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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.
10 m - 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.
7.30pm. NCCCT charity bingo at the Polar Restaurant, Karakum. Admission
free. A book of two games costs 15TL, and 4 games 20TL.
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10am. Viewing Friday and Saturday. (Back to top)
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)
BRS Talk,
Thursday 6th May.
7pm, The Cave, Nitovikla Hotel, Kumyali. A talk arranged by the
Karpaz Branch of the British Residents Society entitled “The Truth
about the Cyprus Problem”, as presented by author and historian Col.
John Hughes-Wilson, followed by a supper. This promises to be an
interesting, and possibly enlightening, presentation of a
familiar subject. Tickets are available, 30 TL for BRS members and
35TL for non-members, from the usual BRS Information Points at
YeniErenkoy, Bogaz and Girne. A reduced hotel room price is
offered for those wishing to stay overnight. For further
information please Call/text 0542 889 2327 or email
pamelahedge@superonline.com. (Back
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Heart and Soul
Expo, 8th and 9th May.
Acapulco Hotel, Catalcoy. The
purpose of the Expo is to expand peoples’ understanding of mind,
body and spirit and to facilitate alternate paths to wellbeing. At
the same time they aim to expand this event to a wider market place
where people can learn about products and services, relevant to our
Expo that will meet their needs. Exhibitors are from many different
areas of mind, body and spirit disciplines. More information can be
found on
their web site. Entrance costs 10TL, which includes all
lectures/classes and a magazine programme. (Back to top)
4th Buyukkonuk
Eco Festival, Sunday 9th May
10am - 8pm. Buyukkonuk spring festival. Click for
information about the eco village. (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)
Pumas Match,
Saturday 8th May.
Pumas v ODTU. 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
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13th
Guzelyurt Arts Festival, 4th to 14th May.
Programme details TBA. (Back to
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