Purchased hours before the corporation pulled out of the country in 2009, in the wake of Iceland's devastating financial crisis, the last surviving McDonald's burger has become much more than a burger. McDonald's has attempted to debunk the myth that its burgers do not decompose, arguing there is a scientific explanation for Iceland's never-rotting burger. "We cannot even operate a McDonald's," Loftsdóttir recalled one exasperated source summarising a widely shared sentiment at the time. He waited in line in front of the restaurant with other Icelanders who wanted to purchase their last McDonald's meal. Three years on, as he was preparing to move to Copenhagen, he came across the McDonald's meal in his garage.

Source: Stuff November 02, 2019 22:07 UTC