McDonald's Restaurants Around The World Are On Another Level

The Golden Arches glow brighter everywhere in the world. Except here.

Small town USA McDonald's.

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A plastic Ronald McDonald bench, senior citizens meeting for coffee and McDonald's PlayPlace, the germiest 600-square-feet you'll ever step foot in.

But the Mickey D's in Porto, Portugal is a national monument with chandeliers, stained glass and mirrors.

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Find it in Liberdade Square (or Praça da Liberdade).

Would you like fries with your flight? Taupo, New Zealand has a Macca's with a decommissioned PLANE as part of the restaurant.

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Customers can eat on the plane, too.

There is a really, really, ridiculously good looking McDonald's in Yangshuo, China.

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Yangshuo is popular with tourists for its peaks, rivers, caves and temples as well as its laid back cafes and bars.

Meanwhile, Ulsan, South Korea is killing it with 80's roller skating rink McDonald's.

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Located on the southeastern tip of the Korean peninsula, Ulsan is famous for whale watching, rocky cliffs and has been emerging as a center of industrialization.

The McDonald’s on Gran Via in Madrid is ***FLAWLESS.

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Gran Vía, or the Spanish Broadway, is one street you shouldn't miss with upscale shopping and lavishly decorated 'edificios'.

Ronald wouldn’t dare to clown around in this Norway burger palace.

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The former bank-turned-McDonald's is located in Kristiansand on Norway’s southern coast, a place that has been a favorite summer spot amongst Norwegians.

One more time in high-definition:

"Just to prove that this is not Photoshop."

And yes, eating at McDonalds while traveling abroad sounds like some lower form of tourist. But there will always be that moment when you're tired, poor and hungry. You really have to urinate. And you really, really need wi-fi.

And in that moment, McDonald's will glow.