Here's what McDonald's restaurants look like around the world
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Oct 9, 2018, 23:46 IST
This McDonald's restaurant in Bergen, Norway, is located in one of the oldest traditional Norwegian wooden buildings in the area.
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The exterior is white wood paneling, and the golden arches are a bit more subtle than at McDonald's restaurants in the US ...
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... but the inside is pretty similar to what McDonald's looks like in the US.
The menu isn't especially different, either.
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This location in Madrid, Spain, is not your average McDonalds. It has a grand staircase and marble walls, and the architecture blends in with the buildings around it.
Downstairs is a seating area with marble floors and chandeliers ...
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... and upstairs is a second seating area that feels more high-end than your typical McDonald's.
It has digital-ordering kiosks ...
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... and it serves pastries like macarons.
Paris, France, has a McDonald's in a gorgeous decorative tower on Rue Saint-Lazare.
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The inside is spotless. It has mosaic floors and lots of easy-order kiosks.
The McDonald's in Rome's Piazza de Spagna, at the base of the Spanish Steps, blends in with its surroundings. Easy-order kiosks are situated on columns inside.
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The menu looks pretty different from your typical McDonald's ...
... just look what it calls a Quarter Pounder ...
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... and it sells pastries like macarons.
It even has a case of cookies, cakes, doughnuts, and other desserts.
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It also has a gelato counter.
In Porto, Portugal, a historic building from the 1930s that was once known as the Imperial Cafe is now home to a McDonald's.
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It has Art Deco stained glass, high ceilings ...
... and chandeliers hanging down over the spacious dining room. It's definitely more high-end than your typical McDonald's.
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Right next to the Museum of Communism in Prague, Czech Republic, sits a McDonald's with giant, bright red-and-yellow umbrellas and chairs ...
... but the inside is pretty similar to a typical American McDonald's.
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This McDonald's location in Taupo, New Zealand, is located inside a decommissioned airplane.
The views are stunning.
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One unique menu item is the Georgie Pie, a New Zealand classic with a McDonald's twist. It comes in three varieties: Steak Mince 'N' Cheese, Chicken 'N' Vegetable, and Apple 'N' Blackberry.
In Yangshuo, China, a McDonald's sits in a pagoda at the base of mountains and has beautiful water views.
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Here's another look at the mountainside McDonald's.
Sweden's Lindvallen Resort has a ski-up McDonald's in one of its lodges.
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It opened in 1996 and is the first ski-up McDonald's.
McDonald's asked Swedish star chef Johan Jureskog to create a gourmet line of burgers for its restaurants in Sweden.
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One was the Jureskog Texas, a limited-edition barbecue burger consisting of two beef patties, pickled red onion, smoked gouda cheese, crispy bacon, salad, mayo, and barbecue sauce.
It also came with flat fries and limited-edition truffle mayo.
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In Bray, Ireland, there's a McDonald's in a 19th-century Tudor building.
The ground floor is a McDonald's, but the upper floors serve as the Bray Town Council chambers.
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The interior still looks like a traditional Tudor-style building.
This futuristic McDonald's in Batumi, Georgia, was designed by Georgian architect Giorgi Khmaladze.
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It's made mostly from glass panels and is surrounded by a reflecting pool.
The interior has an open-air patio.
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Khmaladze apparently wanted it to feel like an escape from the busy outside world.
Israel has a McDonald's in the middle of the Negev Desert. Despite being in the desert, it gets quite a bit of tourist traffic.
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McDonald's restaurants in Israel are typically Kosher.
For one of the 15 salad options on McDonald's Israel's menu, fresh chopped vegetables are topped with olive oil, lemon, and fried corn sticks.
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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is home to the only McDonald's surrounded by barbed wire.
It's the only McDonald's in Cuba and is only accessible to the base's personnel.
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In some places, McDonald's isn't all too different from what you'd find in the US. This McDonald's in Beijing looks similar to a McDonald's you'd find in Manhattan.
Last year, McDonald's announced plans to double its presence in China within the next five years.
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This McDonald's in Delhi looks very similar to its locations in the US.
There are more than 400 McDonald's locations in India.
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One item that's special to the McDonald's India menu is the McAloo Tikki Burger. "Aloo" means "potato," and the word "tikki" means "a small cutlet."
McDonald's McAloo Tikki burger is a combination of potato and peas cutlet, sweet tomato mayo, onions, and fresh tomatoes served on a regular bun.
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The Masala Grilled Veggie Burger is another item on the McDonald's India vegetarian menu. This veggie patty has bay leaves, peppercorns, and garam masala that give it a traditional Indian flavor.