbaijan
    5) czech

    23 Dec 2006, 10:19

62. Anthems

    The Ukrainian and Russian Anthems build up fantastically, The Serbian Anthem starts with a wonderful tension, the German and French Anthems are brilliant but slightly over familiar, The Portugese Anthem has a great variance in mood, the Croatian Anthem is wonderfully idiosyncratic, the Greek Anthem has a very ethnographic feel and i’ve always loved the opening of the Irish Anthem (I’ve never liked the simplicity of the English Anthem, even though I’m English myself) But my favourite would have to be the sustained melodic power and quiet confidence of the Dutch Anthem, Wilhelmus.

    04 Jan 2007, 01:13

63. rot

    hey guys i like most of the songs, and if i have to choose some, that would be :
    1. iceland
    2. norway (because i like the country)
    3. austria
    4. netherlands
    5. great britain
    jeg er fra kina og there is really a good place to download the mp3 file:
    http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3502&Itemid=131
    on the website of european athletic organization

    05 Jan 2007, 06:22

64. Igor Kossich

    I was astonished with words and music of Welsh Anthem and made at once a Russian version of them, as well as of Brittany’s which follows Welsh Anthem both in tune and poetry. Enjoy everybody:
    http://russianhymn.narod.ru/wales/wales.html
    http://russianhymn.narod.ru/wales/bretagne.html

    11 Jan 2007, 09:09

65. korte

    1-10:Hungary

    17 Jan 2007, 21:38

66. Freed Blade

    Serbia & France

    29 Jan 2007, 11:02

67. hank

    1.Bulgaria
    2.Russia
    3.France

    07 Feb 2007, 21:20

68. hank

    The best anthem:
    THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER!!!

    07 Feb 2007, 21:27

69. jj

    The most beautiful anthem ever is the National Anthem of Israel

    07 Feb 2007, 21:40

70. Giuseppe

    Hi, it’s very difficult to select an absolute no.1, there are very nice or powerful anthems like the russian, ucrainian, bulgarian, romanian,french, german etc. and naturlement Italia
    But my favourites are 1 Russia / CCCP (I remember the movie of Rocky IV), 2 Italia (the Final of 2006), 3 Ucraine, ...........10 Germany, .........20 France (Zizou ! ... Go home)

    17 Feb 2007, 02:17

71. leonardo

    germany anthem is absolutely the best

    then russian and italian

    25 Feb 2007, 01:31

72. Alun

    well you guys need to listen to the welsh national anthem first then decide afterwards on selection

    25 Feb 2007, 19:36

73. Greger

    1. Russia (if you get the Red Army Choir verision – you can’t beat that)

    But I must say that nations with “less power – more feeling” are ranked high in my mind. What’s with a song that makes you go to war for you nation? when you can have a melancholic melody that makes you wanna die for your nation. (examples for this is: Israel, Sweden… )

    And for the notice: I just can’t see why people are so worked up about “La Marseillaise” which in my opinion is probably the most overrated anthem of all… perhaps together with USA’s “The Star Spangled Banner”...

    Also The European Unions “Ode to Joy” is clearly a masterpiece, but it could be argued as cheating, since it was a awsome tune for over 300 years before it was adopted.

    06 Mar 2007, 12:02

74. Vudy

    Slovenia, Russia and Italy are the best.

    20 Mar 2007, 22:11

75. austrian

    germany
    italy
    france

    best hymn though not european is the New Zealand anthem

    12 Apr 2007, 22:27

76. Godwin

    i think isreal and french are the best in da world
    specialialy the french.
    Isreal one strike me too

    13 Apr 2007, 13:03

77. Adam Jones

    I am not happy with the selection of the Uk. As as you’ve guessed I’m from Wales and we are a proud country and we deserve to be represented! Our anthem in may oppinions is the Best Anthem in the world. It actually belongs to the people unlike god save the queen which talks about some stupid bitch who sits on a throne! I am welsh and proud and role on Independence so that we can be a free country once again! Cymru AM BYth

    MAE HEN WLAD FY NHADAU YN ANNWYL I MI

    19 Apr 2007, 22:34

78. Igor Kossich

    I think one should appreciate those both in best arrangements before a final verdict
    French
    http://russianhymn.narod.ru/france/marseillaise.html
    Italian
    http://russianhymn.narod.ru/italy/italy.html
    and also my Russian version for texts.

    30 Apr 2007, 09:15

79. Marc

    I’d have to give the top spot to the German hymn. Then Russia. Maybe the UK in the third place if it wasn’t for the lyrics? On second thoughts, perhaps better the Marseillaise then

    20 May 2007, 03:26

80. Andreas

    The national anthem of Germany is the nicest.

    27 May 2007, 15:16

81. Igor Kossich

    Also, please, pay your attention to the Montenegro anthem
    http://russianhymn.narod.ru/slavs/montenegro/montenegro.html

    30 May 2007, 11:09

82. Marosy

    In my opinion the Hungarian anthem is the most peaceful and it is the best.

    15 Jun 2007, 20:45

83. Rodrigo

    The Romanian hymn is, by far, the most beautiful in the world.
    My ranking, from first to tenth would be:

    1-Romania
    2-Russia
    3-Portugal
    4-Italy
    5-Bulgaria
    6-France
    7-Greece
    8-Germany
    9-Albania
    10-UK

    01 Jul 2007, 02:00

84. ye-chan

    Russia by far the best anthem ever! (btw. I am not Russian)

    03 Jul 2007, 18:52

85. David

    I would have given some votes to the Welsh anthem but as Adam Jones cannot vote for his choice without insulting HM the Queen I will give all my votes to the National anthem of the UK, but in the version favoured by the Russians before they had their own Anthem.
    The last few bars are repeated. Also not in the bang bash version played by some military bands.

