Location: Buffer Zone

  • HOME FOR COOPERATION

    HOME FOR COOPERATION

    The Home for Cooperation was established in 2011 by the intercommunal, Cyprus-based Association for Historical Dialogue and Research (AHDR), whose board comprises both Greek and Turkish Cypriots.The building was constructed in the early 1950s in a multicultural neighbourhood of Nicosia that hosted Armenian, Latin, Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities. After 1974, it was left abandoned within the Buffer Zone between two checkpoints. More than 30 years later, AHDR purchased and restored the building, transforming it into the community space now known as the Home for Cooperation, which today hosts cultural, artistic and educational activities that bring people together.

    Photos: Home for Cooperation

  • GOETHE-INSTITUT 

    GOETHE-INSTITUT 

    The Goethe-Institut Nicosia, founded in 1961, is one of the oldest foreign institutes of its kind. Since 1963, it has been located within the Green Line, next to the former Ledra Palace Hotel, in a listed villa set within a garden in the Buffer Zone. This unique location, between the northern and southern parts of the island, has shaped the institute’s identity as a cultural meeting point. Over the decades, it has served as a space where people from across Cyprus come together through art, dialogue, and shared experiences. Despite the island’s division, the Goethe-Institut has remained a constant presence, fostering cultural exchange and collaboration, and contributing to a sense of connection across communities.

    Photos: Goethe-Institut