Places Petronille Wants to Go

A much-loved sculpture depicting the hero of a 1956 anti-Soviet uprising.

This memorial to a murdered empress took 20 years to design, then spent 30 years hidden away in storage.

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

A plaque bearing the names of those who dedicated themselves to protecting Budapest's Jewish population during World War II.

A scene from one of Hungary's most famous novels.

This statue honors one of Budapest's most beloved literary characters.

The largest statue of this convex, homogeneous object with just one stable and one unstable equilibrium point.

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.

A diminutive statue that was inspired by the sculptor's own daughter.

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

This quiet, unassuming spot in Budapest was the birthplace of the bloody 1956 Hungarian Revolution.

A 13th-century convent where St. Margaret of Hungary spent her teenage years.

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

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

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

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

A Hungarian optometrist's charming collection of Asian art and curiosities.

This building has survived for more than a century and remains virtually untouched.

The oldest private art gallery in all of Hungary.

Time stands still at this serene burial ground in the center of Budapest.

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

A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.

A forgotten graveyard lost in the tangles of an overgrown garden.

This hidden art nouveau gem was designed by an architect in search of a national style.