LANDMARKS AND ICONIC SITES AROUND THE WORLD CONFIRMED TO TAKE PART IN TOURISM IRELAND’S GLOBAL GREENING INITIATIVE 2019 (courtesy of tourism ireland) Note: first time ‘greenings’ marked *
Great Britain
• Cutty Sark, London *
• London Eye
• Tower 42, London
• Nelson’s Column, London
• Trafalgar Square fountains, London
• Selfridges, London
• Selfridges, Birmingham
• Bamburgh Castle, Bamburgh *
• Bournemouth Pier *
• British Airways i360, Brighton *
• Eden Project, Cornwall *
• St Michael's Mount, Cornwall *
• National Space Centre, Leicester *
• Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne
• City Hall, Norwich *
• Emirates Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth
• City Walls, York *
North America
United States
• Empire State Building, New York
• Atlanta City Hall *
• United Center, Chicago
• ‘Welcome’ sign, Las Vegas
• Metro Historic Courthouse, Nashville *
• Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge, Nashville *
• Hillsborough River, Tampa
Canada
• Niagara Falls (on both the Canadian and US sides)
• Casa Loma, Toronto
• City Hall, Toronto
• The Distillery District, Toronto
• The Cariboo Sentinel (newspaper) shop, Barkerville *
• Calgary Tower, Calgary
• The Big Fiddle of the Ceilidh (Fidheal Mhor A’ Ceilidh), Cape Breton Island
• Cochrane Polar Bear Habitat
• World's largest Muskoka chair, Gravenhurst *
• Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa
• Cabot Tower on Signal Hill, St John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador
• The Wawa Goose
• Sail of Lights at Canada Place, Vancouver
Mainland Europe
Albania
• Clock Tower of Tirana *
Austria
• Burgtheater, Vienna
• Bridges on the Danube Canal, Vienna
• Wiener Riesenrad, Vienna
• Bergiselschanze (ski jump), Innsbruck
• SkiWelt Söll
Bulgaria
• National Palace of Culture (NDK), Sofia
• St Cyril and St Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo, Veliko Tarnovo *
Belgium
• Grand Place, Brussels
• Anspach (shopping gallery), Brussels *
• Royal Galleries of St Hubert, Brussels
• Manneken Pis statue, Brussels (“dressed” in Irish costume)
• Burg, Bruges
• Celtic Cross, Fontenoy
• Maasmechelen Village, Genk
• Irish College, Leuven *
• Belfry, Mons
• Lille Gate, Ypres
Cyprus
• Town Hall, Nicosia
Denmark
• Bryggebroen bridge, Copenhagen
• Radisson Collection Royal Hotel, Copenhagen
Estonia
• Vabaduse Väljak (Freedom Square), Tallinn
• TV Tower, Tallinn *
Finland
• Polar Bear Pitching, Oulu *
France
• Beaugrenelle (shopping centre), Paris
• Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
• Château de la Muette (headquarters of the OECD), Paris
• Drugstore Publicis, Paris
• Galeries Lafayette, Paris
• Irish Embassy, Paris
• Pari Roller (street skating event), Paris *
• Sleeping Beauty castle at Disneyland Paris
• Hôtel de Ville, Athis Mons
• Mairie de Bayeux *
• Arkéa Arena, Bordeaux
• Porte de Bourgogne, Bordeaux
• Hôtel de Ville, Bressuire
• Centre d’art La Malmaison, Cannes
• Hôtel de Ville, Cannes
• La Croisette, Cannes
• Le Musée de la Castre, Cannes
• Le Suquet, Cannes
• Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, Cannes
• Pont Guilvinec-Treffiagat *
• Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, Guingamp *
• Château de Pierre II, Guingamp *
• Badhus Kaysersberg *
• Église Sainte-Croix de Kaysersberg *
• Mairie de Kaysersberg *
• Pont Fortifié, Kayserberg *
• Château de Beaulieu, Saumur, Loire Valley *
• École primaire publique Pierre Jakez Hélias, Mellac *
• Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens, Mellac
• Hôtel de Ville, Mellac
• Aéroport Montpellier Méditerrannée
• Hôtel de Ville, Saint-Mandé
• Beatus Rhenanus bridge, Strasbourg (and on the German side of the bridge, in Kehl) *
• La Mairie, Villeurbanne
• 45 Le Comptoir Irlandais shops around France *
Germany
• Funkturm Berlin
• Reichsburg Cochem
• Excelsior Hotel Ernst, Cologne *
• Lanxess Arena, Cologne *
• Lighthouse, Düsseldorf
• Altes Rathaus, Gescher
• McKiernan's Irish Café, Gescher
• Stadthalle, Grafing *
• ‘Fridolin’ the carp statue, Höchstadt an der Aisch
• Offene Kirche St. Klara, Nürnberg
• Heidecksburg Castle, Rudolstadt
• Maria-Ward-Schule, Würzburg *
• Matthias-Grünewald-Gymnasium, Würzburg *
• Neumünster church, Würzburg
• Rathaus (Town Hall), Würzburg
Greece
• Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens *
Hungary
• Chain Bridge, Budapest
• Jedlik Ányos Bridge, Győr *
• Felszabadulási emlékmű (Liberty monument), Szombathely *
Italy
• Colosseum, Rome
• Irish Embassy, Rome
