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Portland

Portland, the largest city in Maine, blends harbor, sea spray and brick facades into an understated flag that lets the sea tell the essential.

The flag of Portland

Portland lives facing the ocean: ferries, wooden docks, seafood restaurants, brick warehouses and morning mist sliding between the streets. It is the liveliest city in Maine, a historic port turned refuge for artists, travelers and dreamers.

Nothing spectacular, because what matters is elsewhere: in the light, the sea, the wind.

To walk through Portland is to cross a living postcard. The flag does not try to compete: it simply accompanies this oceanic identity.

Cultural Universe

Music, books, films and series that capture the soul of this city

🎵Music

  • The Decemberists albums
    The Decemberists
    Indie folk de Portland
  • Sleater-Kinney albums
    Sleater-Kinney
    Riot grrrl de Portland

📚Books

  • Sometimes a Great Notion(1964)
    Ken Kesey
    Oregon rural
  • Fugitives and Refugees(2003)
    Chuck Palahniuk
    Guide alternatif de Portland

🎬Films

  • My Own Private Idaho(1991)
    Gus Van Sant

📺Series

  • Portlandia(2011)
    Fred Armisen & Carrie Brownstein
    Satire de la culture hipster
  • Grimm(2011)
    Stephen Carpenter
    Fantasy urbaine

“A city tells its story as much through its flags as through its songs, novels, and screens.”

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