Which iconic landmarks will be green on St. Patrick’s Day?

Every year on March ¹⁷, iconic buildings, statues and other landmarks around the world light up green in celebration of the popular national holiday, St. Patrick’s Day. From Christ the Redeemer in Rio to the Empire State Building in New York City, everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day.

This year’s ‘global greening’ by Tourism Ireland looks set to be the biggest ever, with 60 landmarks already confirmed and many more expected. A number of landmarks will also see green for the first time, including the Colosseum in Rome and the Sacré-Cœur Basilica in Paris. Find out where you can find your nearest ‘green’ monument and be sure to check back as we add more.

Green monuments in North America USA

Niagara Falls (on both the Canadian and American sides, pictured above)
“Welcome” sign, Las Vegas
Empire State Building, New York
Fitzpatrick Manhattan Hotel, New York
Fitzpatrick Grand Central hotel, New York
Navy Pier, Chicago
John Hancock Center, Chicago
Old St. Patrick’s Church, Chicago
Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower, Chicago
Trump International Hotel & Tower, Chicago
Wrigley Building, Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago
Novak Construction, Chicago
United Center, Chicago (home of the Chicago Blackhawks and Chicago Bulls)
Block Thirty Seven (shopping mall), Chicago
Macy’s, Chicago
Grand Ole Opry (the show that made country music famous!), Nashville
John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge, Nashville
City Hall, Houston

Canada

Niagara Falls Whistler, the famous Canadian ski resort in British Columbia (pictured below)

Toronto City Hall
Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa
Cabot Tower on Signal Hill, St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador

Green monuments in Europe

Austria

Burgtheater (town hall), Vienna
Wiener Riesenrad (Giant Ferris wheel in the Prater amusement park), Vienna
Skiwelt Söll (ski resort)
Kaprun Castle, Zell-am-See region

Belgium

Statue of Manneken Pis, Brussels (“dressed” in Irish costume)

France

Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland® Paris (pictured below)

Irish Embassy, Paris
Sacré-Cœur Basilica, Paris
Galeries Lafayette, Paris
Irish Cultural Centre, Paris
Publicis landmark building on the Champs Elysées, Paris
Porte de Bourgogne, Bordeaux

Georgia

City Hall, Tbilisi

Germany

Allianz Arena, Munich (pictured below)

Odeonsplatz, Munich
Olympic Tower, Munich (pictured below)
City Hall, Munich
lighthouse building, Düsseldorf
Neumünster Church (built over the grave of St. Kilian), Würzburg
Town Hall, Würzburg
Irish pub network
Town Hall, Bamberg
English language school, Bamberg

Italy

Colosseum, Rome
Leaning Tower of Pisa

Monaco

Princely Palace

Netherlands

sign “I Amsterdam” (in front of the Rijksmuseum), Amsterdam

Norway

Polar research ship Fram, Oslo (pictured below)

Portugal

National Shrine of Cristo Rei (Christ the King statue), Lisbon
Museu Condes de Castro Guimarães, Caiscais

Serbia

Ada Bridge, Belgrade

Slovenia

Ljubljana Castle (pictured below)
Philharmonic Hall, Slovenia

Spain

Fountain and Cibeles Palace, Madrid (pictured below)

Hércules Tower, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Galicia (pictured below)

Sweden

Ericsson Globe (national indoor arena), Stockholm

Switzerland

Rhine Falls near Zurich (pictured below)

UK

London Eye, London (pictured below)

Nelson’s Column, London
Town Hall Clock, Manchester
‘Armadillo’ (SECC) Glasgow (pictured below)
SSE Hydro, Glasgow

Australia and New Zealand

Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney
City Hall, Sydney
Sky Tower, Auckland (pictured below)
Auckland War Memorial Museum

Green monuments in the rest of the world

Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Brazil (pictured above)
Old and new towers of the Pudong Shangri-La Hotel, Shanghai, China
Jumeirah Etihad Towers Hotel, Abu Dhabi
Burj Al Arab Hotel, Dubai (pictured below)
Place de l’Etoile Beirut, Lebanon

Going green on St. Patrick’s Day 2015? Whether you’re painting your face or your whole house, the organisers of the global greening campaign, Tourism Ireland, want to hear from you. Post your photos on Twitter using the hashtag #GoGreen4PatricksDay.