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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)
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)
9am to 1 pm at Star Bowling. (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. 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)
Famagusta
Music Night. Every Wednesday.
9pm to 1am, Namik Kemal Square. Music by
Latinoturk Group. Type of music. Latin, popular Latin and popular
jazz Entertainment is free, but it is appreciated if you eat
at the restaurants on the square. (Back to Top)
Turtle Hatching, end July to end
September (Approximate Dates)
North Cyprus is one of the few turtle nesting areas in the
Mediterranean. Every year student volunteers study these animals.
Around 60 days
after nesting, the eggs begin to hatch. The volunteers give any stragglers a
hand once the sun starts going down, and you can watch this. Booking
is not necessary, but there is not an excavation every day, and
normally not an excavation on a Sunday. Public excavations will be
announced on this web site and the turtle blog. 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)
7.30pm. NCCCT charity bingo at the Soho Lounge. Admission 15YTL,
including buffet. (Back to top)
Abba Divas on
Tour, Various Dates.
For a list of
concert dates, follow the link. (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)
NCCCT Coffee morning, 2nd
Tuesday monthly except July and August.
10.30am, venue varies. Everything raised goes towards
essential hospital equipment for the relief of cancer sufferers.
112 Afternoon
Tea, 2nd Wednesday monthly, except December.
3pm, Mountain View Hotel, Karaoglanoglu. English tea, sandwiches and
scones with cream. Guest speaker is Anne Challis, who will talk
about her experience in China. Entry 10TL.
Ozankoy
Gardening Forum, 2nd Thursday monthly.
2.30pm, Five fingers, Ozankoy. An informal group of gardening
enthusiasts who want to share their knowledge and learn more about
gardening in North Cyprus.
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Pumas
Competition, 11th September.
2pm to 5pm. Rugby 10s competition. (Back to Top)
4th Annual Salsa Jam,
11th to 13th September.
Malpas Hotel, Girne. includes concert at Kyrenia Castle on the 11th,
and at Kyrenia Amphitheatre on the 12th. Full details of the
festival can be found on
their web
site. (Back to Top)
Troodos Visit,
12th September.
The Foreign Residents in TRNC Society have a visit to the Kikos
monastery and museum. (Back to Top)
A series of theatre performances in Turkish at the Ataturk Cultural
Centre, Nicosia. Follow the link for the
full programme. (Back to Top)
Lawrence
Durrell's House Open, 3rd to 29th September (Except Sundays).
The house, at Bellapais, is only open for a few weeks every year.
Meet outside the house at 11.30am. The tour lasts 1.5 hours, and
costs 15TL. Refreshments available. (Back to Top)
Amanda's Auction,
Ozankoy, Alternate Sundays.
10am. Viewing Friday and Saturday. (Back to top)
2nd Cyprus
Turkish Folk Dance Festival, 10th September.
5.30pm, Girne municipality HQ. The teams parade to the old harbour
where they will perform. They will then move to the amphitheatre and
perform there from 8pm. Entrance is Free. (Back to
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