No matter how many times we see it, this never gets old.

Every year on St Patrick's Day, buildings and monuments around the world are lit up in green, as all eyes around the world are cast upon our little island.

The Tourism Ireland Global Greening initiative was a roaring success once again this year, and they've got the pics to prove it; here are some of the best.

From Brasilia...

... to Dubai

And the iconic Amsterdam sign at Schiphol airport

From Lublin to Dublin

And to Den Bla Planet in Copenhagen

Dubai, as always, gets well in on the action

And even the most spectacular man-made structure in the world is lit up

Malta...

Jakarta...

... and even Wellington, which is home to thousands of Irish people

High up on Mount Ulriken in Norway, the TV mast is coloured in tribute to the Emerald Isle

As well as Warsaw...

Madrid...

... while in Paris, the Big Wheel in the Tuileries Gardens isn't the only monument to go green

... it's joined by the beautiful Sacré-Cœur Basilica 

The Weert windmill

And Abu Dhabi

And... Brighton!

With yer man. Look at him there.

Thanks Tourism Ireland for the pics