The last McDonald’s burger in Iceland has been kept on display since 2009

When McDonald’s shut down all its restaurants in Iceland in 2009, one man bought his last hamburger and fries.

“I had heard that McDonald’s never decompose so I just wanted to see if it was true or not,” Hjortur Smarason told agencies.

Over a decade later, the seemingly indestructible meal still looks almost new. It is now displayed in a glass cabinet at Snotra House, a hostel in southern Iceland, attracting curious visitors.

“The old guy is still there, feeling quite well. It still looks quite good actually,” Siggi Sigurdur, the hostel’s owner, told agencies. “It’s a fun thing, of course, but it makes you think about what you are eating. There is no mould, it’s only the paper wrapping that looks old.”

Agencies: AFP, BBC News

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