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A highly-criticized monument in Budapest has become the site of a makeshift Holocaust memorial.

Also known as Uncle Karl, the beloved bronze copper keeps a watchful eye on St. Stephen’s Basilica while people rub his lucky belly.

How did an Australian statue of the Bard of Avon end up in the Hungarian capital?

Hungarian Jews were ghettoized during the Second World War, but little remains of the original wall that closed the Jewish people off from the rest of the city.

Dine on Hungarian-Jewish dishes at this multigenerational, family-run institution.

Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.

A two-way chairlift system between Zugliget and the highest point in the city.

Some of the greatest minds in the history of Hungarian art and science converged in this café.

During World War II, the Nazis repurposed this beer cellar to store stolen artwork.

A thought-provoking outdoor art installation sits in the seat of German law.

A triumphant marble and bronze fountain depicting a 15th-century Hungarian king and his hunting party.

The holes in this wall provide a glimpse into Jewish life in Budapest, both past and present.

The world’s first statue of the late Apple co-founder.

This easily overlooked memorial immortalizes the scars from the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

The geographical center of Budapest is marked with a 10-foot-tall stylized zero.

On Gellért Hill, this statue depicts the tragic tale of lovers divided by the Danube.

The metal leaves on this tree are engraved with the names of Holocaust victims.

A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.

Electrical curiosity museum housed in an old transformer station.

A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.

This statue of a falling man commemorates a teenage martyr of the Hungarian Revolution.

A museum dedicated to a secret military hospital hidden beneath a castle in Budapest.

Late at night, the bust of the "Dracula" actor was snuck onto the facade of this Budapest castle.

Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.