Landmarks around the world turn green for St Patrick’s Day

In celebration of Ireland's global relationships and St Patrick’s day itself, landmarks and iconic sites around the world will be bathed in a green hue this St Patrick’s day as part of ‘The Tourism Ireland Global Greening initiative’.

London Eye, London, UK

Credit: Terry Rees

Trinity College London, London, UK

Credit: Keith McGovern

Selfridges, Birmingham, UK

Credit: Elliott Brown

Allianz Arena

Credit: Justo Lapiedra

Chicargo River, Chicargo, USA

Credit: Jamie McCaffrey

Empire State Building, New York, USA

Credit: Tsaiproject

Reunion Tower, Dallas, USA

Credit: Adrian Valenzuela

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Credit: Kelvin Boyes / Press Eye

Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness pictured with Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro Dom Orani Joao Tempesta at the 'global greening' event at Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro

List of Tourism Ireland Global Greenings

First time Greenings marked with an asterisk

Great Britain

• London Eye

• Clyde Auditorium, affectionately known as the ‘Armadillo’ (SECC), Glasgow

• The SSE Hydro, Glasgow *

• Manchester Town Hall

United States

• Niagara Falls (on both the Canadian and US sides)

• ‘Welcome’ sign, Las Vegas Empire State Building

• Empire State Building New York

• City Hall San Francisco

• Chicago River

• Chicago MYSTERY GREENING on 17 March *

• Chicago "Taking it to the Streets" on 10 March Congress Parkway *

• State Street *

• Chicago "Tall Buildings and Chicago Icons" on 11 March

• 311 South Wacker Drive "White Castle Building" (65-storey skyscraper) *

• Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower *

• Chicago Board of Trade *

• Millennium Park /Jay Pritzker Pavilion *

• Soldier Field stadium (home to the famous Chicago Bears team) *

• Trump International Hotel & Tower *

• Wrigley Building *

• Chicago "Eating Green Around the City" on 12 March *

• Chicago "Broadway in Chicago Goes Green" on 13 March

• Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University *

• Bank of America Theatre *

• Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place *

• Cadillac Palace Theatre *

• Oriental Theatre *

• Chicago "Northside Goes Green" on 14 March State Bank of Countryside *

• Four iconic buildings in Philadelphia including Cira Center (29-storey skyscraper in west Philadelphia)

• One Liberty Place (61-storey skyscraper) and Two Liberty Place (58-storey skyscraper)

• BNY Mellon Center (54-storey skyscraper)

Canada

• Whistler, Canada’s premier ski destination in British Columbia

• City Hall Toronto

• Cabot Tower on Signal Hill

• St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador *

• Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa

Austria

• Burgtheater (City Hall), Vienna

• Kaprun Castle, Zell-am-See region *

• Skiwelt Söll (ski resort) *

Belgium

• Manneken Pis statue, Belgium ("dressed" in Irish costume)

Czech Republic

• Petrín Lookout Tower, Prague *

• City Hall Viewing Tower, Ostrava *

France

• Sleeping Beauty’s castle at Disneyland® Paris *

Germany

• TV tower in Berlin’s Alexanderplatz

• Allianz Arena, Munich

• 'Lighthouse’ building in Düsseldorf

• Odeonsplatz in central Munich

• Neumünster church (built over the tomb of St Kilian)

• Würzburg Town Hall

• Würzburg Olympic Tower in the Olympic Park, Munich *

• Town Hall, Hannover *

• Irish consulate, Munich *

• Aer Lingus check-in desks at Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg and Munich Airports *

• AVIAREPS building, Frankfurt *

• Irish pubs network

Italy

• Leaning Tower of Pisa

• Porta San Giacomo, Bergamo (the imposing entrance to the Città Alta) *

• Fountain of Piazza dei Martiri, Reggio Emilia *

• Virgin Fitness Centres in Milan will green their spinning classes *

Malta

• Porte des Bombes

Monaco

• Prince’s Palace

Netherlands

• Evoluon Eindhoven *

Norway

• Holmenkollen ski jump, Oslo *

Slovenia

• Ljubljana Castle

• The famous "3 bridges" landmark in Ljubljana

Spain

• Cibeles Fountain and Palace, Madrid

• Palacio de Communiaciones, Madrid

Switzerland

• Rhine Falls, near Zurich (one of the highest waterfalls in Europe) *

Australia

• Sydney Opera House

New Zealand

• Sky Tower, Auckland, New Zealand

Jordan

• The Treasury in the ancient city of Petra, Jordan *

Egypt

• Pyramids and the Sphinx, Egypt

India

• Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai, India *

South Africa

• Table Mountain, South Africa

Locations source: Tourismireland.com