This 10-Year-Old McDonald's Burger Hasn't Decayed And Is Now A Tourist Attraction
Back in 2009 the popular fast-food outlet McDonalds closed its business in Iceland because the countrys financial crisis has made it too expensive to operate its franchise. But before the fast food giant shut down operations one man named Hjortur Smarason bought a menu to keep for what now seems like a lifetime. Now the burger is on display like a work of art inside a glass case at a hostel in southern Iceland.
Back in 2009, the popular fast-food outlet McDonald's closed its business in Iceland because the country's financial crisis has made it too expensive to operate its franchise.
But before the fast food giant shut down operations, one man named Hjortur Smarason bought a menu to keep for what now seems like a lifetime.
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No kidding!
On October 31 of that year, just before the restaurant's closure, Hjortur Smarason bought fries and a burger and now online users are following the live-stream of the order's slow decay.
It is said that 10-15,000 flocked to McDonald¡¯s for each day of its last week of operation back in 2009.
"I decided to buy a last meal for its historical value since McDonald's were closing down," Smarason, who works as a communications manager for a company specialising in space tourism, told AFP on Wednesday.
"I had heard that McDonald's never decomposed so I just wanted to see if it was true or not."
This last surviving hamburger sold at McDonald¡¯s is on display under glass at Bus Hostel Reykjav¨ªk. Chillingly, it still looks brand new.
Now the burger is on display like a work of art inside a glass case at Snotra House, a hostel in Thykkvibaer in southern Iceland, reports AFP.
"People from around the world... come here just to visit the burger," Sigurdur Gylfason, the owner of the establishment, told AFP. The hotel claims it receives up to 400,000 hits daily.
McDonald¡¯s opened for business in Iceland on September 9, 1993, a major event that hit headlines.
Iceland¡¯s then-Prime Minister Dav¨ª? Oddsson symbolically welcoming McDonald¡¯s by heartily gorging on the chain¡¯s first Iceland-made burger, reports grapevine.
