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.
5. Wester Hailes demolition
Children watching the old Westburn blocks of flats being demolished at Wester Hailes, Edinburgh. Picture taken January 1993. Photo: Colin McPherson
6. Leith Walk in winter 1993
Winters in Edinburgh during the early 1990s were not short of snowfall, as this picture of a tree and sculpture-lined Leith Walk shows. Photo: Alan Ledgerwood
7. St James Shopping
Exterior of the St James Centre shopping centre at the east end of Princes Street Edinburgh, after refurbishment in January 1992. Photo: Denis Straughan
8. Empire Theatre exterior
Used as a Mecca bingo hall, Edinburgh's Empire Theatre was looking a little past its best by the early 1990s and was soon transformed to become the Festival Theatre we know and love today. Photo: Allan Macdonald