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Famous landmarks around the world turn green for St. Patrick's Day

It's the greenest time of year.

Heather Dockray

on March 17, 2019

Famous landmarks around the world turn green for St. Patrick's Day

Sydney Opera House, St-Patrickified Credit: Richard Milnes/REX/Shutterstock

The greenest day of the year will always be St. Patrick's Day.

Cities around the world celebrated the Irish holiday on Sunday by turning their most famous landmarks green. It's amazing what a quick dye job can do to your standard government building.

St. Patrick's Day commemorates St. Patrick and the first appearance of Christianity in Ireland. While there's so much more to the holiday than the color green, it's the color that's become synonymous with the celebration as well as with Irish culture.

Over the weekend, Ireland's official tourism account celebrated the holiday with photos of green-dyed or illuminated landmarks from around the world.

Here, for example, is the "Dancing House" in Prague.

In Glasgow, Scotland, the Riverside Museum:

The Great Wall of China also participated in #GlobalGreening:

A gazebo in Livorni, Italy:

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The millennium bridge in Newcastle-on-Tyne:

Bamburgh Castle on the north east coast of England:

Cutty Sark in Greenwich:

Crown Perth in Australia:

The Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong:

In the Hague:

Dubai:

In Portugal:

Over in Neushasen, Switzerland at the Rhine Falls:

Green water is good water Credit: MELANIE DUCHENE/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock

And finally, in Chicago, home to some of America's best Irish pubs:

Cool green river waves Credit: KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock

Have a super green holiday, everyone.

Heather Dockray

Heather was the Web Trends reporter at Mashable NYC. Prior to joining Mashable, Heather wrote regularly for UPROXX and GOOD Magazine, was published in The Daily Dot and VICE, and had her work featured in Entertainment Weekly, Jezebel, Mic, and Gawker. She loves small terrible dogs and responsible driving. Follow her on Twitter @wear_a_helmet.