What do the three x's on the Amsterdam flag represent?

From its three crosses ('XXX') to the colour orange, learn the story behind Amsterdam's most famous city symbols. ... The colours of the Dutch national flag are red, white and blue (a horizontal tricolour) so it may seem strange that the Dutch flaunt their national pride with the colour orange so vehemently. read more

Just in case you’re not familiar with the flag, let’s have a look. It has three horizontal stripes – red, black, red. read more

An “X” on a product represents a “danger”. This is the same for the Amsterdam flag. They are the three dangers that Amsterdam faced. The first one is fire, because of the fires we had in Amsterdam. The second is water, because Amsterdam lies bellow the water level and therefore needed to continously protect itself. read more