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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 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 (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.
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)
NCCCT Bingo,
2nd Monday Monthly (Except July and August).
7.30pm, Mambo Bar, Alsancak. Fundraising for the charity Free
entry and free raffle. Book of 6 games cost 35TL.
10am. Viewing Friday and Saturday. (Back to top)
14th North
Cyprus International Bellapais Music Festival, 20th May to 21st June.
8.30pm, Bellapais Abbey. A series of nine concerts, spread over one
month, on the following dates.
Thursday 20th May.
Friday 21st May.
Tuesday 25th May.
Tuesday 1st June (Invitation Only).
Wednesday 2nd June.
Friday 4th June.
Sunday 6th June.
Friday 18th June.
Monday 21st June
Tickets cost 20TL. For full details of the programme, visit the
festival web site. (Back to top)
BRS Summer
Dance, Saturday 19th June.
7.30pm,
Denizkizi Hotel. Tickets at 50TL for members, and 55TL for
non-members, include a welcome drink and three course dinner. (Back to Top)
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)
Girne
Watersports Club open day, Saturday 119th June.
10am – 4pm, Diana beach, Catalkoy. A chance to see what you can look
forward to if you join the sailing club. The group is particularly
interested in expanding its youth section. The opportunity will be
given for people to sail, but suitable clothing (eg swimwear) should
be worn. (Back to Top)
SPOT
Fundraising Quiz, Monday June 14th.
7.30pm, Mambo bar, Alsancak. (Back to Top)
Classical
Concert, Saturday 19th June.
7.30pm, Karaman Church. Violin virtuoso Nihat Agdac will perform a
concert of classical music. He will be accompanied by Polish pianist
Agata Jozwik. Admission is free, but donations at the door will be
accepted to help Mr Agdac study at the Royal Academy of Music in
London. (Back to Top)
Cranberries
Dance Show,
Saturday 19th June.
8pm.
Kyrenia Amphitheatre. 45 Dance groups, plus the Kibris Liners. Entry
free. (Back to Top)
Duman Concert, Saturday 19th
June.
7.30pm, Salamis ruins. Local band, Zenga opens a concert headlined
by Turkish rock group, Duman. Tickets cost 30TL from Deniz Plaza, or
35TL on the night.
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. (Back
to Top)
Murder Mystery, Friday 18th
June.
7.30pm, Mountain View Hotel, Karaoglanoglu. KADS present “Murder
Most Vile”, which takes place in a villa, and the CID officers
invite the diners to become sleuths to help solve the crime. Prizes
will be given to the winning table at the end of the evening.
Proceeds are in aid of Kyrenia Animal Rescue, and tickets costs
30TL, which includes a three course meal. (Back to
Top)