How to avoid McTourism?

In case you want to avoid McDonalds-restaurants - or Burger King - while traveling, there are not that many options in Europe. However, surprisingly one new country has now joined the list: Iceland!

HS Kuukausiliite from today

Some years ago we were in Thailand an after Bangkok we went to Koh Samui -island (yep, I know Koh means iceland).  Great place, but the tourism is there. Real proof is having both McDonalds and Pizza Hut on the main street. Just to clarify, we didn't go - preferred more local ones at the back streets...

How to find a place without the burgermania? About a year ago Burger King pulled out from Iceland and now the last McDonalds has left the country.

While ecenomic downturn has destroyed the currency,even onion became extremely expensive. The McD lead in Iceland said that one could get a bottle of good whisky with the same money that you need to pay for a kilo of onion that they needed to import from Germany (Iceland is not the easiest place to grow veggies you know...).

If you wish to visit a non-burger kingdom, your options are Albania, Kosovo and Vatican. Story is that the Albanians have a Kolonat-chain, and their logo has got two yellow arches on red background...