Hundreds of people have turned out for the reopening of the IKEA store in Edinburgh – take a look at how the queues developed.
![Hundreds of shoppers queued from 6.30am as IKEA stores reopened in Scotland for the first time in three months.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjdjMWY1Njk4LTkxZWUtNDhjYi05YzNlLTcyZDAxMTgyYTk3ZTo0NDJlMmNmOC01Mzc1LTRmZTMtOGE1Ni1jYjc2MDRiOTcyYzI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
1. Early Risers
Hundreds of shoppers queued from 6.30am as IKEA stores reopened in Scotland for the first time in three months. Photo: SWNS
![Around 300 people queued to shop at the Swedish homeware store in Straiton, Edinburgh.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjU5YTk0NTVkLTAzOTUtNGI2NS04OTI4LWE3ZjI2YmYwZTQzYjo0YmU0NjZmZC04YzE4LTQxZWItOWFmOC0xYTQ4YmIxNWVlMTk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
2. Large queues.
Around 300 people queued to shop at the Swedish homeware store in Straiton, Edinburgh. Photo: SWNS
![The shop has a capacity of 450 people - a quarter of how many shoppers it can usually accommodate.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjI0NzI0OTkxLTFmNTktNDk1NC1iYjQ3LWY4ZTQyZWM3YzdlZjo2MTk3YTUyYi1mNTVlLTQ4ZmMtOWJhOC1hNDUxMzA3NDIwMmM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
3. Reduced capacity
The shop has a capacity of 450 people - a quarter of how many shoppers it can usually accommodate. Photo: SWNS
![The first shoppers arrived at 6.30am, and by 10am when doors opened around 300 eager shoppers were waiting to buy flatpacked furniture and frozen meatballs.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjIwOTk0NzgwLTcxYTgtNDM5Zi04ZTM1LTFkZWJhM2Y0ZGUyYTowNzAyMmQwNS03NjgzLTQwNWItYTNmOC05OWNjZTU3NmI2Zjg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
4. 10am opening
The first shoppers arrived at 6.30am, and by 10am when doors opened around 300 eager shoppers were waiting to buy flatpacked furniture and frozen meatballs. Photo: SWNS