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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)
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)
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. Books, hand made greeting cards, hand
made Turkish Cypriot souvenirs, plants, toys, clothing, shoes,
English jams, preserves, pickles, bric-a-brac, carpets,
haberdashery, wool, electricals, electronics, pictures, photo., To
set up a stall contact Sandie on 0533 8649195 or 0533 8629416 or
e-mail to
karakumcarboot1@gmail.com (Back to Top)
Pembegul
Market, Every Sunday.
10am - 3pm, Pembegul Garden Centre.
Next to K-Pet petrol garage, Between Bellapais traffic lights &
Bellapais roundabout. A selection of plants, books, shoes, DVDs,
and more. (Back to Top)
Buyukkonuk
Market, Every Sunday.
11am – 4pm., Buyukkonuk village centre, Karpaz. Organised by the
Eco-Tourism Association, the market has handicrafts, traditional
food, and local produce.
Friends
of Those in Need quiz night. Alternative Tuesdays.
7.30pm, Empress Restaurant, near Salamis ruins. Quiz night in aid of
the Friends of those in Need Charity. (Back to top)
112 Quiz night.
Last Monday Monthly.
7.30pm, The Deniz Han restaurant (on the corner of the road leading
to Deniz Kizi Hotel, and opposite the Kings Court Hotel). 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)
Ilgaz Ladies Lunch, Last Tuesday
Monthly.
12.30pm for 1pm,
Hoots bar, Ilgaz. A charity fundraising lunch with a different theme
every month. The cost is 25TL, and bottles of
wine are available from 16TL.
Spring Music
Festival at
Bellapais. 30th April to 11th May.
8.30pm, Bellapais Abbey.
Friday 30th April.
Lale Musayeva & Ibrahim Ozbaskin, Flute recital.
Sunday 2nd May.
Birce Arslan Asman & Sirin Akbulut, Piano recital for four hands.
Tuesday 4th May.
Gozdem Ilkay, Piano recital.
Friday 7th May.
Expromte Trio & Baritone Evren Karagoz.
Sunday 9th May.
Demet Alkan James, Piano recital.
Tuesday 11th May.
Arman Ratrip (piano), Tony Jones (double bass) & Yusuf Joe Taka
(drums), Jazz concert.
Tickets cost 20TL, and
full programme
details can be found here. (Back
to Top)
ATA May Ball.
Saturday 1st May.
Anglo Turkish Association May Ball. Booking on 0542 872 4291. (Back
to Top)
May Day Holidays.
Saturday 1st May.
Labour Day (TRNC), and May Day (RoC) are public holidays. For a list
of
holiday dates in TRNC, or
in the RoC, follow the links. (Back to Top)
5th Cyprus Silk
Festival, Friday 30th April to Sunday 2nd May
3.45pm, Friday at Bellapais school, continuing over the weekend to
3pm on Sunday. An exhibition, silkworm products, folk dancing,
nature walks and music. Silkworms were first discovered in
China, spreading to the Far East, Iran, Turkey and Cyprus. The
breeding of silkworms has been part of the Cypriot culture for
centuries, and until recently was a major source of income.
In the 18th century, silkworm breeders began exporting to the UK, where Cypriot silk was much in demand because it was of a much higher quality, and its thread was much more durable than others.
As recently as the 1960s, silkworms were abundant, with many families living on the trade. Since then, however, there has been a decline in silkworm breeding, and by 2000, the trade had almost disappeared.
The Green Action Group, which was established in 1988, is organising this festival as part of its public awareness campaign about the importance and protection of the endemics and other flora of Cyprus in order to protect mulberry trees and revitalise silkworm growing and artwork. (Back to top)
KAR Bingo
Fundraiser, Last Thursday Monthly.
8pm, The Fez, Catalkoy. Tickets cost 35TL, which includes 5 games of
bingo, the last game being a rollover. Booking on 0533 844 7885.
Craft Market,
Last Thursday Monthly.
2pm – 4pm, Back in Time bar, Girne. Products include jewellery,
wrought ironwork, pottery, and cards.
Wild Flower
and Orchid Walk, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Occasional Saturdays,
March and April.
Hisarkoy. An all day experience. The morning walk is to the east of
the village over fairly gentle terrain. This lasts about two hours,
and is followed by lunch . The afternoon walk, which also lasts two
hours, is a gentle walk to the west towards an orchard glade, an
area of black tulips and other wild flowers. The
circular route takes in a medieval Maronite church, an Ottoman
Turkish bath and a bronze age tomb. The route is flexible, and can
be varied depending on the needs of the group. The cost is £15 per
person. Numbers are limited, so booking is essential on 0392 721
3013, 0542 8544329, or with Maureen Hutchinson at the Friday
Carpenters’ market.
Line Dancing Lessons, Mondays
to Thursdays,
October to June
Two groups, Phoenix Line Dance Club, and the Kibris Liners hold line
dancing lessons in the TRNC.
Mondays.
10.30am – 12.30pm, Punjab Restaurant, Lapta. Beginners. Entrance
5TL. (Kibris Liners)
6pm - 8pm, Dome Hotel, Girne. Intermediate. Entrance 15TL which
includes bar supper and coffee, tea, or soft drink. (Pheonix)
Tuesdays.
10.30am - 12.30pm, Green Valley Restaurant, Alsancak. Improver
level. Entrance 5TL. (Phoenix)
10am - noon, Punjab Restaurant, Lapta. Absolute beginners. Entrance
5TL. (Kibris Liners)
Wednesdays.
10.30am – 12.30pm, Punjab Restaurant, Lapta. Intermediate.
Entrance 5TL. (Kibris Liners)
11am - 1pm, Koca Reis, near Salamis. Beginner. Entrance 5TL
(Phoenix)
Thursdays.
10.30am - 12.30pm,Green Valley Restaurant, Alsancak. Beginners.
Entrance 5TL. (Phoenix)
For more information, contact Phoenix on 0533 876 3410, and
Kibris on 0542 883 4422. (Back to Top)
Phoenix Social
Event, Friday 30th April.
Pia Bella Hotel, Girne. To Be Confirmed. The Phoenix line dance club
are holding a social event. (Back to Top)
Community Garden Fete, Saturday
1st May.
11am, The Hermitage, Kyrenia. Attractions include folk dancing,
stalls and refreshments, donkey rides, wine tasting, and a
children’s fancy dress competition. Entrance is free, but programmes
will be on sale. All money raised will be split between local
charities.
Pumas Match,
Saturday 1st May.
Pumas v Samsun. Details tba. (Back to Top)
Art Exhibition,
17th April to 16th May
10am - 4pm, Bellapais Abbey crypt. Kate Fensom and Max Dane, joined
by several other artists are holding an art exhibition. At least one
of the artists will be in attendance daily. (Back to
Top)
Chamber Music Concert, 27th
and 29th April.
8.30pm, Bellapais Abbey. The State Symphony Orchestra and Choir have
a chamber music concert. Featuring Eran Raman (flute), Oskay Hoca
(oboe), Halil Kalgay (violin), and Mine Sadrazam (piano). Entry
Free.