Cultural

Sydney Opera House

悉尼歌剧院

Est. 1973
Bennelong Point, Sydney NSW 2000

About This Location

Danish architect Jørn Utzon won the design competition in 1957, but construction challenges and political disputes led to his bitter resignation in 1966. He never saw the finished building—not once. In 2003, accepting the Pritzker Prize, he said: 'I gave the best years of my life to those shells.' When the Opera House became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007, Utzon had already been dead for a year. He never returned to Sydney, never witnessed the soaring white shells that made his name immortal.

Then & Now

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Did You Know?

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Architect Jørn Utzon never saw the completed building

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Construction took 16 years (1957-1973)

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Originally estimated at $7 million, final cost was $102 million

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The 'shells' are covered in over 1 million Swedish tiles

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UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2007

Featured In

Mission: Impossible 2 (2000)Finding Nemo (2003)

Plan Your Visit

Hours

Guided tours daily 9am - 5pm

Admission

Tours from $43 AUD

Official Website

Map Preview

-33.8568, 151.2153

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