For decades now, Auld Reekie has been where the world comes to celebrate the New Year. But it was once a much smaller affair, with just a few hundred people huddled together outsiude the Tron Kirk in the High Street.
5. Hogmanay 2012
Edinburgh Torchlight procession along Princes Street and up Calton Hill Part of the New Year Hogmanay 2012 celebrations Photo: Ian Georgeson
6. 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. Photo: Joe Steele
7. Engineer at the Balmoral clock 1991
Engineer Archie Cunningham prepares to bring in the Edinburgh New Year by himself inside the Balmoral hotel clock on Hogmanay, December 1991. Photo: Jeff Mitchell
8. Hogmanay revellers 1959
Hogmanay 1959: Revellers see in the new year outside the Tron Kirk, the traditional venue for the bells. Photo: TSPL