Széll Kálmán tér, square in Budapest, Hungary

Széll Kálmán tér is a broad paved square in Budapest's District II, at the junction of Margit körút, Krisztina körút and Szilágyi Erzsébet fasor. Its flat grey surface holds long dark-brown wooden benches, a row of angular pale concrete colonnade structures with a low stone-block wall, water jets, small trees and a large red digital display. The fan-shaped concrete entrance hall of the M2 metro station, built in 1972, stands on the square.

The square developed in the early 1900s on the site of a former clay pit and initially lacked a formal name. After 1950 it became Moscow Square, a designation that lasted until 2011 when the original name was restored.

The square served as Moscow Square until 2011, when it returned to its original name to honor a Hungarian politician. Today it functions as a meeting point where residents and visitors gather on benches, chat, and watch the flow of city life around them.

The square is easily reached by multiple bus lines and a metro station, making it a good starting point for exploring different neighborhoods. Visitors find public restrooms, shops, and cafes here for basic needs.

The square's nickname "Kalef" comes from the kalefaktor, the stove-fitters who gathered here before World War II; households of the Buda Castle district hired them in the morning to clean and stoke their wood- or coal-fired fireplaces. In the Kádár era, meeting under the square's clock was called "kalefozás", watched by state security agents.