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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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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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Eastern Mediterranean
Yacht Rally, 20th to 24th May.
Around 80 yachts will be transiting Kyrenia this week. They will
be arriving at Girne New Harbour from Alanya during 20th May.
They will use both the Delta Marina and the Commercial Harbour. They will be in port on the 21st and 22nd May, departing for
the new marina at Yeni Erinkoy and on to Mersin Mersin on the 24th May. For more information, look
here.
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15th North
Cyprus International Bellapais Music Festival, 20th May to 22nd June.
8.30pm, Bellapais Abbey. A series of ten concerts, spread over one
month.
Friday 20th May, Opening Concert.
Tuesday 24th May, Piano Recital.
Sunday 29th May, Piano Recital.
Wednesday 1st June, Military Concert.
Sunday 5th June, Piano/Violin Recital.
Wednesday 8th June, String Recital.
Tuesday 14th June, Piano Recital.
Friday 17th June, Flute/Bassoon/Piano Recital.
Sunday 19th June, Piano Recital.
Wednesday 22nd June, Closing Concert.
Tickets cost 20TL, with the exception of the 1st June, which is by
invitation only. For full details of the programme, visit the
festival web site.
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KADS
Production, 25th to 28th May.
Girne Municipal Cultural Centre (close to the Wednesday market).
Kyrenia Amateur Dramatic Society present the comedy, “Murder in
Play”. Admission costs 15TL, and proceeds will be shared between the
SOS Children’s Village and the Kyrenia Animal Rescue.
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TFR
Tour, Tuesday 24th May.
The Foreign Residents in the TRNC Association have a tour to Kozan.
They will be visiting a traditional bakery, and seeing cheese
production. Lunch will be at the Kozan mountain restaurant. Full
details tba.
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Art Exhibition,
1st – 29th May.
10am – 4pm daily, Bellapais Abbey Crypt. An exhibition of work by
Kate Fensom, Max Dane, Margaret Goulding, Sheila Davies, Tim
Francis, and Svetlana Ziuzina. Entrance Free.
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1957 to 1969 Revisited. Saturday 28th
May.
7.30pm, Mountain View Hotel, Karaoglanoglu. A
night of nostalgia in to raise funds for the 112 charity. Tickets
cost 50TL, and include supper and drinks till 10.30pm. Booking on
0522 840 7834
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Free Concert,
10th and 24th May.
The State Turkish Music Ensemble are giving two free concerts.
Lefkosa’s Ataturk Cultural Centre sees an 8.30pm Show on the 10th,
and this will be repeated on the 24th at the Erdogan
Hossoz Cultural Centre in Yeni Erenkoy.
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Dinner and Talk, Saturday 28th
May.
7.30pm, Five Fingers, Ozankoy. Keith Lloyd will be giving a talk on
the Livery Companies of the City of London, followed by dinner. 25tl
per head to include a three course meal. Book on 0533 8458278.
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3rd
Esentepe
Zerdali Festival, 27th May to 5th June.
27th May
Opening ceremony attended by Dr Dervis Eroglu & Esentepe beliedere
Parade of dance troupes from KKTC, Russia Rumania, Kurdistan, Syria,
Brazil, Turkey, Congo
Concert at 10.30
28th May
21.00 - 22.30 dance troupes from Congo Brazil TTKC ,
22.30 Turkish Cypriot Concert
29th May
Similar to above with different dancers, same timings
30th May
21.00 - 23.00 Best dressed Woman and best dressed man competition
Followed by Near East university Latin and Romany and oriental
dancing
31st May
21.00 - 23.00 Zerdali Gala night
International dance competition.
1st June
Childrens day, with magic and other shows,
Childrens theatre
20.00 - 22.00 snow white & the seven Dwarfs
2nd June
21.30 Concert with a famous Turkish singer
3rd June
21.00 Concert.
4th June
21.30 Gypsy dancers from Izmir
5th June
Talk show
21.00 Esentepe dance group & closing ceremony.
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