Tag Archives: Hamburg
Hamburg may be a wild town…
But this is getting out of hand.

Wolf Bites Woman in Altona: Police Capture It at Jungfernstieg – Police captured a wolf in downtown Hamburg on Monday evening. It had previously attacked a woman in Altona. This is the first attack by a wolf on a human in Germany since the species was reintroduced in 1998. This was confirmed by the environmental agency.
From Russia with Love
I can’t stand it, I know you planned it…

Two arrested over attempted sabotage of German naval vessels – Two suspects have been arrested over the attempted sabotage of German naval vessels docked at the Port of Hamburg last year.
The pair are suspected of deactivating electronic safety switches, removing fuel tank caps, puncturing water supply lines, and dumping more than 20kg (44.1lb) of abrasive gravel into a ship’s engine.
“If gone undetected, the acts would have caused major damage to the ships and delayed their departure, endangering the operations of the German Navy,” the EU’s Eurojust crime agency said in a statement.
Hamburgers are the happiest?
No, not the food. The people.

Maybe, but they’re real grumps by non-German standards. And don’t even get me started on Berliners. No, not the food. The people.
Germany news: Hamburgers are happiest Germans, study says – A new study finds life satisfaction in eastern Germany rising faster than in the west, although Hamburg is the happiest city.
There’s an atmosphere here in Germany…
You could cut with a knife.

Everybody’s doing it!
Woman arrested after 17 people injured in knife attack at Hamburg train station – Four victims critically wounded in attack by 39-year-old alleged assailant in Germany’s second-largest city.
Berlin’s train services are immune to vandalism
They’re always disrupted.

Berlin train services disrupted, vandalism suspected – Rail service between the German capital’s main railway station and the western district of Spandau has been severely disrupted. Authorities believe the fire was deliberatly started.
Train services in the German capital, Berlin, will be disrupted for days due to a cable fire that authorities believe was deliberately set…
The incident follows an arson attack that caused damage to the train line between Hamburg and Bremen on Monday.
Police said perpetrators deliberately set fire to a cable shaft on the railway embankment near Bremen’s Bürgerpark, disrupting high-speed trains between the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia and Hamburg.
Last week, arson attacks on the French high-speed network severely disrupted rail traffic shortly before the start of the Olympic Games.
An activist linked to a far-left movement was arrested in connection with the French incidents.
German of the day: Verbieten
That means to forbid, prohibit, ban, outlaw (see verboten).

As in shutting down Iran’s major islamist extremist beachhead in Germany, the “Blue Mosque” in Hamburg.
And it only took thirty (30) years for Germany to do this.
Germany shuts down Islamic Center Hamburg – The Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH) was under investigation for several months over its alleged support for Lebanon’s Hezbollah group which is backed by Iran. Hezbollah is classified as a terrorist group by Germany.
German Of The Day: Blutbad
That means bloodbath.

Good thing Germany has some of the strictist gun control laws in the world. Otherwise the death toll would have been a lot higher.
Several dead after shooting at Jehovah’s Witness hall in Hamburg, Germany, apparently including shooter, police say – A shooting at a Jehovah’s Witnesses hall in the German city of Hamburg left several people dead, apparently including the shooter, police said Friday. An unspecified number of other people were wounded, some of them seriously, police said.
Yacht To Have Docked It Someplace Else
That oligarch was really cruising for a bruising. Take a bow, Germany. Looks like there will be a sail on megayachts in Hamburg soon…

European authorities seize oligarch’s megayacht in German port – Authorities in Germany have seized Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov’s 500-foot megayacht, the Dilbar, as part of the package of sanctions against the Kremlin and its supporters, Forbes magazine reported.
The ship was taken by authorities in the north German port of Hamburg on Wednesday. The megayacht is estimated to be worth $600 million.
Did You Sea That?
Water are you still doing here?
Buoy, I’d get out of there if I were you! But don’t be upset when you go to the back of the boat and the captain gives you a stern look.
You bunch of ferries.
Storm Ylenia: Three injured after a huge wave smashes through ferry windows in Hamburg, Germany.
