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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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The Hipster Olympics - in pictures

Hipster Olympics: Participants throw horn-rimmed glasses
Participants throw horn-rimmed glasses. Photograph: Gero Breloer/AP
Hipster Olympics: A contestant competes in the Vinyl Record Spinning Contest
A contestant competes in the vinyl record-spinning contest in which competitors must run around a record turntable while keeping a finger on a record. Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty Images
Hipster Olympics: People compete in a canvas bag jumping event
People compete in a canvas bag jumping event. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters
Hipster Olympics: An attendee wearing a 1980s Nintendo controller as a necklace
An attendee wearing a 1980s Nintendo controller as a necklace holds a bottle of the local brew. Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty Images
Hipster Olympics: Contestants compete in the Confetti Toss event
Contestants compete in the confetti toss event, in which competitors must jump over sticks laid across empty crates and pass confetti to one another. Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty Images
Hipster Olympics: A visitor uses her finger as an ironic Hipster moustache
Can't grow your own hipster moustache? Then a finger and a felt-tip pen will do just as well. Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty Images
Hipster Olympics: An attendee shows another his Polaroid Land Camera
I've got to get one of those: the 80s-style competition brings out some 80s-style technology. A Polaroid Land camera causes some amusement. Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty Images
Hipster Olympics: Contestants compete suck candy out of bubble tea
Contestants compete in an event in which they suck sweets out of a cup of bubble tea, a drink that has become ubiquitous in Berlin. Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty Images
Hipster Olympics: Participants fix a fake beard on a man
Ahead by a hair: participants fix a fake beard on a man. Photograph: Gero Breloer/AP
Hipster Olympics: Teams compete in the Skinny Jeans Tug-O-War event
A battle of strength: teams compete in the skinny jeans tug-o-war event. Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty Images
Hipster Olympics: Attendees dance during the second annual Hipster Olympics
Dancing, balloons and beer at the second annual Hipster Olympics. Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty Images
Hipster Olympics: A contestant in the make-your-own-ironic-Hipster-moustache competition
Full marks: a judge gives his verdict in the make your own ironic hipster moustache competition. Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty Images
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