Professor Von Hamburger, a character in the Jets'n'Guns computer game
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Hamburg (German pronunciation: [ËhambÊÊk]; Low Saxon: Hamborg, ['haËmbÉËÏ]) is the second largest city in Germany and with Hamburg Harbour, its principal port, Hamburg is also the second largest port city in Europe, no. 9 in the world-ranking of ports and the largest city in the European Union which is not a national capital.
Hamburg is situated on the southern tip of Jutland Peninsula, geographically centred (a) between Continental Europe and Scandinavia and (b) between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.
Hamburg is the birthplace of Alsterwasser (a reference to the cityâs river Alster with two lake-like bodies in the city centre thanks to damming), a type of shandy, a concoction of equal parts of beer and carbonated lemonade (Zitronenlimonade), the lemonade being added to the beer.
A hamburger (in the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia, the patty alone is known as a beefburger or burger) is a sandwich involving a patty of ground meat that is usually beef.
Hamburgers also tend to be described by their combined uncooked weight, with a single uncooked burger a nominal four ounces (a "quarter pounder"); so, instead of a "double hamburger" one might encounter a "half pounder" (i.e.
Hamburgers in Australia tend to be less oily and fatty than their US counterparts, and are more likely to include a full salad if available.