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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.

in Focus

24.4.2007

Glitnir is Iceland's Best bank, Says Global Finance

Glitnir is Icelands best bank, says Global Finance The Global Finance magazine has announced its annual Best Developed Market Banks awards. The Icelandic bank Glitnir was awarded as Iceland's best bank this year.

The magazine says that this year's winners were banks that "took excellent care of serving the needs of their customers and achieved great results in that, while laying the groundwork for future success."

The editors of Global Finance made their selections after extensive consultations with bankers, corporate financial executives and analysts throughout the world. A great number of factors were considered when the winners were chosen.

Mr. Joseph D. Giarraputo, publisher of Global Finance, says that "we gave the awards to these banks for their outstanding knowledge. The conditions can be different between different markets, but the winners were all notable for their contributions to serving their customers' needs."

Along among other winners for the year 2007 are Fortis Bank in Belgium, Danske Bank in Denmark, Société Générale in France, Deutsche Bank in Germany, DnBnor in Norway and SEB in Sweden.

About Glitnir Bank
Glitnir is an Nordic banking group with operations in five countries. The bank is a comprehensive financial company, providing extensive services in the field of investment banking activities, lending and general bank business. The company is listed on the Icelandic Stock Exchange.

For further information on Glitnir visit the bank's website, www.glitnir.is.

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