Flag Day 2023 (Sopot)
11-Video from the Flag Day 2023.
Recorded on 8th October 2023. 146 Flags of different countries of the world were spread on the beach in Sopot with the banner in the centre saying: "We're different, like flags, but we're all equal".
We want to thank volunteers, embassies, counsels and all wonderful people who donated to us and participated in organising this event.
We hope to collect even more flags in the upcoming years!
We already have the following flags:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Columbia, Comoros, Congo Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Holy See, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kurdistan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Paraquay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Senegal, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia.
Ironing the flags - Krzysztof Czerwiński
Graphic visualisation of the arrangement of the flags on the beach:
Krzysztof Mazepa
Preparing the elements to securing the flags:
Irmina (string for marking lines on the beach)
Maciej & Krzysztof (wooden pegs for fixing the flags in the sand)
Our friends who laid flags on the beach in Sopot on 8 October 2023:
Agata, Ania Gutowska, Ania Młynarska, Asia & Daniel, Asia Rogacka, Basia, Bożena, Emila, Ewa, Filip, Franz & Monika & Joseph, Helenka, Jacek & Małgosia, Jerry, Jola, Krzysztof, Łukasz, Małgosia Maj, Marta & Michał, Mery, Mila, Wiesia
Co-ordinating arrangement of flags on the beach
Krzysztof Czerwiński / Ewa Kaian Kochanowska
Wording for the banner: „We’re different, like flags but we’re all equal”
Zachariasz Czerwiński
Banner production - Print House Dorota Kempka Gdańsk
Aerial pictures and video (from drone) - Marek Skoroś
Pictures and videos from phones:
Agata, Ania Gutowska, Asia & Daniel, Asia Rogacka, Basia, Bożena, Ewa, Filip, Jacek & Małgosia, Jerry, Krzysztof, Małgosia, Marta & Michał, Monika, Wiesia
Music composed by - Michał Krzemiński
Text - Kai Paulden
Introduction read by Kai Paulden
Editing - Michał Krzemiński & Pola Kamińska
Director - Michał Krzemiński & Pola Kamińska
Producer - Krzysztof Czerwiński
Special thanks to the owners of the 'Fiszteria' restaurant (by beach entrance no. 29 in Sopot) for providing our group with the premises for get-togethers.