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Tour
of North Nicosia. Monday, Wednesday and Friday weekly.
Conducted walking tour of North Nicosia. Meet 10.00 at the Kyrenia
Gate, or 10.30 at the Lokmaci crossing point.
More information. (Back to top)
Tour
of South Nicosia. Monday, Thursday and Friday weekly.
Conducted tour of South Nicosia. Meet 10am TIC Laiki Yitonia, South
Nicosia.
Monday.
The tour is conducted on an old wooden bus and takes visitors to two
of the most peaceful areas in Nicosia; the historic neighbourhood of
Chrysaliniotissa within the old city walls and Kaimakli area within
the Municipality of Nicosia.
Thursday.
This walking tour aims to give an overall picture of the city within
the walls and how it has evolved through the centuries.
Friday.
This tour, also partially by bus, aims to show the growth of the
city outside the walls from the 19th century to the present. Yet it
also encompasses the prehistoric past of the city that developed
along the Pedieos River and the excavations testifying to Nicosia's
uninterrupted cultural continuity.
Remember, if you are visiting south Nicosia, Turkish Lira is neither accepted or changeable. (Back to top)
Kyrenia
Market. Wednesday weekly.
Kyrenia municipal open air market. Here you will find fantastic
value on a vast range of goods, especially fruit, vegetables,
cheeses, yoghurts, oils and vinegars (often brought in from the
country by farming families), fish, footwear, clothing and all sorts
of odds and ends. (Back to top)
Famagusta Market. Friday weekly.
Here you can buy about everything you might need; clothing,
household items, flowers, fish and fresh fruit and vegetables. You
can also buy freshly pressed olive oil there, mostly made by the
vendor itself (and it does come very often in re-used bottles of
J&B, Bells or Teachers!). (Back to top)
Guzelyurt Market. Saturday weekly.
Everything from clothes, shoes, nuts, sweets, olive oil,
honey, home made cheese as well as fruit and vegetables are sold.
Produce is fresh, and local people are encouraged to sell the excess
from their own gardens. The market opens early, and continues till
about 1pm. It is situated on the main street opposite the museum and
church. (Back to top)
Friends Coffee Morning.
1st, 2nd 3rd and Last Wednesdays.
11am. Friends of those in Need coffee morning. The first 3
Wednesdays of the month will be at Ginko Restaurant, Namik Kemal
Square, Famagusta and is a social meeting. On the Last Wednesday,
it will be a fund-raising meeting at the Terrace Beach bar, Bogaz.
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Carpenters Market. Friday weekly.
Carpenters Craft & Farmers market, Karaoglanoglu. 10am to 1pm.
The market is celebrating its third anniversary with a Royal Ascot
theme.(Back to top)
Pegasos Market. Friday weekly.
Pegasos Friday market, Karaoglanoglu. The original Friday market.
10am - 2pm (Back to top)
Lambousa Market. Saturday weekly.
Chateau Lambousa Arts and Crafts Fair. 10am to 2.30pm (or later).
Stallholders include homebaked pastries and pies, homemade jams and
marmalades. CDs, DVDs and book stalls. A variety of clothing and
jewellery, antiques, paintings, sculptures and other arts and
crafts. (Back to top)
Moon Market.
Saturday weekly.
10am - 3pm. Saturday craft & general market at the Moon
Over Water, Iskele. (Back to top)
Children's Film Show. Saturday weekly.
2pm. Free film screenings for children (age 9 and up) at
Sidestreets, Nicosia. The films are sometimes in English, sometimes
Turkish. For information phone 0392 22 93070/71. Sidestreets is past
the post office, and opposite the law courts. (Back to top)
Free Concert in Nicosia, every Wednesday,
Thursday and Saturday.
Lefkosa Municipality Chamber Orchestra have free concerts in Lefkosa
every week
Wednesdays
Buyuk Han ( inside ) 11.30am – 1.30pm .
One week the wind trio, the following week the sting trio.
Buyuk Han square :11.30am – 1.30pm.
jazz orchestra.
Thursdays
Buyuk Han ( inside ) 11.30am – 1.30pm.
Pop orchestra.
Saturdays
Buyuk Han (inside) 11.30am – 1.30pm. Jazz
orchestra
Lokmaci gate :1pm – 3pm. One week the pop orchestra, the following
week the Latin orchestra. (Back to top)
Church Services, Every Sunday.
Both the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches are represented
in North Cyprus. Sunday services are as follows.
St Andrew’s Church, Kyrenia (Anglican)
8am. Communion.
10am. Family Eucharist and Sunday School.
2pm. Turkish language service. (Held in the church hall)
5.30pm. Cyprus International Fellowship
5.30pm. 2nd Sunday, Communion at the Hermitage chapel
5.30pm, 4th Sunday, Evening prayer at the Hermitage chapel
St Mark’s Anglican Chaplaincy, Famagusta.
9.30am. Held at the Bogaz Hotel
11am. Communion (Except 1st Sunday, Morning Praise) Held at the Old
Greek St George church, Salamis Road.
5.30pm.Praise & Worship (Except 1st Sunday, Communion) Held at the
Old Greek St George church, Salamis Road.
St Elizabeth of Hungary R.C. Church, Kyrenia
12 Noon. Mass (Back to Top)
Turtle Nesting, June to August.
North Cyprus is one of the few turtle nesting areas in the
Mediterranean. Every year student volunteers study these animals,
and you can join them on one of their overnight expeditions from
around the 5th June. Numbers
are limited, so it is essential that you pre-book at their
headquarters, “The Goatshed” at Alagadi. For more
information on
turtles and their
nesting, follow the links. Follow their exploits by reading
their
2008 diary, or their
2009 blog. (Back to Top)
13th North
Cyprus International Bellapais Music Festival, 21st May to 21st June.
8.30 pm, Bellapais Abbey. Tickets cost 20TL. This week's programme.
Wednesday 3rd June
Symphony Band of the Turkish Armed Forces (Entry by invitation only)
Friday 5th June
Nihat Agdac & Agata Joswik (TRNC/Poland)
Violin/Piano Recital
For full details, visit the festival web site. (Back to top)
2nd Esentepe
Zerdali Festival, 29th May to 7th June.
Once again there will be performers from other countries
attending with the Lefkosa Carnival in attendance. There will be
stalls and also a picnic area with the usual array of eateries and
drink stalls. The programme is as follows.
May 29th 19:00 Cortege Walking - 20:00 - Opening Ceremony
21:30 Concert by Selda Bagcan
May 30th Rock Night by group Unreal (no time stated)
May 31st 21:00 Award Ceremony - Concert by "Group Lift"
June 2nd 21:00 Local Dancing - Hati and her Bellydancing Team
June 3rd 20:30 International Folk Dance Fest. Opening Ceremony,
Bulgaria, Georgia, Tatars tan, Turkey, TRNC
June 4th 20:30 Performances of Foreign countries and fashion show
June 5th 20:30 Karadeniz night (concerts by Onay Sahim & Gizem Kara)
Horon & Kolbasti dance performances
June 6th 21:00 Gala night (TRNC FOGEM)
June 7th 21:00 Concerts by Firat Derat and KARMA group.
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7.30pm. NCCCT charity bingo at the Soho Lounge. Admission 15YTL,
including buffet. (Back to top)
BRS First Aid
course.
9am - midday. Held over three weeks (27th May, and the 3rd and 10th
June) This is a free course, limited to 25 people. The instructor,
Ibrahim Caglar, Head of Civil Defence, Girne area. (Back to top)
BARK coffee
morning. 1st Thursday monthly.
11am. Moon over Water, Iskele. (Back to top)
Pumas end of
Season Dance, Saturday 6th June.
Pia Bella. Details to be announced. (Back to Top)
Turtle Racing,
Saturday, 6th June
Five Fingers Ozankoy. An evening of fun racing turtles in aid of
SPOT (NB real turtles will not be used!!) (Back to
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Amanda's Auction,
Ozankoy, alternate Sundays.
10am. Viewing Friday and Saturday. (Back to top)
Hungarian State Circus, 1st to 8th June.
10.30am and 7pm. Weekdays, and 2pm and 7pm, weekends, Ataturk
Stadium, Lefkosa. Acrobats and jugglers, but no exotic animals.
Tickets cost 25Tl, or 45TL for VIPs, and can be bought at any Deniz
Plaza store, Orac Turizm and Islek Turizm in Lefkosa, Krekom Turizm
in Famagusta, and Mavi Tur in Kyrenia.
Fun Night at the
Five Fingers, Ozankoy, Friday 5th June
An opportunity to have a meal and learn some Scottish country
Dancing. Booking on 0533 8458279. (Back to Top)
Art Exhibition,
29th May to 10th June.
7pm 29th May, then 10am – 6pm, Dome Hotel, Girne. Turkish
Cypriot artist Goksel Su is holding an exhibition of his work.
Ozankoy
Gardening Forum, 2nd Thursday monthly (Except August).
2.30pm, Five fingers, Ozankoy. A change of date for this month. An
informal group of gardening enthusiasts who want to share their
knowledge and learn more about gardening in North Cyprus. This
month, Metin Ibrahimer will talk on water
Conversation and the advantages of wood chip mulch for the dry
Cypriot climate. (Back to top)
Essence of Cyprus. 6th
and 7th June
10am – 6.30pm, Kyrenia Duet Balley Lounge. This handicraft
exhibition showcases the works of Feza Sanivar, Tijen Seherlioglu
and Yasar Oktunuc.
Kibris Sanat concerts, 7th
June.
11am and 3pm, Near East university, Nicosia. Two different concerts
by Kibris Sanat students aging from 5 to 25. The concerts feature
choral works, pianists, violinists, guitarists, trumpeters and
French horn players.
Kyrenia
Chamber Choir, Tuesday 2nd
June.
7.30pm, The Hermitage, Kyrenia. The Kyrenia Chamber Choir is hosting
a presentation on the composer Karl Jenkins. The evening will
include excerpts from his early work as a jazz/pop musician, and
show examples of his latest composition. Donations of 20TL are
requested to raise funds for “The Armed Man” production, and include
a glass of wine and canapés after the presentation.
2nd
Lapta tourism Festival, 6th
and 7th June.
A programme with something for everyone. Local artists, clown, face
painting, and folklore groups. Saturday evening
offers a concert. There will be competitions offering a chance to
display skills at swimming, jet-skiing, fishing, canoeing and
cycling.
Photographic Exhibition, 1st
to 5th June.
7.30am – 2pm, Eaved House, Nicosia. Photographic artist, Veysi Soyer
is holding an exhibition this week. The exhibition, entitled Diary
of the Soul, features pieces which interpret the beginning and the
end of the soul’s journey and the way in which the soul intervenes
with everyday life.
Piano Recital, Monday 1st
June.
3.30pm, Eastern Mediterranean University’s Activity Centre.
Acclaimed pianist and composer, Arman Ratrip, will be performing his
own arrangements of Turkish folk music.
Special event
at Sidestreets, Nicosia, Wednesday 3rd June.
11.30am and 6.15pm.The European Commission’s Representation in
Cyprus cordially invites you to the European Green Week Press
Conferencewith the Head of Representation, Ms Androulla Kaminara and
representatives of NGOs at 11:30 a.m. and a Film Screening of Al
Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” (subtitled in Turkish) at 6:15 p.m.
These events (free and open to the public) are being organized by
the European Commission’s Representation in Cyprus in collaboration
with seven NGOs (BIO-DER, KEMA, Çekova, the Green Action Group, the
Bright Future Movement, the NEU Environmental Sciences Institute,
and the Chamber of Environmental Engineers) and coordinated by
Sidestreets. During the day, leaflets will also be distributed by
the Commission and NGO representatives in front of Sidestreets to
raise public awareness of environmental issues. Booking is essential
on 0392 229 3070. (Back to top)
Kyrenia
Municipality Orchestra, Friday 5th June.
9pm, Girne Amphitheatre. The orchestra has a free show consisting of
Turkish and English language songs. (Back to Top)