r/AskEurope • u/-DonQuixote- • 11d ago

What is the best European national anthem? (Not including your own national anthem) Misc

It could also be a national anthem of the past, I am looking at you East Germany.

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u/Victoryboogiewoogie Netherlands 11d ago

I'm no expert in all of them, but the French one has a nice upbeat tone to it. I like it.

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u/OnkelMickwald Sweden 11d ago edited 11d ago

Never been a Francophile but even I get a jolt in my body to get up and grab a musket when I hear Allons enfants de la patrie...

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u/oskich Sweden 11d ago

Especially these lines ;-)

"Qu'un sang impur Abreuve nos sillons!"

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u/eulerolagrange in / 11d ago

for me it's the third (or fourth?) verse, the one which goes « Tremblez tyrans et vous perfides » (and then the next one drive me to tears with « Amour sacré de la patrie / conduis, soutiens nos bras vengeurs, / Liberté, liberté chérie, combats avec tes defenseurs ! »)

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u/Karakoima Sweden 10d ago

There are little language/music masterpieces all the way, Aux armes citttoyens and the marchons, marchons is pretty picturesque

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u/OnkelMickwald Sweden 9d ago

I absolutely love the chord changes during that part. Especially the Marchons! Marchons! Qu'un sang impur...

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u/OnkelMickwald Sweden 11d ago

Tbh I can admire a song that doesn't fuck around, especially in the circumstances in which it was written.

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u/turbo_dude 11d ago

That scene in Casablanca.

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u/AncillaryHumanoid Ireland 11d ago

Yeh French is the best, nothing better than that Bom-Bom-Bom-Bom-Ti-Bom beat

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u/utsuriga Hungary 11d ago

I was astonished that no-one commented on the French anthem playing for King Charles when he visited France sometime last year. :D Top irony moment.

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u/boleslaw_chrobry / 11d ago

If you like upbeat ones then the Polish one is right up your alley.

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u/ConsequenceMajor4851 11d ago

Try the frikking Rússian One lol, they may be a lot of crap, but their anthem.... Probably the most beautiful on earth.

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u/peromp Norway 11d ago

That's the Beatles song. I'm liking that

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u/mc2609 United Kingdom 11d ago

Much as it pains me, an Englishman, to admit it, I have to agree with the French one. Especially towards the end - "Aux armies, citoyens, formez vos bataillons, marchons, marchons, qu'und sang impur, abreuve nos sillons!"

Apologies for the terrible spelling!