Once Europe’s longest pedestrianized street, Nicosia’s Ladras Street has been transformed by the so-called Green Line that divides the city. The street’s traditional Cypriot life has been replaced by typical European retail chains, yet the requirement to show a passport to proceed hints at a deeper division. Despite attempts to bridge the cultural and religious divide, political tensions remain high; the city still bears the physical and emotional scars of the Turkish invasion of 1974, with no realistic end in sight.