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<< 29 March - 04 April 2010 >>

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Tour of North Nicosia Friends in Need Quiz Tour of North Nicosia Greek Cypriot Day Good Friday Guzelyurt Market Church Services
Tour of South Nicosia Ilgaz  Ladies Lunch Kyrenia Market Tour of South Nicosia Tour of South Nicosia Lambousa Market Karakum Market
112 Quiz Orchid Walk Friends Coffee Morning Orchid Walk Famagusta Market Children's Film show Pembegul Market
Line Dancing Lessons Line Dancing Lessons NCCCT Bingo Line Dancing Lessons Carpenters Market Orchid Walk Buyukkonuk Market
    Line Dancing Lessons   Pegasos Market    
        Tour of North Nicosia    
        Phoenix Easter Special    

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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. (Back to top)

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. (Back to top)

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!). (Back to top)

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. (Back to top)

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. (Back to top)

Carpenters Market. Friday weekly.
Carpenters Craft & Farmers market, Karaoglanoglu. 10am to 1pm. (Back to top)

Pegasos Market. Friday weekly.
Pegasos Friday market, Karaoglanoglu. The original Friday market. 10am - 2pm (Back to top)

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. (Back to top)

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. (Back to top)

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 (Back to Top)

Karakum Market. Every Sunday.
9am to 1 pm at Star Bowling. Books, hand made greeting cards, hand made Turkish Cypriot souvenirs, plants, toys, clothing, shoes, English jams, preserves, pickles, bric-a-brac, carpets, haberdashery, wool, electricals, electronics, pictures, photo., To set up a stall contact Sandie on  0533 8649195  or 0533 8629416 or e-mail to karakumcarboot1@gmail.com  (Back to Top)

Pembegul Market, Every Sunday.
10 am - 3 pm, Pembegul Garden Centre.  Next to K-Pet petrol garage, Between Bellapais traffic lights & Bellapais roundabout. A selection of plants, books, shoes, DVDs, and more. (Back to Top)

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. (Back to top)

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. (Back to top)

112 Quiz night. Last Monday Monthly.
7.30pm, The Deniz Han restaurant (on the corner of the road leading to Deniz Kizi Hotel, and opposite the Kings Court Hotel). Quiz night in aid of the ERB fund. A 15YTL entry fee provides a chance to have fun, win prizes and enjoy supper. (Back to top)

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. (Back to Top)

Good Friday, 2nd April.
A public holiday in the RoC. This year the dates for Western and Orthodox Easter coincide. Easter is the most important religious holiday in the Greek Orthodox calendar. Good Friday is on the Friday before Easter Sunday. It commemorates the crucifixions of Christ. On this day special prayer services are held with readings from the Gospels of the events leading up to the crucifixion. For all holiday dates, follow the link. (Back to Top)

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. Numbers are limited, so booking is essential on 0392 821 1229 or 0542 873 8068 (Back to Top)

Wild Flower and Orchid Walk, Tuesdays, Thursdays, 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. (Back to Top)

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, Pine Bay/Code Red Alsancak. Beginners. Entrance 5TL. (Kibris Liners)
6pm - 8pm, Dome Hotel, Girne. Intermediate. Entrance 15TL 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)
6pm – 8pm, Pine Bay/Code Red, Alsancak. Absolute beginners. Entrance 5TL. (Kibris Liners)
Wednesdays.
10.30am – 12.30pm, Pine Bay/Code red, Alsancak. 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. (Back to Top)

Easter  Special, Friday 2nd April.
Pia Bella hotel, Girne.  The Phoenix Line Dance Club will be appearing. (Back to Top)