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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

17.7.2007

Kaupthing Moves Up Top World Banks Ladder

Kaupthing Moves Up Top World Banks Ladder Kaupthing Bank is now in the 142nd position of the top banks in the world, according to the annual ranking of the international finance magazine "The Banker". Last year Kaupthing Bank was in 177th position and it has therefore jumped 35 places in just one year.

Kaupthing Bank is now in the 142nd position of the top banks in the world, according to the annual ranking of the international finance magazine "The Banker". Last year Kaupthing Bank was in 177th position and it has therefore jumped 35 places in just one year.

The rankings are based on the definition of Tier 1 capital as defined by Basel's Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Some of the banks below Kaupthing on the list include DEPFA Bank in Ireland (152), Bradford & Bingley in the UK (189) and Caixa Catalunya in Spain (196). Bank of America Corp ranks as the top bank in the world, followed by Citigroup in second position and HSBC Holdings in third.

The best 10 banks according to The Banker are:
1 Bank of America Corp
2 Citigroup
3 HSBC Holdings
4 Crédit Agricole Group
5 JP Morgan Chase & Co
6 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
7 ICBC
8 Royal Bank of Scotland
9 Bank of China
10 Santander Central Hispano

About Kaupthing Bank

Kaupthing Bank is a northern European bank offering integrated financial services to companies, institutional investors and individuals. These services include corporate banking, investment banking, capital markets services, asset management and comprehensive wealth management for private banking clients. The Bank operates in ten countries, including all the Nordic countries, Luxembourg, Switzerland, the UK and the US. In addition the Bank operates a retail franchise in Iceland, where it is headquartered.

Kaupthing Bank is currently among the seven largest banks in the Nordic region in terms of market capitalization. Through sound organic growth and strategic acquisitions like the UK bank Singer & Friedlander in 2005 and FIH Erhvervsbank in Denmark in 2004, Kaupthing Bank has fortified its position to provide outstanding services to its client base in the UK, the Nordic countries and elsewhere in northern Europe. The Bank has 2,719 employees and total assets of EUR 42.9 billion (as of 31 December 2006).

For further information about Kaupthing visit the bank's website, www.kaupthing.com.

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