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Photos: First week at the Edinburgh Festival

From a legless Minion to the Red Arrows, these are some of the best moments captured by festival-goers so far

Teddy Howes

10 August 2016

The Royal Mile is buzzing with excitement this year

Loving the hustle and bustle on the Royal Mile during the Festival #fcapartments #Edinburgh #Scotland #RoyalMile #HighStreet #festival #edfringe #igersedinburgh #thisisedinburgh #travelgram #instatravel

A photo posted by Fountain Court Apartments (@fountaincourtapartments) on Aug 9, 2016 at 6:43am PDT

Beware the bear

You know it’s Festival time you don’t even flinch when you see a bear crossing the road……#Edinburgh pic.twitter.com/LOHCf6r7ew

— Edinburgh Spotlight (@edinspotlight) August 3, 2016

Police helped out the cast of 5 Guys Chillin' with a spot of flyering

Monday ‘Madness’ at the #EdFringe & @policescotland help #5GuysChillin flyer on the Royal Mile @EmLouPro @Cvenues pic.twitter.com/XUd5cYcpeL

— Scot Sun LifeStyle (@scotsunstyle) August 8, 2016

The Fringe starts with a bang

Military Tattoo kicks off the Edinburgh Festival https://t.co/fVVyybPS3y pic.twitter.com/ebjqjt9FVX

— Edinburgh News (@edinburghpaper) August 5, 2016

Minions struggle to keep it together

A legless #minion and it’s only day one of @edfests @edfest, and not even 1pm #Edinburgh #festival pic.twitter.com/C8pRbHpjPT

— Rob The Bruce (@robster38) August 3, 2016

The Royal Mile turned into the Royal Zoo

Come and find us #allinthetiming on the #royalmile for info on our show @GreensideVenue #edfringe #monkey pic.twitter.com/qJftEU6nf7

— Elliott Bornemann (@_ElliottB) August 5, 2016

Attracting the crowds on the Royal Mile @edfringe #TykeThePlay #TykeTheElephantpic.twitter.com/B3ba8yxOOX

— TykeThePlay (@TykeThePlay) August 8, 2016

Forecasts are predicting a cloudy festival

The #edfringe Royal Mile is one crazy, but amazing place to be! #edfringe2016 #IMMORTAL

A photo posted by GreanTea Productions (@greanteaproductions) on Aug 8, 2016 at 7:08am PDT

Must be hard talking to a statue

This could be considered a fairly normal sight this time of year in Edinburgh. Just two Street performers having a chat! Camera: Sony a7ii Lens: Sony 35mm f2.8 #edfringe #fringefestival #edinburgh #street #performer #everydaylife #bicycle #badhairday #sonya7ii #sonyimages #thisisedinburgh

A photo posted by David Fitzell (@david_fitzell) on Aug 8, 2016 at 3:32pm PDT

Red Arrows make an entrance

My OCD loves the precision of the @rafredarrows 😉 #RedArrows #Edinburgh #edinphoto #EdinTattoo #EdintFest #Scotland pic.twitter.com/4PPrQh80S0

— Kit Carruthers (@DrKitCarruthers) August 6, 2016

Spitting fire at the Fringe

EdinBRUH #igers #backpacker #travelgram #wonderlust #visitscotland #edinburgh #fringefestival

A photo posted by Steffan Evans (@steffan.evans) on Aug 9, 2016 at 5:03am PDT