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Spray some water on the curtains, or a hanging towel. Enough to make it damp, not soaking wet. As it evaporates, it'll cool the room a bit. Indoors plants also help. Water them at night; through the day they'll do the same as above.
Quick showers. Just to wet the skin. Or a damp towel you can use to pat your arms and legs with.
If using fans, pay attention to where you place them, otherwise you're simply moving hot air around. Or worse, moving it in. Ideally you should put the back of the fan near a window that faces the colder side of your house (north in your case), and have another window open to the hotter side of the house (your south). But pay attention so the Sun doesn't hit inside the house directly, depending on your setup it's useful to leave the window open and the curtains closed.
If you live in a two-storey house, it's a good idea to put the fan near a window in the bottom floor, gently facing up; the bottom floor tends to be a bit colder. Just make sure there are also open windows in the top floor.
If you really need you can put a bucket of ice in the front of the fan, too.
At night keep the windows open, like drusas said. The house itself stores some heat, and the best opportunity to dissipate it is at night.
White (or at least light colours) everything. Curtains, house, your clothes, your cat. Just kidding your cat will still feel like a fluffy inferno.
Mate i had no clue about fan placement! Thanks so much
You can also place an outward-facing fan on a top floor or hottest area to get hotter air OUT and create a current. How effective this will be depends on a number of things, but it can help.