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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. Wednesday weekly.
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 fourth 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)
13th North
Cyprus International Bellapais Music Festival, 21st May to 21st June.
8.30 pm, Bellapais Abbey. Tickets cost 20TL. This week's programme.
Monday 25th May
Marie Vermeulin (France). Piano Recital
Friday 29th May (8pm start)
Barnet Choir (UK)
Sunday 31st May
Roberto Metro & Elvira Foti (Italy). Piano Recital
For full details, visit the festival web site. (Back to top)
Eastern Mediterranean Yacht Rally, 23rd to 26th May.Around 80 yachts will be transiting Kyrenia this weekend. They will be arriving at Girne and Delta marinas from Alanya during 23rd May. They will be in port on the 24th and 25th May, departing for Mersin on the 26th May. For more information, look here. (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)
Coffee Morning.
Last Saturday Monthly, March to October.
10am,
The Hermitage, Kyrenia. Coffee morning, bring & buy, and raffle.
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Sidestreets at Kyrenia, Last Sunday monthly.
Midday, Onar Village, Kyrenia. Sidestreets present a series of
cultural and arts events for the English speaking community.
The event and lunch cost 30TL, and should be booked by calling
Sidestreets on 229 3070/71. For the complete Sidestreets programme,
visit the
Sidestreets
web site. (Back to top)
112 Quiz Night. Last Monday monthly.
7.30pm, Waterfront restaurant, Lapta. Quiz night in aid of the ERB
fund. A 15YTL entry fee provides a chance to have fun, win prizes
and enjoy supper. (Back to top)
ATA annual Karpaz
Visit, 30th and 31st May.
This trip has been cancelled. (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)
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 National Show Dance Line and its team Karate show,
Near East Functions, Dum Tek Cyprus Dance show group
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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Piano Recital,
Wednesday 27th May.
8.30pm, Bellapais Abbey. All proceeds to the Help those with Cancer
Association (Tulips). (Back to Top)
Slalom Race, Sunday 31st May
4pm.
Turkish Cyprus Classic Cars Association (KTKOD) are holding a slalom
race at the ZET Carting circuit.
Spring
Festival, Saturday 30th May.
The Cyprus International University is organising a festival for
"Modified and Classic Automobiles" during the afternoon. In the
evening, the organisers have a pop concert at the festival ground.
The guest singer is Hadise, the Turkish representative at the recent
Eurovision song contest. The University is a few miles outside
Nicosia, Heading to Famagusta. (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.
Motown Night, Friday 29th May.
8.30pm, The Old Mill, Ozankoy. Entry costs 5TL. Money raised will
benefit the pupils at Karakum Special School.
3rd
Sand Sculpture festival, Sunday 31st
May
10am – 10pm, EMU beach club, Famagusta. An opportunity for
participants to design sand sculptures.
Summer
Foursomes Competition, Sunday 31st
May
CMC Golf Club, Yesilyurt.