Youngsters "paint" the numbers 2000 with sparklers as Millennium Hogmanay celebrations get underway in Edinburgh.Youngsters "paint" the numbers 2000 with sparklers as Millennium Hogmanay celebrations get underway in Edinburgh.
Youngsters "paint" the numbers 2000 with sparklers as Millennium Hogmanay celebrations get underway in Edinburgh. | JPIMedia

25 photos taking you back to Edinburgh in 2000

By David Mclean
Published 24th Apr 2020, 07:30 BST
Updated 8th Oct 2024, 14:15 BST

For those who were old enough or sufficiently sober to recall it, it seems incredible to think that twenty years have now passed since Edinburghers welcomed in the new millennium.

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.

Edinburgh bids farewell to the year 2000 in style with a fireworks display over Edinburgh Castle.

25. Hogmanay 2000

Edinburgh bids farewell to the year 2000 in style with a fireworks display over Edinburgh Castle. | JPIMedia Photo: IAN RUTHERFORD

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