http://www.inyourpocket.com/ Latest updates from Europe's best city guide publisher en Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:23:18 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss IYP RSS 2.0 ctu@inyourpocket.com webmaster@inyourpocket.com http://www.inyourpocket.com/img/logo_iyp.gif http://www.inyourpocket.com/ Latest updates from Europe's best city guide publisher http://www.inyourpocket.com/serbia/Nis/Culture-and-Events/Gypsy-music_68973c It's difficult to begin to do justice to the great man that was Šaban Bajramović (1936-2008), perhaps the greatest musician ever to come out of the Serb city of Niš.  Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.inyourpocket.com/http://www.inyourpocket.com/serbia/Nis/Culture-and-Events/Gypsy-music_68973c?#1 http://www.inyourpocket.com/croatia/zagreb/concerts-culture-events-entertainment/Dance Throughout the twentieth century Zagreb developed a marked affinity for the avant garde, yet the output of contemporary artists has never had the home it deserved: until now. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.inyourpocket.com/http://www.inyourpocket.com/croatia/zagreb/concerts-culture-events-entertainment/Dance?#2 http://www.inyourpocket.com/northern-ireland/belfast/Will-the-real-St.-Patrick-please-stand-up-55934f?more=1 Many myths and legends surround the world's best known patron saint. But what is known about the real life of the saint they call Patrick? Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.inyourpocket.com/http://www.inyourpocket.com/northern-ireland/belfast/Will-the-real-St.-Patrick-please-stand-up-55934f?more=1?#3 http://www.inyourpocket.com/northern-ireland/belfast/Northern-Ireland-Highlights-and-Hidden-Gems/Northern-Ireland-an-overview From the historic walled city of Derry, Fermanagh’s lakes to Antrim’s iconic Giant’s Causeway… Northern Ireland’s six counties encapsulate a microcosm of landscapes and legends. Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.inyourpocket.com/http://www.inyourpocket.com/northern-ireland/belfast/Northern-Ireland-Highlights-and-Hidden-Gems/Northern-Ireland-an-overview?#4 http://www.inyourpocket.com/montenegro/podgorica Podgorica, the quirky capital of tiny Montenegro, is the latest city to be pocketed by our ambitious Balkans team. The brand new guide includes features on the former capital Cetinj, pretty Kotor and lovely Lake Skadar. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.inyourpocket.com/http://www.inyourpocket.com/montenegro/podgorica?#5 http://www.inyourpocket.com/croatia/zadar/concerts-culture-events-entertainment/Sport-events/Skraping-Pasman-Revival-2010_59660v Škraping? It's a new trekking discipline, a combination of rambling, climbing, jumping, running and walking through nature's roughest rocks, steep coastlines and dense bushes. It's big in Croatia.  Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.inyourpocket.com/http://www.inyourpocket.com/croatia/zadar/concerts-culture-events-entertainment/Sport-events/Skraping-Pasman-Revival-2010_59660v?#6 http://www.inyourpocket.com/slovenia/ljubljana/Human-Fish-Brewery-71564f?more=1 Cheekily named after a blind amphibian indigenous to Slovenia's Karst caves, the country's first proper craft beer is slowly making a name for itself in Ljubljana's pubs. Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.inyourpocket.com/http://www.inyourpocket.com/slovenia/ljubljana/Human-Fish-Brewery-71564f?more=1?#7 http://www.inyourpocket.com/croatia/zagreb/Funky-professor-71557f?more=1 Balthazar? An ingenious, colourful cartoon professor much loved by generations of children who grew up in the former Yugoslavia. Find out more here.  Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.inyourpocket.com/http://www.inyourpocket.com/croatia/zagreb/Funky-professor-71557f?more=1?#8 http://www.inyourpocket.com/latvia/riga/Beer-and-Curling-in-Riga-71566f To get into the Olympic spirit we decided to try our hand at curling – that bizarre sport associated with crazy Scotsmen and Canadians frantically sweeping ice to make room for polished rocks.  Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.inyourpocket.com/http://www.inyourpocket.com/latvia/riga/Beer-and-Curling-in-Riga-71566f?#9 http://www.inyourpocket.com/albania/tirana/Tirana-Rocks-71541f?more=1 Tirana's lake will soon be upgraded with the realisation of the daring Tirana Rocks project, designed by Rotterdam architects MVRDV. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.inyourpocket.com/http://www.inyourpocket.com/albania/tirana/Tirana-Rocks-71541f?more=1?#10 http://www.inyourpocket.com/warsaw_71560f Spring sees the country toast Chopin with champagne; Poland’s greatest composer, and Warsaw’s favourite son. Yes, Frederic Chopin would have been 200 this year, and you’ll find Warsaw pulling out the stops to celebrate his life. Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.inyourpocket.com/http://www.inyourpocket.com/warsaw_71560f?#11 http://www.inyourpocket.com/bucharest_71569f?more=1 At 21:22, on the evening of March 4, 1977, Bucharest was hit by an earthquake measuring a whopping 7.3 on the Richter scale. More than 1,500 people were killed by the quake, including a number of celebrities, most notably comedian Toma Caragiu, at the time the most popular actor in the country. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.inyourpocket.com/http://www.inyourpocket.com/bucharest_71569f?more=1?#12 http://www.inyourpocket.com/croatia/zagreb/sightseeing-culture/museums?more=1 The long-awaited opening of Zagreb's Museum of Contemporary Art finally provides the wild side of the city’s heritage with the sharp focus it has long deserved. Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.inyourpocket.com/http://www.inyourpocket.com/croatia/zagreb/sightseeing-culture/museums?more=1?#13 http://www.inyourpocket.com/slovenia/ljubljana/Rog-s-Pony-71439f?more=1 Relics of old Yugoslavia, Rog bikes are still all over the place in Ljubljana. Here's our tribute to this iconic, if comically inefficient, bicycle. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.inyourpocket.com/http://www.inyourpocket.com/slovenia/ljubljana/Rog-s-Pony-71439f?more=1?#14 http://www.inyourpocket.com/lithuania/vilnius/Restaurants-and-Cafes-in-Vilnius/lithuanian Vilnius’ Marceliukės Klėtis restaurant has a urinal made from an old fire engine. If you’re bursting for the real Lithuanian experience, find a run down of the top Lithuanian restaurants (and their loos) here. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.inyourpocket.com/http://www.inyourpocket.com/lithuania/vilnius/Restaurants-and-Cafes-in-Vilnius/lithuanian?#15