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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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7.30pm. NCCCT charity bingo at the Polar Restaurant, Karakum. Admission
free. A book of six games costs 35TL.
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112 Afternoon
Tea, 2nd Wednesday monthly, except December and January
3pm, Mountain View Hotel, Karaoglanoglu. English tea, sandwiches and
scones with cream. Guest speaker TBA. Entry 10TL.
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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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Seker Bayram,
9th to 11th September.
A three day holiday to celebrate the end of Ramazan. Check all
holiday dates.
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10am. Viewing Friday and Saturday.
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14th Famagusta Arts
and Culture Festival, 24th August to 7th September.
Postponed from July. For more
information
about the festival, or for
programme details, follow the links.
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Carob Picking,
Wednesday 8th September.
Maureen and Tony Hutchinson have organised some carob picking days
on their organic farm. People taking part will learn how to crush
and prepare the carobs, and then make pekmez or carob syrup. More
information on 0392 721 3013 or 0542 854 4329.
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Jazz at
Bellapais, Tuesday 7th September.
Enjoy an evening of jazz with 3 talented musicians - Rauf Kasimov on
piano, Mustafa Ozak on doublebass and Osman Sendinc on flute. All
three have been classically trained and enjoy the opportunity to
offer a different experience to their audience. Jazz is something
they love. The event is in support of the (Cheshire Home) Kyrenia
Rehabilitation Centre and tickets costing 20TL are available from
the Rehabilitation Centre, Deniz Plaza Shops, the Bellapais Office
and Pia Bella Hotel. They are also available on the door on the
night.
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Art
Exhibition, 10th and 11th September.
Shayna Beach Club. Max Shaıler ıs holdıng an Art Exhıbıtıon. There
will be a varıety of paıntıngs, prınts and cards whıch wıll be on
sale. Thıs was a very successful event last year, and the Artıst
wıll donate some of her earnıngs to her favourite charıty.
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8th Cyprus
Theatre Festival, 2nd - 28th September.
All shows are in Turkish, and take stage at 9pm at the AKKM at Near
East University in Lefkosa (Nicosia), North Cyprus, with the
following programme:-
Thursday 2nd September, 2010. Tek Kisilik Sehir
Monday 6th September, 2010. Vashet Tanrisi
Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th September, 2010. Testo Teron
Wednesday 15th & Thursday 16th September, 2010. Kerem Gibi
Monday 20th September, 2010. Tarla Kusuydu Juliet
Thursday 23rd September, 2010. Intiharin Genel Provasi
Saturday 25th September, 2010. Matmazel Julie
Monday 27th & Tuesday 28th September, 2010. Kralice LearTickets
cost 15TL (Combi 100TL), and can be purchased from Lefkosa
Belediyesi Public Relations OR Lefkosa Deniz Plaza.
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Summer Fete, Sunday
12th September.
12pm-6pm, Black Olive café, Alsancak. In aid of the Children in Need
Foundation. Tug of War, children’s treasure hunt, face painting, and
more. Entry Free. Food and drink available.
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Charity Quiz, Friday
10th September.
Green Valley restaurant, Alsancak. The Phoenix line dancers have a
charity quiz.
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Pumas Match,
Saturday 11th September.
4.30pm, Esentepe Stadium. Pumas v Touring side.
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