In Your Pocket City Guides
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| Industry | Tourism |
|---|---|
| Founded | December 1991 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Europe |
| Products | Guide books |
| Website | www |
In Your Pocket City Guides is a publisher of free guide books for many European cities, available in print, via website or via mobile app. It also publishes guide books for major events in Europe including the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European Championship. It is based in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Guide books can be downloaded from the website free of charge in PDF.[1] Guide books are also provided in video format on YouTube.[2]
The first In Your Pocket city guide, Vilnius In Your Pocket was written by German journalist Matthias Lüfkens and Belgian brothers George, Oliver, and Nicolas Ortiz in Vilnius, Lithuania and published in December 1991.
Reception
The guide books have received the following mentions:
- In 2013, The Wall Street Journal described the style as "tongue-in-cheek advice" with "brutal honesty".[3]
- In 2005, The New York Times described the guide as "an Eastern European publishing phenomenon".[4]
- In an article about Riga in 2006, The New York Times noted it is "a good all-around information site"[6]
- In 2005, The Independent listed the guides among the "ten best travel websites" because "the writers/compilers live locally and the guides are frequently updated".[7]
- In 2005, The Guardian wrote "InYourPocket.com was the first online travel guide to come up with the idea of offering free downloadable city guides in printable (PDF) format".[8]
- In 2008, The Guardian noted that it "is a brilliant resource written by excellent writers whose slant is always 'off the trail'."[9]
- In 2007, The Observer wrote it is "the most reliable source".[10]
The guide books have also been mentioned in the Lonely Planet, Let's Go Travel Guides, and Rough Guides.[11][12]
References
- ^ Mallén, Patricia Rey (April 4, 2020). "The Best Guidebook Apps and Sites for Travelers". Too Many Adapters.
- ^ In Your Pocket City Guides. YouTube.
- ^ Fairless, Tom (September 14, 2013). "Visitors Beware: Lithuania's Unorthodox Approach to Tourism". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Ekman, Ivar (May 6, 2005). "A pocketful of tips on Eastern Europe". The New York Times.
- ^ Hide, Will (September 1, 2007). "Alternative city guidebooks and websites". The Times.
- ^ Midgette, Anne (July 16, 2006). "Cultured Traveler: In Riga, Creating an Identity Through the Arts". The New York Times.
- ^ "The Ten Best: Travel websites". The Independent. January 13, 2005.
- ^ Taylor, Ros (May 14, 2005). "Best of the net: Essential sites". The Guardian.
- ^ Lanyado, Benji (February 28, 2008). "Blog by blog guide to … art in Europe". The Guardian.
- ^ "What is... a kert?". The Observer. The Guardian. May 19, 2007.
- ^ Bousfield, Jonathan; Salter, Mark (July 2005). The Rough Guide to Poland. Rough Guides. ISBN 1-84353-488-6.
- ^ Bousfield, Jonathan (May 2007). The Rough Guide to Croatia. Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-84353-783-0.