    07 Jul 2007, 16:15

86. Rui

    France, Germany, and Russia, in alphabetical order, are the absolute classics. Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, and a few more, also have very good hymns, but if we have to choose the greatest, the definite anthem, for me only two qualify: Germany and Russia. Both are beautiful, larger-than-life, and bring us images of grandness, passion, and glory, whether we understand their language or not, and like the countries in question, or not.

    Both are faithful to two great nations, that shaped our world as few others did, with centuries of great minds (writers, philosophers, composers), great suffering, and great glory. This is what anthems are all about. Its hard to choose between them: the russian is more heroic, even epic, the german is more tranquil, maybe the perfect hymn, in part due to Haydn’s beautiful melody.

    When listening to the russian anthem, our mind drifts between the “great motherland”, the very soul of Russia and the russian people, with memories of Czars, Lenin and the revolution, the iron will of a few dictators – and the suffering of so many, the largest country in the world, and the aesthetics that is so peculiar to them, which is reflected in their anthem. Its majestic and beautiful, and at the same time, (that “russian soul” ever present), unsettling and haunting.

    When listening to the german anthem, we think of beauty, grandeur, and pride: the pride of a nation with so many landmarks and achievements, that it would be impossible to think of history, without Germany. Even forgetting the great wars, it would always be incomplete. The german anthem carries us away to a perfect world, where there are no wars, no Kaisers and no Hitlers, where “Deutschland, Deutschland über alles…” is but a magnificent melody, taking us along, with what is best in us: honor, loyalty, friendship, and pride. All these things seem so vague and obscure, in our times, and yet, in these few minutes they seem so clear and tangible.

    All things considered, if I had to pick a winner, it would be Germany. Its all that a anthem should be, and more. But most important, be it german, russian, french or romanian, its great to listen to them all, and remember the history, culture, and grandness of Europe, which unites us all, and should make us all, europeans, very proud.

    08 Jul 2007, 09:55

87. eugeny1988

    Hi! My favourite anthems are Russia (I like our anthem!), Germany, La Marseillaise and GB because it’s classic. Excuse me for my bad English

    09 Jul 2007, 20:41

88. C Grayling

    Rui: nice fantasy sarcasm...you are either a. incredibly stupid and insensitive or b. a Nick Griffin follower.

    For me, Marseillaise wins – love the melody. Did anyone see the Father Ted episode when he would stand up when it was played? Ha.

    I find Hatikvah somewhat depressing – doesn’t suit the name, it doesn’t feel hopeful.

    Montenegro one is also so depressing…and again the title is quite wrong…May? It sounded like a stormy November evening.

    Russian one is just scary.

    Like the Italian one…trust the Italians to have something so pretty and un-militaristic.

    Also quite like Slovenian one.

    Spanish one I feel I might like if I heard it properly…but the MP3 link didn’t work…sounded like the theme tune to a bad soap to me! maybe just the damn MIDI though.

    Belgian one I quite like, lively.

    Malta one is not bad either.

    Like Netherlands one, calm and un-militaristic.

    Most of the others kind of sound the same to me. Pomp and, er, pomp.

    Neither UK nor Irish ones (and I am from both nations, since I have one parent from each) do much for me, sadly. (Although the official Irish national anthem is in fact Danny Boy, and every Irish person knows this ; – ) )

    By the way, where is the EU anthem, Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, in this? I adore it.

    29 Jul 2007, 00:53

89. Rui

    C Grayling: you are american, right? Although you say that you “are from both nations” (=England and Ireland), you sound like a true american (=USA). Whether this is true or not, do consider it as an insult. I dont just call people “american”, without a reason.

    You seem to judge each national anthem, according to the TV shows you watch, and to your own “un-militaristic” view, of what a hymn should be. However, each nation above, has its own history of blood, suffering, and – yes – military accomplishments. I hate to break this to you, but real life is NOT like a TV show. A nation’s anthem, isnt just some “cool song” that you can relate to.

    Dont take me wrong – I also dont take this “euro-song contest” too seriously, nor am I trying to make it too serious. I just cant understand your whining and american-like ideas, about russia being “just scary”, etc. Maybe you’re a frightened teen, or gay, or both: a frightened gay teen? If so, everything is clear now, and I’m sorry to bother you.

    Where IS that “EU anthem, Beethoven’s Ode to Joy”? So beautiful, and “un-militaristic”! What a shame.

    29 Jul 2007, 10:20

90. Romario

    The best ones are:
    Ukraine;
    Poland;
    Romania;
    Russia

    19 Aug 2007, 17:55

91. pavelo

    polish, russian, american and japan anthems are the best.

    30 Aug 2007, 15:05

92. cymru

    why isn’t Wales there ????

    09 Sep 2007, 16:48

93. curayber

    serbian, french, italian, montenegrin

    08 Nov 2007, 11:21

94. Lucas Tadeo

    Polish one is the better. It makes you feel like start singing as well “Marz, Marz Dabrowski!!” (whoever he was). Extremely movin. Much more than the, I agree, overdone Marseillaise.

    The Russian one (male chorus a capella) is as good as the polish one.

    My own country (Spain) has a not very beautiful anthem (be it the Republican or the current Marcha Real. Both are rather greyish). In fact I don’t like any one of them (the only beautiful one is the Valencia hymn).

    The Italian is rather nice as well. It has a rather happy feeling inside.

    The German, Portuguese, British… I don’t like them. Correct as anthems, but I don’t see notihing special

    25 Nov 2007, 21:44

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