With a dwindling number of people under the age of 30 now able to remember the decade, the 1990s is really beginning to feel like a rather long time ago.
Here in Edinburgh, so much has happened in the years since John Major was in power, Pogs were all the rage and the Spice Girls were dominating the pop charts.
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In the footage, which was captured by a Dutch visitor, we are taken on a whirl around the city centre on an open-top tour bus, taking in all the glorious sights Auld Reekie had - and indeed still has - to offer.
For us Edinburgh locals, though, it’s especially fascinating to see the smaller changes that have taken place.
Retro LRT maroon and white double-decker buses vie for space along Princes Street and Lothian Road, shop-fitting work is ongoing at the recently closed John Menzies, while what is now the Edinburgh Waldorf Astoria is still called simply “the Caledonian Hotel”.
The famous floral clock in West Princes Street Gardens makes an appearance. In 1998, the design marked the diamond jubilee of the Woman’s Royal Voluntary Service.
And at the nearby Ross Bandstand, a group of Scottish folk musicians are rehearsing a song.
Clearly a fan of the capital, in their description on YouTube, our Dutch visitor writes: “Edinburgh is beautifully situated on the Scottish hills and an exciting destination for a city trip.
“The Old Town is made up of medieval cobbled streets, and the New Town is home to beautiful neoclassical buildings from the 18th and 19th centuries. The Royal Mile is a chain of ancient streets between the famous Edinburgh Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
“Add to that the vast array of art and culture, museums, festivals and enjoyable pubs, and it's no surprise that Edinburgh rivals London as a tourist destination.”
The Waverley Shopping Centre also features prominently in the short clip - and, boy, has it changed a lot.
The shopping centre, which opened in 1984 as Waverley Market, was still something of a novelty, and, judging from this footage, was a lot busier than it is today.
While the layout was more or less the same as today, the complex had more independent shops and the interior stylings were markedly different. The whole place was filled with hanging plants, palms, glass panelling, and interesting sculptures. At the foot of the main escalator there was a water feature that gave the old centre unique character.
In later years, the Waverley Shopping Centre would lose much of what made it special. The plants, water feature and glass panels were removed in the early 2000s in place of a more generic style that made the complex more or less indistinguishable from the Gyle or Cameron Toll shopping centres.
Even more controversially, as far as locals were concerned, the shopping centre dropped its traditional Waverley name and was rebranded Princes Mall. This name held sway until 2017 when it was changed to Waverley Mall.
In late 2021, the shopping centre pleasingly reverted back to its 1984 name, Waverley Market , which harks back to the original fruit & veg market that opened on the site in 1875. A full refit of the interior is ongoing.
You can view the footage showing Waverley Shopping Centre in 1998 here.
