But did you know it was once a much smaller affair, with just a few hundred people who gathered outside the Tron Kirk in the High Street? Edinburgh’s Hogmanay celebrations have changed over the years, and here we take a look at the celebrations past and present.
1. Hogmanay 1964
A customer stocks up for the celebrations ahead at HJ Hildersley's licensed grocer. | JPIMedia Photo: TSPL
2. Hogmanay 2012
Edinburgh Torchlight procession along Princes Street and up Calton Hill Part of the New Year Hogmanay 2012 celebrations | JPIMedia Photo: Ian Georgeson
3. Queuing for supplies
December 29, 1965: Customers queue outside Mr Munro's shop in Brandon Terrace, Stockbridge, eager to buy supplies for Hogmanay. Crates of McEwan's Export wait to be loaded inside. | JPIMedia Photo: Joe Steele
4. Hogmany at the Tron Kirk 1955
Hogmanay 1955: Crowds outside the Tron Kirk. | JPIMedia Photo: TSPL