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Iceland Guest is an information website for your travel to Iceland. On this site you can get all the tourist information you need for your vacation in Iceland. We hope that you will find this online travel guide useful in planning your holidays in Iceland.

About Iceland
Iceland is a refreshingly unconventional travel destination. The Icelandic nature is unspoilt, exotic and mystical with its spouting geysers, active volcanoes, tumbling waterfalls, towering mountains, vast lava plains and magical lakes. Iceland’s fjords, glaciers and highland plains present visitors with some of the most beautiful and enchanting places they will ever see, as well as a rare feeling of utter tranquillity.

For travelers on a quest for action, Iceland’s pristine nature offers great potential for outdoor activities such as snowmobiling, horse riding, cave exploring, hiking, swimming, skiing, river rafting, kayaking and mountain safaris on modified four-wheel drives, to name but a few. Iceland supports a surprisingly diverse Nordic flora and fauna and is an ideal place for ornithology enthusiasts, while also offering some of the world’s best whale watching destinations.

About Reykjavik
Reykjavík sometimes feels like a cosmopolitan capital and a tiny seaside village - all wrapped up in one. But Reykjavík has the best of both worlds; the qualities of a modern, forward-looking society complemented by a close connection to Iceland‚s beautiful and unspoilt nature.

Reykjavík’s legendary nightlife is bolstered by plentiful cultural and social happenings in addition to an abundance of first-class restaurants. The size of Reykjavik city centre is also limited enough to allow for easy navigation by foot. Reykjavík has been described as a young and daring city that is characterized by strong contrasts. Conveniently small, clean and safe, it is more or less free from the major problems that haunt many other capitals. Big city events are frequent, the winter lights festival finished recently with thousands of participants and more tourist at this time of the year than we are used to.

Jewelry and Accessories

Dýrfinna Torfadóttir - Laugarbraut 15 Akranes, tel. 456 4660

Dýrfinna Torfadóttir was born in 1955 in the Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. She was brought up in Ísafjörður, North-west Iceland, and lived there after finishing her studies. In 2001 she moved to Akranes, a town adjacent to Reykjavík, and in Akranes she operates a small studio-workshop and gallery.

90th anniversary. The fourth generation, one of Frank ⁄.'s sons, RÛbert F. Michelsen (b. 1984) is now serving his apprenticeship in the family firm and plans to follow in his father's footsteps by going to Switzerland for further training in this ancient trade.

On Brattagata 3a lies a somewhat hidden jewel. Literally, since this is the only street in Reykjavik not featured on maps. But the effort to locate this mystery street, just across Ingólfstorg, is well worth it – Fríða Thomas’s store brims over with colourful jewellery.

The Icelandic nature has often been praised for its ruggedness, moonlike surfaces and awe-inspiring shapes. Imagine a piece of its raw energy combined with the most refined of substances. Gullkúnst does just this.

In the beautiful environment of their new lodgings, the jewellers at Gull & Silfur offer their customers exquisite pieces of jewellery and excellent service. A family-owned and run business, it focuses on classical jewellery. Tradition is rich within the business, with the third generation now moving into the goldsmith profession.

Like the sign on the floor in this well-established shop will tell those who understand it: this watchmaker has been around for over 100 years. At least, the business has. Founded in 1891, the company is the oldest in its field in Iceland.

The elegant and trendy Jens store at Kringlan is truly an oasis for tired shoppers. Surrounded by breathtaking designs, one leaves the hustle behind to devote one’s attention to the jewellery. Almost every piece within the store is made by their designers at the workshop in Stigahlíð, so it holds only a handful of imported products.

The first ever woman to open a jewellery store in Iceland – without having a jeweller father, grandfather or brother– celebrates her 30th year in the profession this year. She is, however, starting a family tradition of her own: Lára’s son can be seen at work in a corner of the boutique at Skólavörðustígur.

Leaving Reykjavík and venturing out into the unspoilt beauty of Icelandic nature does not mean leaving civilisation behind – or luxury at that. Akureyri, the capital of the northern part of the country, has a brand new jewellery store which opened in October 2004. The only store of its kind in the northern regions, Studio 6 offers Northerners jewellery at its best.