In Your Pocket City Guides is a publisher of free

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s for many European cities, available in print, via

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or via

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. It also publishes guide books for major events in Europe including the

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and the

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. It is based in

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, Lithuania. Guide books can be downloaded from the website free of charge in PDF. Guide books are also provided in video format on

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. 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

, Lithuania and published in December 1991.

Reception

The guide books have received the following mentions: * In 2013, ''

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'' described the style as "tongue-in-cheek advice" with "brutal honesty". * In 2005, ''

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'' described the guide as "an Eastern European publishing phenomenon". * In 2007, ''

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'' referred to the guides as "The best guides to Eastern Europe". * In an article about Riga in 2006, ''

'' noted it is "a good all-around information site" * In 2005, ''

The Independent ''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was publish ...

'' listed the guides among the "ten best travel websites" because "the writers/compilers live locally and the guides are frequently updated". * In 2005, ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

'' 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". * In 2008, ''

'' noted that it "is a brilliant resource written by excellent writers whose slant is always 'off the trail'." * In 2007, ''

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'' wrote it is "the most reliable source". The guide books have also been mentioned in the

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, Let's Go Travel Guides, and Rough Guides.

References

External links

* {{official website, https://www.inyourpocket.com/ 1991 establishments in Lithuania Lithuanian travel websites Travel guide books Series of books