Global Greening: The World Goes Emerald for St. Patrick's Day

Global Greening: The World Goes Emerald for St. Patrick’s Day

March 17, 2021 ctn_admin

This St Patrick’s Day (today, in case you somehow missed it) famous attractions and sites around the world will once again go green to mark Ireland’s national day.

The Sydney Opera House will be among the famous sites to light up green, joining the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Niagara Falls, Victoria Falls, the ‘Welcome’ sign in Las Vegas, the London Eye, the Sky Tower in Auckland, the Prince’s Palace of Monaco, the Cibeles Fountain in Madrid and many others.

Although St Patrick’s Day public celebrations and parades around the world will not take place this year, Tourism Ireland hopes that communities around the globe will feel connected as the world turns green, helping to bring positivity to the 70+ million people around the world with links to the island of Ireland.

This year marks the 12th year of Tourism Ireland’s Global Greening. This year a record 690 iconic landmarks and sites in 66 countries around the world will be illuminated in green.

New sites to join the imitative this year include the most northerly ‘greening’ in the world ever – a postbox at the summit of Øretoppen Mountain in Norway, 350 kms above the Arctic Circle.

Other new sites taking part include the largest fountain in the world, The Palm Fountain in Dubai; the tallest building in South America, the Torre Costanera in Chile; Bled Castle in Slovenia; Pacific Park on the Santa Monica Pier in California; BC Place in Vancouver; the Sekenani Gate at the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya; and Villa E-1027 in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin in France, which was designed and built by Irish architect and furniture designer Eileen Gray.

In rolling out its Global Greening, Tourism Ireland aims to bring some positivity and hope to the 70+ million people around the world who claim links to the island of Ireland. At a time when Irish people overseas cannot travel home, Tourism Ireland wants to shine a green light in as many locations around the world as possible, giving the Irish Diaspora a sense of connection with home.