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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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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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BRS Supper
by the Sea, Friday 30th September.
Deniz Kizi Beach bar.
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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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9th North Cyprus International
Music Festival, 19th September to 22nd
October.
Monday, 19th September. Gulsin Onay, piano recital.
Friday 23rd September. Jiri Barta, J S Bach cello
suits.
Friday 30th September. Aydin Ustuk and Ayhan Ustuk
(tenors) with Mehmet Aric (piano).
Friday 7th October. Janila Musayeva, violin
recital.
Friday 14th October. Color Trio Wien. Romana Beutel
(soprano), Serkan Gurkan (violin), and Ilse Montocchio (piano).
Saturday 22nd October. Johan Strauss Ensemble,
conducted by Alfred Pfeger.
All concerts will be held at 8.30pm at Bellapais, with tickets
costing 30TL. The full programme can be found
here.
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