Europe-Asia Border — Attraction in Yekaterinburg

Pretty interesting monument of where Europe ends, and Asia begins (or the opposite, depending on which side you're coming from). Two things of note: this designation was made by a random German in the 1830s, so the "science" is suspect, and apparently there are numerous markings like this to indicate where the "true" border is, depending on which is closer to the Ekaterinburg (tourists don't want to wander too far from the city into Siberia, for...

This is a “must visit” place, if one ever arrives in Ekaterinburg, Russia via the Trans-Siberian Train Journey. We arrived here on 20th May 2023. With one foot on the Asian continent and the other foot on the European continent, one just couldn’t help the overwhelming feeling of standing on the 2 important continents of the world. It is such a wonderful experience, indeed. Alhamdulillaah, for the...

We had to really think that we were at a very historic geographic place namely the Europe-Asia Border Monument ne Ekaterinburg that marks the boundary between the two continents. We like every visitors stood with one foot in each continent and then a stroll around the scenic,...