Budapest, Pearl of the Danube. Those who have been to Budapest know that it's a wonderful city. However, there are some sights that are quite strange and still unknown by tourists. We would like to reveal some really weird spots in town that are fun, spooky and memorable.

Holy Right Fist - St Stephen's Basilica

As one of the most shocking and most religious national symbols, The Holy Right deserves a place as one of the freakiest things to see in Budapest.
If you are coming to Hungary, you have probably heard of St. Stephen, the first Christian King of Hungary (ruled between 977-1038). Well, it's his mummified right hand in a golden cage. It is carried around the city once a year on St Stephens Day, 20th August, a Hungarian Public Holiday.

Statue Park – Budapest Outskirts

Displayed in the Park are 42 pieces of art from the Communist era between 1945 and 1989, including allegorical monuments of "Hungarian-Soviet Friendship" and "Liberation", as well as statues of famous personalities from the labour movement, soldiers of the Red Army and other gigantic pieces. The likes of Lenin, Marx, Engels, Dimitrov, Captain Ostapenko, Béla Kun and other "heroes" of the communist world now reside here.

House of Terror – Andrassy Avenue

This prominent and elegant building gave home to the torture chambers and interrogation rooms of the Soviet manipulated Hungarian Communists. Murdering and in all cases unjustly imprisoning innocent people, simply for not submitting to the Communist dictatorship which ended in 1989 all happened here. The Russians showed up as liberators from the Nazi Germans and stayed as the plague of Hungary. When you are visiting Budapest, this is one place you should not miss. Especially if you are a Hungarian descendant of ones that were fortunate enough to escape. The exhibitions depict a glimpse of the horrible events that took place in Hungary.

Statue of Liberty – Gellert Hill

This enormous female statue stands on the top of the Gellért hill. You can see her from almost all parts of the city. She became the symbol of the Hungarian capital.
The Statue of Liberty commemorates Hungary's liberation from the Nazi rule. According to the story she was originally designed to the memory of Regent Horthy's son. Horthy was a right-wing leader of Hungary between the two World Wars and his son died in a plain crash.
The statue was designed to hold a propeller blade in her hands. By the time she was erected, history had Horthy swept away. Instead of the propelller blade a palm tree was placed in her hands and a Soviet soldier was added to the base.

St Gellert statue – Gellert Hill

This attraction is rather weird by the story: Saint Gerard Sagredo (also known as Gellert, 23 April 980 — 1046) was an Italian bishop from Venice who operated in the Kingdom of Hungary, educating the son of Saint Stephen. He played a major role in converting Hungary to Christianity. Gellért's martyrdom took place on a hill in Budapest which is now named after him. Allegedly he was placed on a 2-wheel cart, hauled to the hilltop and rolled down the now named Gellert Hill, still being alive at the bottom, was then beaten to death. Other unverified tales report that he was put in a spiked barrel and rolled down the hill. His Statue now looks out to where he lost his life.

Children's Railway – Buda Hills

The Children's Railway is a 11km railway twisting through the Buda Hills. The single track mountain train runs from the upper terminus, Szechenyi Hegy (which can only be reached by cog-railway) to the lower terminus Huvosvolgy. The railway was established in 1951 by pioneers (Social Scouts) and apart from the driver, the railway is exclusively manned by children from age 10-14 years. There are several walking tracks from stops along the way. The fourth stop, Janos-Hegy is the highest point at 527m.

The Unknown Grave – City Park

Over a hundred years ago, a lawyer dedicated in his will that he would like to leave all his wealth to the city of Budapest and all he wants to get an unmarked grave in the City park. His name is unknown but the grave still stands where he requested. In a public park.

Unmarked Spring Well – Gellert Hill

Hidden under the Erzsebet bridge in the middle of Budapest, is the spring well, known to only few locals and even less tourists. Rudas Ivócsarnok (”Drinking Hall”) is a place where you can drink very healthy thermal water that comes out of the ground hot. The hall offers 3 types of drinking water with different sulphur contents, the one with the highest sulphur content smells like eggs! It is what you drink if you’re health-conscious and wish to prevent any one of a good dozen ailments from rheumatism to high blood pressure. The water of Hungária, Attila and Juventus springs can be consumed for the purposes of a drinking cure in the drinking hall.

Cave Chapel – Gellert Hill

The Cave is part of a network of caves within Gellért Hill. The cave is also referred to as "Saint Ivan's Cave" regarding a hermit who lived there and is believed to have used the natural thermal water of a muddy lake next to the cave to heal the sick. It is likely that this same water fed the pools of the "Muddy Baths", now called Gellért Baths.
In the 19th century the cave was inhabited by a poor family who built a small adobe house in the great opening. The mouth of the cave was closed off with planking and it was used as a peasant courtyard.
The first modern entrance for the caves was constructed in the 1920s by a group of Pauline monks. After its consecration in 1926, it served as a chapel and monastery until 1951. During this time, it also served as a field hospital for the army of Nazi Germany during World War II.
In 1945, the Soviet Red Army captured Budapest. For six years, the cave continued its religious functions, but in 1951, the State Protection Authority raided the chapel as part of increasing action against the power of the Catholic Church. As a result of the raid, the cave was sealed, the monastery's superior, Ferenc Vezér, was condemned to death, and the remaining brothers were imprisoned for upwards of ten years.
As the Iron Curtain disintegrated, the chapel reopened on 27 August 1989 with the destruction of the thick concrete wall that had sealed the cave. By 1992, the Chapel had been restored and the Pauline Order had returned to the cave. Today, the monks continue to perform religious functions within, though the cave is also a common tourist attraction.

Rudas Bath - Buda

In the 16th century, Buda and Pest were parts of the Ottoman Empire making Turkish-style bathing a flourishing culture.
The thermal bath has been in use since 1566 when the octagonal pool was built, making it one of the oldest Thermal Baths in Budapest. Its unique location and ambiance makes this a must see.
The steam bath part was used between 1936 and 2004 exclusively by men. In 2005 the baths opened to women for 2 days per week. 21 different thermal springs feed the Rudas Bath.
Rudas Baths is were Cinetrip Spa parties originated. Also used in the film Red heat, 1988 starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Belushi. In the beginning of the film Arnie beats a couple of bad guys in the baths.