• Leaning Tower of Pisa
• Ex Convento Palazzo dell’Annunziata, Matera *
• Castel dell'Ovo, Naples *
• Castel Nuovo, Naples *
• Fortezza Albornoz, Orvieto *
• Il Pozzo di San Patrizio (St Patrick’s Well), Orvieto
• Palazzo Municipale Orvieto *
Luxembourg
• Hôtel de Ville, Luxembourg city
Malta
• Porte des Bombes, Floriana
Monaco
• Prince’s Palace of Monaco
The Netherlands
• Splendor Amsterdam
• Uilenburgersjoel, Amsterdam
• SkyView Scheveningen Pier, The Hague
• Windmill, Weert
Poland
• Palace of Culture and Science, Warsaw
• Hotel President, Bielsko-Biala
• Kosciuszki Street Bridge, Gdańsk
• Uczniowska Street Bridge, Gdańsk
• Centre of Culture and Art, Kalisz *
• City Hall, Kalisz
• Baszta Dorotka (Dorothy Tower), Kalisz *
• Spodek (arena), Katowice
• City Hall, Kielce *
• Galeria Echo (shopping centre), Kielce
• Regional Cultural Centre, Kielce *
• Father Bernatek (Kladka Bernatka) footbridge, Kraków
• Lipska Street flyover, Kraków
• Tauron Arena, Kraków
• Manufaktura, Łódź *
• OFF Piotrkowska (shopping mall), Łódź
• TME Office Centre, Łódź *
• Centre for the Meetings of Cultures, Lublin
• National Centre of Polish Song, Opole *
• Adam Mickiewicz University (main auditorium), Poznań *
• Archaeological Museum, Poznań
• Bishop Jordan Bridge, Poznań
• City Hall, Poznań
• MTP Spire, Poznań
• Poznań Główny (railway station), Poznań *
• Raczyński Library, Poznań
• Brama Przemyska Bridge, Przemyśl
• City Hall, Rzeszów
• Centennial Hall, Wrocław
• Grunwaldzki Bridge, Wrocław
• Krzesło Kantora (chair sculpture), Wrocław *
• Lower Silesian Governor's Office, Wrocław *
• National Museum, Wrocław
• Opera House, Wrocław
• Stadion Wrocław
• University Bridge, Wrocław
• University of Wrocław
• Wrocław Contemporary Museum, Wrocław *
• Wrocław Główny (railway station), Wrocław *
• Szyb Maciej, Zabrze
• City Hall, Zamość
Portugal
• Cristo Rei statue, Lisbon
• Museu Condes de Castro Guimarães, Cascais
• Castelo de Torres Vedras, Torres Vedras *
Serbia
• Ada Bridge (Most na Adi), Belgrade
• Palace Albanija, Belgrade
• Hotel Moskva, Belgrade
• Canadian Embassy, Belgrade
• Glavna Pošta (main post office), Belgrade
• House of the National Assembly of Serbia Narodna Skupstina, Belgrade
• Narodni Muzej (National Museum), Belgrade *
Slovak Republic
• Divadlo Aréna, Bratislava *
• Radisson Blu Carlton Hotel, Bratislava
• Chrenovský most (bridge), Nitra *
Slovenia
• Ljubljana Castle, Ljubljana
Spain
• San Mamés stadium, Bilbao
• Marbella arches
• Ayuntamiento, Tortosa
• Puente del Tortosa, Tortosa
Sweden
• Vasa warship, Stockholm
Switzerland
• The Rhine Falls, near Zurich
• Smilestones (indoor miniature world at The Rhine Falls), near Zurich *
Australia and New Zealand
Australia
• Sydney Opera House
• Town Hall, Sydney
• State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
• Irish Embassy, Canberra
• The National Carillon, Canberra
• The Big Kangaroo (‘Rooey II’), Border Village
• The Big Banana, Coffs Harbour
• Perth Airport
• The Bell Tower, Perth
• Council House, Perth
• Crown Perth *
• Elizabeth Quay, Perth
• Matagarup Bridge, Perth *
• Optus Stadium, Perth
• Yagan Square, Perth
New Zealand
• Sky Tower, Auckland
• Auckland War Memorial Museum
• Eden Park, Auckland
• Christchurch Airport
Emerging Markets
Brazil
• Christ the Redeemer statue, Rio de Janeiro
• Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
China
• Canton Tower, Guangzhou
• ‘Niki’ Cathay Pacific DC-3 airplane, Hong Kong *
• Ruins of St Paul’s, Macau
Colombia
• Barranquilla Cathedral, Barranquilla *
• Torre Colpatria, Bogotá
Ethiopia
• Bete Giyorgis (Church of Saint George), Lalibela *
Israel
• Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa
• Water Tower, Ramat Gan
• City Hall, Tel Aviv
Japan
• Shizuoka Stadium ECOPA, Fukuroi, Shizuoka Prefecture *
• Ise Ohtorii, Ise City
• Karakora Art Studio, Matsue
• Yokohama Marine Tower, Naka Ward, Yokohama
Kenya
• Leopard statue called ‘Chiu’ (made from re-cycled scrap metal), Nairobi *
Russia
• Central Telegraph Building, Moscow
• Izvestia Hall, Moscow
• Rossiya Theatre, Moscow *
Sierra Leone
• The Cotton Tree, Freetown *
Singapore
• Chijmes, Singapore *
Turkey
• Atakule Tower, Ankara *
Uganda
• Source of the Nile Bridge, Jinja *
United Arab Emirates
• Nation Towers, Abu Dhabi *
• Yas Hotel, Abu Dhabi
• Burj Al Arab, Dubai
• Cayan Tower, Dubai
• Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, Dubai
• Emirates Golf Club, Dubai
Vietnam
• Pen Monument, Hoan Kiem Lake, Hanoi
• Meliá Hanoi hotel, Hanoi
Zambia
• Victoria Falls *
