Green lights go global for St Patrick’s celebrations!

Tourism Ireland’s Global Greening goes from strength to strength with 300 major landmarks and sites in 49 countries taking part this year

The Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club joins Tourism Ireland’s Global Greening initiative.

Notes To Editors

Around 300 iconic landmarks and sites in 49 countries around the world will be illuminated in green over the weekend – as part of Tourism Ireland’s 2018 Global Greening initiative to celebrate the island of Ireland and St Patrick.From Rome to Rio and from London to Las Vegas, a host of buildings and sites around the world are turning a shade of green to celebrate our national day. New sites taking part in 2018 include the Luxur Obélisque at the centre of the Place de la Concorde in Paris, the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge in New York, Tower 42 (the third-tallest skyscraper in the City of London), a giant Blue Whale skeleton in the Natural History Museum in London, the Emirates Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth, the Nimb Hotel in Copenhagen, the San Mamés stadium in Bilbao, The Venetian hotel in Las Vegas, the Lille Gate in Ypres in Belgium (one of several entrances into the old fortified city), the Lapland Hotels SnowVillage in Finland, and Zhongyuan Tower (a 388-metre tall steel tower in Zhengzhou, in Henan province, in China).They are joined by some ‘old favourites’ which have gone green in previous years – including the Sydney Opera House, the London Eye, the Colosseum, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Great Wall of China, Niagara Falls, the TV Tower in Tbilisi, Navy Pier in Chicago and the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro.Tourism Ireland’s annual Global Greening initiative has gone from strength to strength – from its beginning in 2010, with just the Sydney Opera House and the Sky Tower in Auckland going green, to this year, with around 300 sites taking part.Niall Gibbons, CEO of Tourism Ireland, said:

TOURISM IRELAND’S GLOBAL GREENING INITIATIVE 2018

Note: first time ‘greenings’ marked *

Great Britain

Blue Whale skeleton in the Natural History Museum, London *

Tower 42, London *

London Eye

Heron Tower, London

Nelson’s Column, London

Selfridges, London

Selfridges, Birmingham

Trafalgar Square fountains, London *

National Football Museum, Manchester *

Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne

Emirates Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth *

SEC Armadillo, Glasgow

SSE Hydro, Glasgow



North America

Empire State Building, New York

Mario M. Cuomo Bridge (Tappan Zee Bridge), New York *

One World Trade Center, New York

UN Headquarters, New York *

Aisling Irish Community Center, New York

Wells Fargo building, Albuquerque

360 Residential Condominiums tower, Austin

City Hall, Cedar Park

Chicago Board of Trade building

Civic Opera House, Chicago

Irish American Heritage Center, Chicago

John Hancock Center, Chicago

Novak Construction, Chicago

Navy Pier, Chicago

One Prudential Plaza, Chicago

Soldier Field, Chicago

State Street, Chicago

Wrigley Building, Chicago

Harbor Bridge, Corpus Christi *

Omni Dallas Hotel, Dallas

Reunion Tower, Dallas

City Hall, Denver

City Hall, Houston

‘Welcome’ sign, Las Vegas

High Roller at The LINQ, Las Vegas

Keep Memory Alive Event Center (KMAEC), Las Vegas

MEET, Las Vegas *

ONE Summerlin, Las Vegas *

Silverton Casino, Las Vegas

The Palazzo, Las Vegas *

The Venetian, Las Vegas *

Mercato della Pescheria (restaurant) at The Venetian, Las Vegas *

Junction Bridge pedestrian walkway and Main Street bridge, Little Rock

Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans *

City Hall, San Francisco

Coit Tower, San Francisco

Niagara Falls (on both the Canadian and US sides)

Casa Loma, Toronto

City Hall, Toronto

The Distillery District, Toronto

Calgary Tower, Calgary

Chimo the polar bear, Cochrane *

Cochrane Polar Bear Habitat *

Cochrane sign *

Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa

Cabot Tower on Signal Hill, St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador

