Greece - Big Cities

Let us take you on a trip to some of Greece's most important cities featured in our upcoming map expansion for Euro Truck Simulator 2. Today, we’re excited to give you a preview of Thessaloniki, Patras, and the capital city, Athens - each featuring a player-ownable garage!

Athens

The capital city of Greece is generally considered to be the birthplace of Western civilization with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years. Athens occupies a wide coastal plain that slopes down towards the Aegean, surrounded by the mountainous reliefs of Parnitha Penteli and Mount Hymettus.

Its port Piraeus is the 2nd busiest passenger port in Europe and at the same time the 13th largest container port in the world which is why it will be a centerpiece in our representation of Athens in the game along with the Ministry of Shipping & Island Policy building. You will get there through a major intersection we recreated including tollgates in the northwestern part of the city where four major routes meet.

Of course, you can look forward to plenty of industries such as a car dealership, a marble quarry, an oil refinery, a food logistics warehouse, a port logistics warehouse, and a gas station. If you want to find out more about how Athens is being developed, you can read an interview with our map designer Aartee, who is in charge of putting together the capital city.

Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki is the second largest city in Greece. It lies in the northern part of the country but is still located on the coast in the Thermaic Gulf. Its founding has been dated all the way back to the 4th century BCE.

Truckers will enter the city close to the huge Thessaloniki KTEL Intercity Bus Station with its atypical and iconic round roof. Naturally, you will be able to deliver in and out of multiple industries in this city. We already showed you the huge cement plant in Thessaloniki, but you can also haul cargo to a local gas station, cotton processing depot, logistics warehouse, container port, metal steelworks, a few construction sites, and a big oil refinery in the northern part of town.

Patras

The third largest city in Greece is located in the northern part of Peloponnese, not far south of the iconic Rio-Antirrio Bridge, which is the largest bridge in this map expansion and will feature tollgates. Accompanying this bridge are historical fortresses on both sides of the coast - Antirrio Castle and Rio Fortress.

As with the previous cities, truckers will be able to drive to the port which plays an important part in the economy of the city. Regarding industries, you can deliver in and out of a supermarket, car dealership, logistic warehouse, building materials market storage, and a nursery.

If you want to show us how excited you are for this map expansion, make sure to add the Greece DLC to your Steam Wishlist. Remember that the content you see in this blog is still a work in progress and may change until this DLC's release. Don't forget to stay tuned and follow us on our X/Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok for all the latest updates. We will see you on the road!