They call it "The last McDonald's hamburger in Iceland." Purchased more than five years ago, it has been displayed in the Na­tional Mu­seum of Ice­land. Now a webcam has been devoted to the hamburger (with a side of fries), among the last sold by the American company in the country.

The McDonald's hamburger is on display at the Bus Hostel Reykjavik .

In its glass display case, the burger could be seen as a mute commentary, delivered at the nexus of modern food ways and a global economy.

Or, it could just be an experiment to see what a McDonald's hamburger looks like when it gets old.

Icelandic news site MBL tells us, "The only no­table dif­fer­ence from a new burger is that the meat patty is a lit­tle lighter in color."

The meal was purchased nearly 2,000 days ago by Hjor­tur Smara­son, when Iceland's economy was suffering a severe financial crisis.

As Smara­son tells MBL, the burger has survived several moves — and the disdain of a Danish specialist who wanted to throw it out, saying it couldn't be preserved.

"I think he was wrong be­cause this ham­burger pre­serves it­self," Smara­son says.

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