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.
13. Muirhouse millennium library
Sarah Mulligan, 8, from Colinton, reads the Financial times while Shaun Currie has a go on the new Playstation at the new Muirhouse Library, which was fully-equipped with internet ready computers with email(!), a Playstation and access to papers, magazines, videos and audio music, 6 January 2000. | JPIMedia Photo: SUSAN BURRELL
14. Tragedy
Floral tributes began to appear outside Ryan's Bar in Edinburgh's West End after a young waitress was killed and several others injured when masonry fell from the roof, 30 June 2000. | JPIMedia Photo: TONY HARESIGN
15. Lorry Drivers Protest
Lorries drove slowly through central Edinburgh in protest to the tax on fuel, 11 September 2000. | JPIMedia Photo: SUSAN BURRELL
16. Minnie Driver
Minnie Driver was among the attendees at the charity film premiere of Return To Me (which she starred in) at the Odeon on Clerk Street on 24 May 2000. | JPIMedia Photo: PAMELA GRIGG