The memorial sign "Polotsk - the geographical center of Europe" was set during the celebration of the city of Polotsk May 31, 2008. During the inauguration of the plaque, the mayor of Polotsk Vladimir Grindstone was awarded a certificate with the exact calculation of the coordinates of the geographical center of Europe. The authorship of the monument by the architect and sculptor Ivan Borovik, Alexander Prokhorov.

Set, where the center of Europe, the scientists managed to surveyors republican unitary enterprise space methods in geodesy "Belaerokosmogeodeziya." To make accurate calculations allow modern methods for Aerospace Survey and powerful computers. In the calculations of Belarusian Surveyors Europe it was adopted as a whole, along with the White Sea and the Baltic, as well as the islands located off the coast. The calculations have allowed to know the exact coordinates of the center of Europe: 55 degrees 30 minutes north latitude and 28 degrees 48 minutes east longitude.

To the great joy and amazement Belarusian cartographers place it was in the most beautiful square of the ancient city of Polotsk, which allowed it to establish a memorial sign showing where the center of Europe. Earlier, experts from other countries were made calculating the center of Europe. They are in other places. However, only the calculations of Belarusian colleagues were confirmed by scientists of the Central Research Institute of Geodesy and Cartography in Moscow.

At the memorial sign is symbolically depicted the northern hemisphere, indicated by arcs of meridians, dominated by the symbol of Polotsk - a golden boat. Four arrows indicate the direction of the world. In the center of the sign of a map of Europe and its geographical center in Polotsk.