It was a decade when Auld Reekie welcomed its first ever multiplex cinema, a host of new out-of-town shopping centres and several major redevelopments – including the multi-million pound transformation of Murrayfield Stadium into an all-seated arena.
Scroll through our photo gallery for a nostalgic trip back to Edinburgh in the 1990s – and please let us know your own memories of the decade in the comments section before you go.


2. UCI Edinburgh opens 1990
The 12-screen multiplex cinema at Craig Park (aka UCI 12, Fort Kinnaird) in Newcraighall Edinburgh, which opened in July 1990. Photo: Albert Jordan

3. Tower block removal
Residents waved farewell to the two 14-storey Niddrie tower blocks Teviotbank House and Tweedsmuir in September 1991. Post-war high rises were quickly falling out of fashion. Photo: Graeme Hunter

4. Gyle opens
The Gyle shopping centre opens in October 1993 - people shopping (note shell suits!) Photo: Bill Henry
