IN PICTURES: Globe goes green for St Patrick's Day 2018
Almost 300 iconic global landmarks go green to mark St Paddy's Day
Author: Tara MclaughlinPublished 16th Mar 2018
Last updated 17th Mar 2018 Almost 300 historic attractions in almost 50 countries across the globe, are lighting up in green to mark Saint Patrick's Day 2018.
The initiative is part of Tourism Ireland’s Global Greening campaign to celebrate the island of Ireland and Saint Patrick.
The crusade has been running since 2010 with the Sydney Opera House and Sky Tower in Auckland the only two attractions taking part to begin with.
This year sees exactly 290 landmarks going green with new sites for 2018 listed below:
The Luxur Obélisque, Place de la Concorde, Paris
Mario M. Cuomo Bridge, New York
Tower 42, London
Blue Whale Skeleton, Natural History Museum, London
Emirates Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth
Nimb Hotel, Copenhagen
San Mamés stadium, Bilbao
The Venetian hotel, Las Vegas
The Lille Gate, Ypres, Belgium
The Lapland Hotel, SnowVillage, Finland
Zhongyuan Tower, Henan, China
Blue Whale Skeleton, Natural History Museum, London CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND IN PICTURES: Globe goes green for St Patrick's Day 2018
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Chateau et tour de la castre, Cannes, France Blue Whale Skeleton, Natural History Museum, London CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Yokohama Marine Tower, Naka Ward, Japan CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Selfies at the leaning tower of Pisa CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Trafalgar Square, London, CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Hotel De Ville, Luxembourg, CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Sleeping Beauty Castle, Disneyland Paris, CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Christ the Redeemer Statue, Rio de Janeiro , Brazil CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Selfridges, Birmingham CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Virgin Mary Statue, Santiago, Chile CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Burj Al Arab, Dubai CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Dubai Creek golf & yacht club, Dubai CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Niagara Falls, Canada CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Jiangxin Islet, Wenzhou, China Grand Place, Brussels, Belgium Edificio Anexo Al Ayuntamiento, Murcia, Spain Straits Quay Lighthouse, Penang, Malaysia City Hall in Poznan, Poland Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany Chateau et tour de la castre, Cannes, France Blue Whale Skeleton, Natural History Museum, London CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Yokohama Marine Tower, Naka Ward, Japan CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Selfies at the leaning tower of Pisa CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Trafalgar Square, London, CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Hotel De Ville, Luxembourg, CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Sleeping Beauty Castle, Disneyland Paris, CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Christ the Redeemer Statue, Rio de Janeiro , Brazil CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Selfridges, Birmingham CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Virgin Mary Statue, Santiago, Chile CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Burj Al Arab, Dubai CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Dubai Creek golf & yacht club, Dubai CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Niagara Falls, Canada CREDIT: TOURISM IRELAND Jiangxin Islet, Wenzhou, China Grand Place, Brussels, Belgium Edificio Anexo Al Ayuntamiento, Murcia, Spain Straits Quay Lighthouse, Penang, Malaysia City Hall in Poznan, Poland Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany Chateau et tour de la castre, Cannes, France 