Every year, for the past four years, Tourism Ireland has marked St. Patrick’s Day by “greening” landmarks around the world.
Man-made, like the London Eye or Empire State Building, or natural, like Niagara Falls or Table Mountain, the green accents the St. Patrick’s Day festivities. For emigrants and those with Irish roots, it’s the equivalent of the candle in the window, a friendly gesture, a reminder that they’re not forgotten.
Here’s the complete list of what’s going green around March 17 in Tourism Ireland’s Global Greening 2014. The first-time “greenings” are marked with an asterisk. And the pictures of Sleeping Beauty’s Castle, the Treasury at Petra and the Holmenkollen ski jump are what we think they’ll look like. They’re going green for the first time this year.
Tourism Ireland’s Global Greening 2014:
United Kingdom
- The London Eye
- The Clyde Auditorium (AKA the Armadillo) (SECC), Glasgow
- The SSE Hydro, Glasgow *
- Manchester Town Hall
United States
- Niagara Falls (Canadian and US sides)
- The “Welcome” sign, Las Vegas Empire State Building
- The Empire State Building New York
- City Hall San Francisco
- The Chicago River
- Chicago MYSTERY GREENING on 17 March *
- Chicago “Taking it to the Streets” on March 10 Congress Parkway *
- State Street *
- Chicago “Tall Buildings and Chicago Icons” on March 11
- 311 South Wacker Drive “White Castle Building” *
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Tower *
- Chicago Board of Trade *
- Millennium Park /Jay Pritzker Pavilion *
- Soldier Field stadium (home to the Chicago Bears) *
- Trump International Hotel & Tower *
- Wrigley Building *
- Chicago “Eating Green Around the City” on March 12 *
- Chicago “Broadway in Chicago Goes Green” on March 13
- 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 March 14 State Bank of Countryside *
- Four iconic buildings in Philadelphia including Cira Center
- One Liberty Place and Two Liberty Place
- BNY Mellon Center
Canada
- Whistler ski resort, 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
- The Manneken Pis statue, Belgium, will be dressed in Irish costume
Czech Republic
- Petřín 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
- 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
- The Leaning Tower of Pisa
- Porta San Giacomo, Bergamo (the entrance to the Città Alta) *
- Fountain of Piazza dei Martiri, Reggio Emilia *
- Virgin Fitness Centres in Milan will green their spinning classes *
Monaco
- The Prince’s Palace
Netherlands
- Evoluon Eindhoven *
Norway
- Holmenkollen ski jump, Oslo *
Slovenia
- Ljubljana Castle
- Triple Bridge, Ljubljana
Spain
- Cibeles Fountain and Palace, Madrid
- Palacio de Communiaciones, Madrid
Switzerland
- Rhine Falls, near Zurich *
Australia
- The Sydney Opera House
New Zealand
- The Sky Tower, Auckland
Jordan
- The Treasury, Petra *
Egypt
- The Pyramids and the Sphinx, Egypt
India
- Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai, India *
South Africa
- Table Mountain, South Africa
3 mins of the world going green – St. Patrick’s Day 2013
