64 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Hungary - Atlas Obscura

Unusual
Attractions
in Hungary

Budapest, Hungary

For Sale Pub

This Budapest bar allows drinkers to leave their mark on the walls, floor, and even ceiling.

Budapest, Hungary

Szabo Ervin Library

A 19th century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.

Budapest, Hungary

Shoes on the Danube Promenade

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

Budapest, Hungary

Panoptikum Budapest

A series of caves under Castle Hill that once held the prisoner Vlad Tepes, better known as Count Dracula.

Budapest, Hungary

Vajdahunyad Castle

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.

Budapest, Hungary

Budapest Castle Hill Funicular

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

Budapest, Hungary

Terror Háza

Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.

Budapest, Hungary

Budapest Cave Church

Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.

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Unique
Food & Drink
in Hungary

Lángos

This Hungarian fried dough can make a rich breakfast or trusty hangover cure.

Mangalica

These woolly pigs produce the “Kobe beef of pork.”

Túró Rudi

Hungary's favorite chocolate bar is filled with cheese curd.

Unicum

A bitter liqueur that traces the history of a Hungarian-Jewish family.

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