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This is probably the world’s coolest McDonald’s

By
Benjamin Snyder
Benjamin Snyder
Managing Editor
By
Benjamin Snyder
Benjamin Snyder
Managing Editor
June 11, 2015 at 6:31 PM UTC
Photograph by Arno Hoogwerf via Phenster

A McDonald’s in the Netherlands could very well be the coolest-looking fast-food franchise in the world.

As Business Insider reports, the new building, which is located in Rotterdam, looks like an Apple Store, and it’s pretty fancy. It was designed by architecture firm Mei Architects and includes “a perforated golden facade and a grand spiral staircase,” according to Dezeen Magazine, a London-based architecture site.

The site goes on to say that Mei Architects was hired to re-design the McDonald’s (MCD) restaurant after residents named it the “ugliest building in Rotterdam.” A McDonald’s had occupied the site for 45 years, but until now the restaurant had been housed within a glass structure originally built in the 1960s as a cigar shop, Dezeen said.

The city had reportedly planned to tear down the building, but instead an eyesore was turned into a sight for sore eyes.

Here are some more images of the luxurious-looking fast food joint:

McDonalds Netherlands Interior
Photograph by Arno Hoogwerf via Phenster
McDonalds Netherlands Interior
Photograph by Arno Hoogwerf via Phenster
McDonalds Netherlands Exterior
Photograph by Arno Hoogwerf via Phenster
McDonalds Netherlands Exterior
Photograph by Arno Hoogwerf via Phenster
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Benjamin Snyder is Fortune's managing editor, leading operations for the newsroom.

Prior to rejoining Fortune, he was a managing editor at Business Insider and has worked as an editor for Bloomberg, LinkedIn and CNBC, covering leadership stories, sports business, careers and business news. He started his career as a breaking news reporter at Fortune in 2014.

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