These photos take you back to the 80s, 90s and noughties, showing popular nightclubs of the time around Scotland.
Some of the atmospheric images thrust you right into the action at the heart of the dancefloor, while others show revellers getting some Dutch courage at the bar, or sharing the best and worst chat-up lines they’ve heard, while doing their make-up in the toilets.
All manner of nightclubs, from the dingiest joints to the most luxurious, are pictured in this retro photo gallery.
A floating nightclub, a Japanese-themed club with an interactive dancefloor, and a
As well as revellers dancing the night away, these nostalgic photos show the owners, DJs, bar staff and professional dancers at these well-known nightspots.
How many of these clubs have you visited, and what do you think was the best nightclub of the 80s, 90s and noughties?
If you’re after more 90s memories, you might enjoy this retro photo gallery looking back at life around Scotland in 1998.

1. Room at the Top
Revellers at the Room at the Top nightclub, Bathgate, in 1998 | TSPL Photo: Paul Raeburn

2. Noughties night out
Clubbers at City nightclub, Edinburgh, in 2004 | TSPL Photo: ROB MCDOUGALL

3. Chat-up lines
Leanna Stoner, Avril Walls and Gwen Lister in the toilets of Eros nightclub, Fountainbridge, in 2000, discussing the chat-up lines they have heard, while fixing their make-up | TSPL Photo: Susan Burrell

4. Back to the 90s
On the dance floor at a Glasgow nightclub in March 1990 | Getty Images Photo: Tom Stoddart