CroatiaAn interesting map published on Reddit shows the years when the first McDonald's restaurant opened in various European countries. According to the map, Serbia had its first McDonald's in 1988, Croatia in 1996, Slovenia in 1993, and Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2011. McDonald's closed all its restaurants in Bosnia and Herzegovina in December 2022 due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The first McDonald's in Croatia opened in Zagreb in February 1996, while the first in Serbia was in Belgrade in March 1988, and the first in Slovenia was in Ljubljana in 1993. McDonald's entered Europe in 1971 with the opening of its first restaurant in Zaandam, Netherlands, followed by Munich later the same year. After 14 years of planning and negotiations, the first McDonald's in Russia opened in 1990 under Canadian president George Cohon, symbolizing economic and political reforms in the Soviet Union. Following the dissolution of the USSR the next year, McDonald's operations expanded significantly across Russia.
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