We’ve had a thorough dig through the deep archives of The Scotsman and Edinburgh Evening News to bring you 27 photographs showing Edinburgh as the city entered a brand new year, a fresh decade, a 21st century and a brave new millennium.
Here are 27 of our best images to recapture the dawn of a brand new century.
9. Top of the Pops
Portobello girl Gail Porter was the star host of the BBC's flagship chart show Top of the Pops. | Other 3rd Party Photo: Mark Allan
10. The deluge
Murrayfield Stadium's head groundsperson Heather MacKinnon wades through water following flooding due to heavy rainfall in the city, 27 April 2000. | JPIMedia Photo: PAUL CHAPPELLS
11. Fond farewell
The bulldozers and earth removers were called in to level HIberian FC's Easter Road pitch after years of a sloping surface, 10 May 2000. | JPIMedia Photo: JON SAVAGE
12. Dalek meets Tardis?
Gordon Thompson Director of The Californian Coffee Co. welcomes his first customer, Alec the Dalek , at the latest opening of his Police Box coffee stops in Rose Street. | JPIMedia Photo: TONY MARSH