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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. Today will be special
as it’s a birthday party for the Ecotourism Association! There
will be lots of activities like folk dancing by MAGAM (Famagusta
Folk Dancing Troupe), craft demonstrations galore, oodles to eat
like kebabs and pastries, a skit on organic farming, donkey rides
for kids and more. Support village life and learn about our cultural
activities for sustainable rural development. For more information,
contact Lois on 0533 850 5758 or Kiymet on 0533 860 2241
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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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Arman Ratip,
Thursday Alternative Weeks.
8pm, Sabor Restaurant, Nicosia 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 Sabor customers.
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Amanda's Auction,
Ozankoy, Alternate Sundays.
10am. Viewing Friday and Saturday.
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Greek Cypriot National Day,
Thursday 1st April
A more PC name for a Southern Cyprus holiday that is still commonly known as
"EOKA Day". The holiday celebrates the start of the
guerrilla campaign on April 1, 1955 when EOKA targeted
British military and civilian installations on the island.
It later also targeted Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot
collaborators and informants. The holiday is celebrated in
memorial services in churches and gatherings in cities and
villages in southern Cyprus. For all
southern Cyprus holidays, follow the link.
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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 Event, Wednesday 30th March.
11.30am, Eminaga Garden centre. The Anglo Turkish Association are
holding a Gardner’s Question Time. The programme will consist of a
talk by the owner, a garden tour and lunch. After the meal there
will be time to re-visit the garden. If you intend to be present,
please submit your gardening questions at least 5 days prior to the
event. Car sharing is advised, as parking is limited. Tickets cost
20TL for members and 25TL fofr non-members and can be booked
from
shiloh1865@gmail.com or 0533 866 3625.
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A night at the
Opera, Friday 1st April.
8.30 pm Bellapais Abbey. Soloists from the Turkish State Opera will
be performing. Tenor Ayhan Uskak, who has had many solo performances
in Ireland, Holland and Italy, will be joined by soprano Esin Tahnli.
Miss Tahnli has appeared at the prestigious Aspendos Festival, on
the ancient Roman amphitheatre near Antalya. They will be joined on
stage by pianist Atlin Ozugur. Tickets can be reserved on 0533 849
2667 or 0533 848 0244
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Piano Concert, Friday 1st
April.
8.30pm-11.30pm, Cratos Premium Hotel, Catalkoy. Children of
different ages will be performing popular classical pieces. The
young pianists are all students of Fatos Ozcelik Gunhanlar. Tickets
cost 10TL, and all proceeds are going to the SOS children’s village.
For more information, call 0392 225 7017.
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