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Sydney Opera House

Australia New South Wales Sydney

Sydney Opera House
Photo: BAVhah, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Jørn Utzon's masterpiece, with its white sail-shaped shells on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, opened in 1973, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Take a guided tour of the interior, or better, see a performance.


Walk around Circular Quay to the Royal Botanic Garden and Mrs Macquarie's Chair for the classic view with the Harbour Bridge.

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