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<< 16 August - 22 August 2010 >>

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Turtle Hatching
Tour of North Nicosia Friends in Need Quiz Kyrenia Market Tour of South Nicosia Tour of North Nicosia Guzelyurt Market Church Services
Tour of South Nicosia Line Dancing Lessons Tour of North Nicosia   Tour of South Nicosia Lambousa Market Karakum Market
NCCCT AGM   Friends Coffee Morning   Famagusta Market Children's Film show Pembegul Market
    NCCCT Bingo   Carpenters Market   Buyukkonuk Market
    112 Afternoon Tea   Pegasos Market   Santa Visits TRNC

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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.
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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.
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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!).
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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Karakum Market. Every Sunday.
9am to 1pm, Paradise restaurant and sports bar. (Behind the Ozankoy Lemar). 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 
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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.
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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.
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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, their 2009 blog, or their 2010 blog. You can also call their information line, 0533 879 8533, after 9.30am.
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NCCCT Bingo, Wednesday Afternoons.
A bingo fundraiser for the charity takes place every Wednesday afternoon at central Kyrenia's Watermill Hotel. Bingo books cost each player YTL25 at the sessions, with 10% being donated to the Cancer Charity. All of the remainder goes into the prize fund.
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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.
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Line Dancing Lessons, Tuesdays till end September.
6.30pm to 8.30pm, Cine Miles Restaurant, Girne. Kibris liners have a weekly class for all levels during the summer. Once the lesson is over you can eat if you want then put into practice what you have learnt if you want to. Park opposite the HSBC and just walk back. 5TL for 2 hours. For more information, contact 0542 883 4422.
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112 Afternoon Tea, 2nd Wednesday monthly.
3pm, Mountain View Hotel, Karaoglanoglu. English tea, sandwiches and scones with cream. The guest speaker tba. Entry 10TL.
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Santa Visits TRNC, Sunday 22nd August.
4pm, Mo’s Restaurant, Catalkoy. Santa is visiting the TRNC for his Summer break, and has agreed to make an appearance to raise funding for the Cheshire Homes.  As well as Santa, there will be music from Steam Machine, a bouncy castle, and fun round the swimming pool.  Santa’s elves will be building an air conditioned grotto for children to visit him. As he is on holiday, he can only give out presents that have been brought along by parents or guardians. Entry is free for children, but 25TL for parents or guardians.
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NCCCT AGM, Monday 16th August.
2.30pm, Teachers Hotel, Girne. All supporters of the trust are welcome.
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