It’s a hot spot in a chilly climate.
The world’s only McDonalds with a “ski-thru” window has change into this winter’s destination du jour for snow bunnies who spotted the restaurant in viral videos on social media.
McSki, positioned in Sälen, Sweden, first opened to the general public back in 1996, but has been inundated with fast food lovers from across the planet in recent months.
“This season has been extraordinary because there are such a lot of people from other countries here, so many from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands,” McSki’s supervisor, Aron Johannes, told The Telegraph, attributing a few of the buzz to TikTok.
“What’s interesting this yr, specifically, is that there’s been an 80 per cent increase in English visitors,” Linda Morell, head of public relations at SkiStar, which owns the McDonald’s constructing, noted.
“We’ve never had so many English guests,” she added, saying the weak Swedish krona was also fueling tourism. “It’s an all-time high.”
McSki, which sits on the slopes of the Lindvallen winter resort, allows customers to waltz as much as a window with their skis and snowboards to order any item inside.
The restaurant boasts a full menu, along with a McCafe, where hot chocolate and warm Swedish cinnamon buns are beloved by patrons.
Customers can enjoy their order in the weather, with the restaurant boasting several outdoor tables.
Those in search of respite from the frigid conditions, nonetheless, can sit inside McSki, which resembles a comfy Aline lodge with its wood-paneled interior. There’s seating for 170 people, and the space can quickly replenish if blizzard-like conditions start.
One TikTok video posted last December, which described McSki as “heaven,” has clocked up a whopping 6.6 million views and enticed an entire lot of viewers so as to add the restaurant to their travel plans.
Within the clip, a female skier is seen gliding as much as the ski window to take her order with an enormous smile splashed across her face.
A second clip which has garnered greater than 7 million views shows a snowboarder picking up a paper bag crammed with McDonald’s treats from a grinning worker.
“It’s a really special McDonald’s,” Johannes told The Telegraph. “Everyone seems to be blissful, everyone seems to be on vacation mode.”
