![Austrian businessman Niko Alm poses with his Austrian driver's licence, depicting him wearing a pasta strainer, during a news conference in Vienna, July 14, 2011. Alm is promoting the Church of the Austrian businessman Niko Alm poses with his Austrian driver's licence, depicting him wearing a pasta strainer, during a news conference in Vienna, July 14, 2011. Alm is promoting the Church of the](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CWP540/austrian-businessman-niko-alm-poses-with-his-austrian-drivers-licence-depicting-him-wearing-a-pasta-strainer-during-a-news-conference-in-vienna-july-14-2011-alm-is-promoting-the-church-of-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-or-pastafarianism-parody-religion-a-satirical-protest-against-privileges-of-officially-acknowledged-religions-reutersheinz-peter-bader-austria-tags-society-oddly-religion-2CWP540.jpg)
Austrian businessman Niko Alm poses with his Austrian driver's licence, depicting him wearing a pasta strainer, during a news conference in Vienna, July 14, 2011. Alm is promoting the Church of the
![Pastafarian' man Niko Alm wins right to wear colander on his head in driving licence photo | The Independent | The Independent Pastafarian' man Niko Alm wins right to wear colander on his head in driving licence photo | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2014/07/17/07/niko-alm-pastafarianv2.jpg?width=982&height=726&auto=webp&quality=75)
Pastafarian' man Niko Alm wins right to wear colander on his head in driving licence photo | The Independent | The Independent
![Austrian businessman Niko Alm poses with his Austrian driver's licence, depicting him wearing a pasta strainer, during a news conference in Vienna, July 14, 2011. Alm is promoting the Church of the Austrian businessman Niko Alm poses with his Austrian driver's licence, depicting him wearing a pasta strainer, during a news conference in Vienna, July 14, 2011. Alm is promoting the Church of the](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D0RNBD/austrian-businessman-niko-alm-poses-with-his-austrian-drivers-licence-depicting-him-wearing-a-pasta-strainer-during-a-news-conference-in-vienna-july-14-2011-alm-is-promoting-the-church-of-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-or-pastafarianism-parody-religion-a-satirical-protest-against-privileges-of-officially-acknowledged-religions-reutersheinz-peter-bader-austria-tags-society-oddly-religion-2D0RNBD.jpg)
Austrian businessman Niko Alm poses with his Austrian driver's licence, depicting him wearing a pasta strainer, during a news conference in Vienna, July 14, 2011. Alm is promoting the Church of the
![Austrian businessman Niko Alm sits behind a pasta strainer during a news conference in Vienna, July 14, 2011. Alm is promoting the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster or Pastafarianism parody religion, Austrian businessman Niko Alm sits behind a pasta strainer during a news conference in Vienna, July 14, 2011. Alm is promoting the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster or Pastafarianism parody religion,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CY6GG2/austrian-businessman-niko-alm-sits-behind-a-pasta-strainer-during-a-news-conference-in-vienna-july-14-2011-alm-is-promoting-the-church-of-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-or-pastafarianism-parody-religion-a-satirical-protest-against-privileges-of-officially-acknowledged-religions-reutersheinz-peter-bader-austria-tags-society-oddly-religion-2CY6GG2.jpg)
Austrian businessman Niko Alm sits behind a pasta strainer during a news conference in Vienna, July 14, 2011. Alm is promoting the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster or Pastafarianism parody religion,
![Pastafarian' man Niko Alm wins right to wear colander on his head in driving licence photo | The Independent | The Independent Pastafarian' man Niko Alm wins right to wear colander on his head in driving licence photo | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2014/07/16/21/Pastafarian.jpg?width=982&height=726&auto=webp&quality=75)
Pastafarian' man Niko Alm wins right to wear colander on his head in driving licence photo | The Independent | The Independent
![Pastafarian' man Niko Alm wins right to wear colander on his head in driving licence photo | The Independent | The Independent Pastafarian' man Niko Alm wins right to wear colander on his head in driving licence photo | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2014/07/17/07/niko-alm-pastafarianv2.jpg?width=1200&auto=webp&quality=75)
Pastafarian' man Niko Alm wins right to wear colander on his head in driving licence photo | The Independent | The Independent
![Austrian businessman Niko Alm poses with his Austrian driver's licence, depicting him wearing a pasta strainer, during a news conference in Vienna, July 14, 2011. Alm is promoting the Church of the Austrian businessman Niko Alm poses with his Austrian driver's licence, depicting him wearing a pasta strainer, during a news conference in Vienna, July 14, 2011. Alm is promoting the Church of the](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D06AC7/austrian-businessman-niko-alm-poses-with-his-austrian-drivers-licence-depicting-him-wearing-a-pasta-strainer-during-a-news-conference-in-vienna-july-14-2011-alm-is-promoting-the-church-of-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-or-pastafarianism-parody-religion-a-satirical-protest-against-privileges-of-officially-acknowledged-religions-reutersheinz-peter-bader-austria-tags-society-oddly-religion-2D06AC7.jpg)
Austrian businessman Niko Alm poses with his Austrian driver's licence, depicting him wearing a pasta strainer, during a news conference in Vienna, July 14, 2011. Alm is promoting the Church of the
![Vienna, Austria. 14th July, 2014. 'Pastafarian' NIKO ALM wins a case in Austria after officials objected to the colander on his head for his driving licence photograph. It took Alm three years Vienna, Austria. 14th July, 2014. 'Pastafarian' NIKO ALM wins a case in Austria after officials objected to the colander on his head for his driving licence photograph. It took Alm three years](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/E4P61G/vienna-austria-14th-july-2014-pastafarian-niko-alm-wins-a-case-in-E4P61G.jpg)