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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.
Thursday 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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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.
Christian churches are represented
in North Cyprus. Sunday services are as follows.
Anglican
St Andrew’s, Kyrenia.
8am communion.
10am Family Eucharist and Sunday School. (Hot and cold drinks served
in the church hall after the service)
2pm. Turkish language service. (Held in the church hall)
5.30pm. Cyprus International Fellowship
St Mark’s Famagusta (Services held at the old Greek
St George’s Chapel on the Salamis Road)
9am Turkish Language service.
11am Communion
5.30pm, Praise and Worship
St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, Nicosia. (Located
about 300 yards south of the Paphos Gate.)
9.30am. Holy Communion.
6pm, Evening Prayer.
Roman Catholic.
St Elizabeth of Hungary, Kyrenia.
Mid-day. Mass
Holy Cross Catholic Church, Nicosia. (Located
inside the walled city, close to the Paphos Gate.)
8am, 9.30am and 6.30pm. Mass.
Maronite. (Services mainly in the
Greek language with some Syriac.)
St George’s, Korucam 8am and 10am. Mass
Holy Cross, Karpasa.
8.30am. Mass
Cathedral of Our Lady of Graces. (Located inside
the walled city, near the Paphos Gate)
8am and 10am. 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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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)
10.30am -12.30pm, Altinkaya Jam Bar, Girne, Girne. Intermediate.
Entrance 5TL 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.
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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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112 Quiz night.
Last Monday Monthly Except December.
7.30pm, The Ravine Bar, 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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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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Amanda's Auction,
Ozankoy, Alternate Sundays.
10am. Viewing Friday and Saturday.
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Coffee
Morning. Last Saturday monthly, March to October.
10am, The Hermitage, Kyrenia. Coffee morning, bring & buy, and
raffle.
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7th Spring Music
Festival at Bellapais. 11th April - 13th May.
8.30 pm, Bellapais Abbey. A series of six concerts over a one month
period. Tickets cost 25TL. Brief details are as follows:-
11 April Johann Strauss Ensemble Wien (A Wien
Gala)
15 April Alicja Fiderkiewicz Piano Recital
22 April Erol Emmioglu Piano Recital
29 April Samsun State Opera Soloists (Favourite Arias
from Operas)
06 May Expromte Trio
13 May Lale Musayeva Piano Recital (Franz Liszt Concert)
The
full programme can be found here.
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Easter Monday,
25th April.
This is a public holiday in the RoC. Although Tuesday is not a
holiday, banks will remain closed. This year the dates for Western
and Orthodox Easter coincide. For
all holiday dates, follow the link.
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4th Ozankoy
Flower Show, 30th April and 1st May.
More information
here.
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May Day Holidays.
Saturday 1st May.
Labour Day (TRNC), and May Day (RoC) are public holidays. For a list
of
holiday dates in TRNC, or
in the RoC, follow the links.
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Wild Flower and
Orchid Walk, Tuesdays, Thursday, and
Occasional Saturdays, March and April.
Hisarkoy. An all day experience. The morning walk is to the east of
the village over fairly gentle terrain. This lasts about two hours,
and is followed by lunch . The afternoon walk, which also lasts two
hours, is a gentle walk to the west towards an orchard glade, an
area of black tulips and other wild flowers. The circular route
takes in a medieval Maronite church, an Ottoman Turkish bath and a
bronze age tomb. The route is flexible, and can be varied depending
on the needs of the group. The cost is £15 per person. Numbers are
limited, so booking is essential on 0392 721 3013, 0542 8544329, or
with Maureen Hutchinson at the Friday Carpenters’ market.
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ATA Exhibition, 26th to 30th
April.
The Anglo Turkish Association are holding their Arts and Crafts
Exhibition. Details tba.
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ATA Concert, Friday 29th April.
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Theatre Lambousa Production, 27th
to 30th April.
7.30pm, Baron’s Theatre, Chateau Lambousa. Theatre Lambousa present
a farce entitled “The Amorous Ambassador” Tickets cost 25TL, or 55TL
to include a pre-show meal.
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