The Big Nickel, Sudbury

The Wawa Goose *

Mainland Europe

Burgtheater, Vienna

Bridges on the Danube Canal, Vienna

Wiener Riesenrad (ferris wheel), Vienna

Bergiselschanze (ski jump), Innsbruck

Grand Place, Brussels

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

Burg, Bruges

Town Hall, Dinant *

Celtic Cross, Fontenoy

Belfry, Mons

Lille Gate, Ypres *

Croatia

‘Lighting Giants’, Pula

Trsat Castle, Rijeka

Hotel Esplanade, Zagreb *

Museum of Contemporary Arts, Zagreb *

Kula Lotrščak, Zagreb *

New fountains, Zagreb

Municipal Town Hall, Nicosia

Nimb Hotel, Copenhagen *

Radisson Collection Royal Hotel, Copenhagen

Vabaduse Väljak (Freedom Square), Tallinn *

Lapland Hotels SnowVillage, Kittilä *

Oulu Theatre and Harbour ice rink *

Lighthouse on the frozen Lake Näsijärvi, Tampere *

Näsinneula (observation tower), Tampere

Tammerkoski Rapids, Tampere *

Luxur Obélisque, Place de la Concorde, Paris *

Beaugrenelle (shopping centre), Paris *

BHV Marais (Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville – department store), Paris

Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris

Chartres sign *

Château de la Muette (headquarters of the OECD), Paris

Drugstore Publicis, Paris

Galeries Lafayette, Paris

Irish Embassy, Paris

Sleeping Beauty castle at Disneyland® Paris

University of Angers – ESTHUA, Angers *

Bordeaux Métropole Arena, Bordeaux *

Hôtel de Ville, Cannes

La Croisette, Cannes

Château et tour de la Castre, Cannes

Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, Cannes

Tapis rouge lumineux (red carpet), Cannes

Collège Anatole France, Châteaudun *

Hôtel de Ville, Athis Mons

Hôtel de Ville, Grandvilliers

Hôtel de Ville, Mellac

Hôtel de Ville, Royan *

Hôtel de Ville, Saint-Mandé

Palais de l’Europe (seat of the Council of Europe), Strasbourg *

Pont Neuf, Toulouse *

TV Tower, Tbilisi

Funkturm Berlin

Reichsburg Cochem

Lighthouse building, Düsseldorf

Altes Rathaus, Gescher

McKiernan's Irish Café, Gescher

‘Fridolin’ the carp statue, Höchstadt an der Aisch

Rathaus (Town Hall), Limburg

Allianz Arena, Munich

BMW Welt, Munich

Olympic Tower, Munich

Offene Kirche St. Klara, Nürnberg

Heidecksburg Castle, Rudolstadt

Königsbau, Stuttgart *

Neumünster church, Würzburg

Rathaus (Town Hall), Würzburg

Chain Bridge, Budapest

Müpa Budapest

Irish Embassy, Rome *

Colosseum, Rome

Leaning Tower of Pisa

Campanile della Basilca di San Nicolò, Lecco *

Piazza Mercurio, Massa

Il Pozzo di San Patrizio (St Patrick’s Well), Orvieto

Torre del Moro, Orvieto *

Riga Town Hall

Hôtel de Ville, Luxembourg city

A'DAM Toren, Amsterdam

De Mi¬ran¬da¬bad, Amsterdam *

SkyLounge Amsterdam *

Splendor Amsterdam

Uilenburgersjoel Amsterdam *

DOT, Groningen *

Euromast, Rotterdam *

SkyView Scheveningen Pier, The Hague

Windmill, Weert

Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw

Hotel President, Bielsko-Biala

Kosciuszki Street Bridge, Gdańsk

Uczniowska Street Bridge, Gdańsk

City Hall, Kalisz *

Spodek (arena), Katowice

Galeria Echo (shopping centre), Kielce

Kołobrzeg Pier, Kołobrzeg *

Father Bernatek (Kladka Bernatka) footbridge, Kraków

Lipska Street flyover, Kraków

Tauron Arena, Kraków

OFF Piotrkowska (shopping mall), Łódź *

Centre for the Meetings of Cultures, Lublin *

Latin School, Malbork *

Malbork Castle Museum (west wing), Malbork *

Museum of the City of Malbork *

Archaeological Museum, Poznań *

Bishop Jordan Bridge, Poznań *

City Hall, Poznań

Grand Theatre, Poznań *

MTP Spire, Poznań *

Raczyński Library, Poznań

Zamek Culture Centre, Poznań

Brama Przemyska Bridge, Przemyśl *

Casimir Castle, Przemyśl *

City Hall, Przemyśl *

City Hall, Rzeszów

City Hall, Toruń *

Browar Bojańczyków Cultural Centre, Wloclawek

Bank Zachodni WBK headquarters, Wroclaw

Centennial Hall, Wroclaw

Grunwaldzki Bridge, Wroclaw

National Museum, Wroclaw *

Opera House, Wroclaw *

Stadion Wroclaw

University Bridge, Wroclaw

University of Wroclaw *

Szyb Maciej, Zabrze

City Hall, Zamość *

Santuario Nacional de Cristo Rei (Christ the King statue), Lisbon

Museu Condes de Castro Guimarães, Cascais

Ada Bridge (Most na Adi), Belgrade

Palace Albanija, Belgrade

Hotel Moskva, Belgrade

Canadian Embassy, Belgrade

Glavna Pošta (main post office), Belgrade *

Hotel Park, Belgrade

House of the National Assembly of Serbia Narodna Skupstina, Belgrade

Radisson Blu Carlton Hotel, Bratislava

New building of the Slovak National Theatre, Bratislava

Ljubljana Castle, Ljubljana

Cibeles Fountain, Madrid

Puerta de Alcalá, Madrid

Plaza de España, Adeje, Tenerife

Tower of Hércules, A Coruña, Galicia

Fonts Bessones de la Plaça Catalunya, Barcelona

San Mamés stadium, Bilbao *

St Patrick’s Chapel, Llanes

Medieval tower, Llanes

Marbella arches

Edificio Anexo al Ayuntamiento, Murcia

Empresa Municipal de Aguas (EMUASA), Murcia *

Tortosa town *

Vasa warship, Stockholm

The Rhine Falls, near Zurich



Australia and New Zealand

Sydney Opera House

Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney

State Library of New South Wales, Sydney

Town Hall, Sydney

The Big Kangaroo, Border Village

The Big Banana, Coffs Harbour

Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC), Brisbane

Optus Stadium, Perth *

The Bell Tower, Perth

Council House, Perth

Elizabeth Quay, Perth

Sky Tower, Auckland

Auckland Harbour Bridge *

Auckland War Memorial Museum

Eden Park, Auckland

Christchurch Airport

Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington

Emerging Markets

Lavalle Street, Buenos Aires *

Luján Cathedral, Buenos Aires *

Obelisk of Buenos Aires *

Christ the Redeemer statue, Rio de Janeiro

Brasília Shopping (shopping centre), Brasília

Cathedral of Brasília, Brasília

Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasília

Torre Digital, Brasília

Teatro da Paz, Belém *

Teatro Amazonas, Manaus

Torre da Globo (Globo TV Tower), Recife

Torre da Globo, São Paulo

Catedral de Pedra, Canela *

Statue of the Virgin Mary on Cerro San Cristóbal, Santiago

Great Wall of China

Chengdu ICON YunDuan, Chengdu *

Canton Tower, Guangzhou

Ruins of St Paul’s, Macau

Nanjing CENBEST and Nanjing International Finance Center, Nanjing *

Nanjing Eye (pedestrian bridge), Nanjing *

218 Building, Qujing, Yunnan *

Grand Kempinski Hotel, Shanghai

Jiangxin Islet, Zhejiang *

Zhongyuan Tower, Zhengzhou, Henan Province *

Torre Colpatria, Bogotá

Lion monument, Addis Ababa *

Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa *

Water Tower, Ramat Gan

City Hall, Tel Aviv

Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall, Tokyo *

Ise Ohtorii, Ise City

Yokohama Marine Tower, Naka Ward, Yokohama *

Lion statue (made from re-cycled flip flops), Mount Kenya National Park *

Malaysia

Straits Quay lighthouse, Penang

El Ángel de la Independencia, Mexico City

Monumento a Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City

Monumento a la Revolución, Mexico City

Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City

Glorieta de los Caballos, Guadalajara *

La Minerva monument, Guadalajara

Los Arcos, Guadalajara

Monumento a los Niños Héroes, Guadalajara

Palacio Municipal, Guadalajara

Parque Lineal Pablo Neruda, Guadalajara *

Paseo Chapultepec, Guadalajara

Rotonda de los Jaliscienses Ilustres, Guadalajara

Unidad Deportivo la Tucson, Guadalajara *

Abuja City Gate, Abuja *

The Palestinian Museum, Ramallah *

López Presidential Palace (Palacio de los López), Asunción *

Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Asunción *

Izvestia Hall, Moscow

Busan Cinema Center, Busan *

City Hall, Seoul

Equator monument, Kayabwe

Yas Viceroy hotel, Abu Dhabi

Burj Al Arab, Dubai

Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club, Dubai *

Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, Dubai

Jumeirah Golf Estates, Dubai *

Gate of the Citadel, Montevideo *

Pen Monument, Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi *