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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.
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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.
Tuesday 9th June
Bulen Evcil & Cagaty Akol (Turkey)
Flute/Harp Recital
Friday 12th
JuneTolga Salman & Orcun Orcunsel (Turkey)
Bandoneon/Piano Recital
For full details, visit the festival web site. (Back to top)
Pentecost,
Monday 8th June.
A Bank Holiday in South Cyprus. Pentecost is the Orthodox equivalent
to Whit Monday. See here for a list of all
RoC holiday dates, and for
TRNC holiday dates. (Back to Top)
112 Grid Quiz,
Monday 8th June.
7.30pm Carpenters Restaurant. A quiz which includes an element of
Luck. Entry 20TL to include supper. (Back to Top)
Friends of Those in Need quiz night.
Alternative Tuesdays.
7.30pm, Empress Restaurant, near Salamis ruins. Quiz night in aid of
the Friends in Need Charity. (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)
St Barnabas'
Saints Day, Wednesday 11th June Annually.
St Barnabas is the Patron Saint of Cyprus, and is a very important
person in the history of Christianity. Until 1974, this day was one
of celebrations centred on
St Barnabas Monastery, near Famagusta. In 2005, these
celebrations were reinstated, and are now an annual occurrence.
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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 bougt at any Deniz
Plaza store, Orac Turizm and Islek Turizm in Lefkosa, Krekom Turizm
in Famagusta, and Mavi Tur in Kyrenia.
8.30pm,
112 Afternoon
Tea, 2nd Wednesday monthly, except December.
3pm, Mountain View Hotel, Karaoglanoglu. English tea, sandwiches and
scones with cream. Guest speaker on the subject of
Mediterranean gardening. Entry 10TL. (Back to
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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.
High Impact Dance Centre, Saturday 13th June.
7.30pm – 10.30pm, GAU Spectrum. A performance by the students of the
High Impact Dance Centre. Tickets cost 15Tl, from the Dance Centre,
or All Occasions, Karaoglanoglu.
Kibris Sanat concert, 14th
June.
3pm, Near East university, Nicosia. A ballet and dance performance
by the Kibris Sanat students.
Piano Recital,
Wednesday 10th June.
8.30pm, Ataturk Cultural Centre, Lefkosa. A Piano Recital by
Fatos Gunhanlar in aid of the SOS children's homes. Tickets cost
5TL, and are available from from the main SOS Childrens Village
Funding office in Lefkosa or call 0392 225 70 17 or 0392 225 43 18.
Tickets will also be available at the door. (Back to
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Rock Concert, Tuesday 9th
June.
7.30pm, Lefkosa Beer garden (Mehmet Akif Cad). Rock bands Unreal and
The Tunes, are performing to raise funds for children’s homes
throughout Cyprus. Tickets are 10TL, and are available on the door.
St Andrew's
Quiz, Friday 12th June.
7.30pm. Quiz Night, St Andrews Church Hall, Kyrenia. Soup will
be served during the interval, and there will be a raffle. There
is no entry fee, but donations are requested in aid of church
funds. (Back to Top)
Art
Exhibition. 10th to 20th June (Except Sunday)
8am - 8pm, Buyuk Han, Nicosia. Artists Ozgul Kizilbora, Aziz
Mevlitler and Koray Gorgul present a selection of their work. (Back
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