Sydney Opera House, Australia

The top rating Sydney Opera House has a magnificent building located in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and situated on a peninsula near Sydney’s harbor. The building of Sydney Opera House is one of the most recognizable buildings in the world, representing Sydney. Throughout the world, it has also become a symbol for Australia. It became the iconic landmark instantly, for its audacious design with enormous shell-like roofs, in 1973, when it was completed.

The plan to build the Opera House in Sydney became after the Second World War in 1950. In 1954, a spectacular location called Bennelong point was finalized, where to build the Opera House Sydney. After discussing on 234 designs which were admitted by different architects from nine countries in Dec 1956, the design of Danish architect Jorn Utzon’s was accepted. His given designed was more advanced than the abilities of the engineers at that time that’s why his vision was finally accepted to start work until 1973, it looks very interesting now.

Amazing Colorful Lights View at Sydney Opera House

Utzon was aware that his design required advance technology to tackle the possible technical problems being faced by him, so he took additional time to complete. It was estimated that construction will take approximately five years with $7 million of cost. The construction for Opera House Sydney was started in 1959 but due to lake of technology and facing many other technical problems the work progress remained slow and the cost also exceeded than estimate. Finally the project was completed in 1973 with $102 million cost, which is 15 times higher than the first estimated budget. Unfortunately Jorn Utzon resigned from project in 1966, and return to his native Denmark. He never returned to see his completed master piece.

Night View of Sydney Opera House

The amazing Sydney Opera House features modern European design, having a series of large pre-cast concrete shells coated with white tiles, defining them as slices of sphere with a 91 meter or 300 feet diameter. The whole building covers an area of 4.4 acres. The Opera House Sydney was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 20 October, 1973. The House has more than 1000 rooms and receives over two million visitors each year.

Firework Show at Australia Opera House 

The Sydney Opera House is generally most popular but convenient from any place in Sydney. Numerous hotels provide shuttle service for tourists to the House. There are some other services that make frequent stops near-by Australia Opera House such as bus service, or trains. The Sydney Opera House is five minute walk away from these stop. The Car Parking facility is also available at the northern end of Macquarie Street.    

Interior in Sydney Opera House 

The large halls of Sydney Opera House serve many festivals, conferences, and shows, while the other areas are also used for occasional performances. The House serves other facilities to visitors such as recording studio, cafes, restaurants, bars and retail outlets.

Amazingly Beautiful View of Opera House Sydney