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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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Catalkoy Market.
Every Sunday.
9am to 1 pm. Soyuz Bar. More information from 0542 885 7723 or 0542
886 7012.
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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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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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112 Quiz night.
Last Monday Monthly.
7.30pm, Lacam Restaurant, Alsancak. Quiz night in aid of the ERB
fund. A 15YTL entry fee provides a chance to have fun, win prizes
and enjoy supper.
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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.
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20s Night,
Wednesday 29th September.
Mountain View Hotel. In aid of the 112 charity, with lots of
entertainment and a prize for the best fancy dress. Tickets cost
45TL, and include a meal and free local drinks.
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Cyprus Independence Day, 1st
October.
The country's Independence Day Celebrations honour the day
in 1960 when Cyprus gained independence from Great Britain
following a long and bitter five-year struggle. A public
holiday throughout the country, the day is marked with
national events, military parades, parties and processions.
Schools, offices and many shops are closed on this day.
Follow the links for all
RoC
holidays and
TRNC Holidays.
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BRS Karpaz Lunch,
Thursday 30th September.
12.30pm, Exotic Hotel, Bogaz. Raffle for “Friends in Need”.
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BRS Blood Donor
Day, Saturday 2nd October.
10am - 1pm,
Dr Akcicek Hospital, Girne.
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Bring and Share
Lunch, Sunday 3rd October.
To be held at The Hermitage, after the harvest service.
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9th International
Olive Festival, 1st to 8th October.
Full programme details can be found
here.
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Arman Ratip, Tuesday
Weekly.
8pm, The Old Grapevine, Girne. Pianist composer Arman Ratip plays a
selection of classical and jazz music for patrons, much of which he
has composed or arranged . Arman is a Turkish Cypriot who started
playing piano at the age of five. He studied music and pianoforte
with his mother Jale Dervis, one of the most famous music and piano
teachers on the island. He started composing at the age of seven,
fascinating audiences as a child prodigy. Later, his musical career
took off in London when he recorded two albums of his own
compositions and arrangements for EMI, and performed extensively in
the United Kingdom. He is hailed by music critics as one of the most
outstanding and captivating virtuosos of our times. Entrance is free
to customers of the Old Grapevine.
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10am. Viewing Friday and Saturday.
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Jazz Evening,
Saturday 2nd October.
7.30pm, Altenkaya, Bellapais Road. The BRS invite you to an evening
of jazz with The South Coast Stompers. Tickets cost 35TL for
Members:40TL for Non-Members (Includes a Three Course Meal). Tickets
can be purchased from all the BRS surgeries or phone
0392-8218177/8212307 or 0542-8724291
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2nd Annual
KAR Dog Walk, Saturday 2nd
October.
7pm (registration)7.30 start, Belediyesi Building. The
route is down the High Street, past the Dome, round the harbour to
the castle, and returning to the Belediyesi. All Welcome as are dogs
on leads. Fancy dress is optional, and there are prizes for best
adult, child, and dog.
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Garden Party,
Saturday, October 2nd.
4pm till late evening, Karsiyaka. Maureen Hussain will be holding a
garden party at her home in aid of the TULIPS Cyprus cancer charity.
DJ MIKE will be playing the music - so all in all - it should be a
good night. Entry is free, but donations are requested and you will
receive tea, cakes and savouries. For more information and
directions, contact Maureen on 0533 862 5902.
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