This Is the World's Fanciest McDonald's

Forget about scarfing down your burger on the side of the road. McDonald's customers in Budapest can enjoy their Big Macs in a historic work of�architectural�grandeur. Set up in the impressive hall of�Budapest's Western Railway Station, dining in this McDonald's means dining underneath an elaborate, colonial ceiling. With�more than�35,000 restaurants in approximately 100�countries, McDonald's is among the�biggest,�most�recognizable�fast-food chains�in the world.

The restaurant's menu and appearance has a tendency to change based on�its host country.�In Budapest, Hungary,�one�particular McDonald's�looks�way�swankier than you're used to�seeing. The station itself�was built�in 1877�by the Eiffel Company,�which�also�built the Eiffel Tower.�Opened in 1988, this McDonald' became the first in Hungary, and was a particularly symbolic gesture given the timing. The chain's golden arches, considered by many a symbol of America's foreign policy and capitalism, made their way into Hungary shortly before�the end of Communism.

With an impressive exterior, that there is a McDonald's inside of the station is only betrayed by the always timeless golden arches.

As written on Polycimic by Sara Yasin