Voices from Coffee Shops

If you are a fan of traditional Cypriot coffee shops, and if you love listening to old people’s stories about the “old good days”, then you will love this video!! ‘Voices from Coffee Shops’ is a short clip featuring the regular customers of two coffee shops recently restored by UNDP and thanks to EU funds, in the villages of Kalyvakia/Kalavac and Tremetousia/Erdemli in the northern part of Cyprus.

Why restoring traditional coffee shops? Listen to them and they will explain you why these places are worth being preserved! Thanks to EU funds, another similar project is being completed by UNDP Partnership for the Future in the villages of Louroukina/Akincilar. All four projects were realized in the framework of a broader EU funded, urban upgrading programme for villages and small towns in the northern part of Cyprus aiming at supporting and ensuring the preservation of Cyprus cultural heritage and traditional way of life. The works entailed repairing walls and roofs, the provision of new equipped kitchenettes, characteristic furniture and training in hygiene standards. Photographic exhibits are also being organized in these coffee shops to showcase traditional village life. Photos: Kerim Belet. Video Editing: Yetin Arslan