Euro Truck Simulator 2: Nordic Horizons

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Euro Truck Simulator 2: Nordic Horizons is an upcoming map expansion DLC for Euro Truck Simulator 2.

Summary

The DLC will feature the continuation of Finland (initially introduced in the Beyond the Baltic Sea map expansion), Norway and Sweden (initially introduced in the Scandinavia map expansion).

The Nordic countries (also known as the Nordics or Norden; 'the North') consist of sovereign states and autonomous territories located in the geographical region of Northern Europe and North Atlantic. The Nordic countries includes the sovereign states of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden; the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland; and the autonomous region of Åland. In this DLC, the only states and territories not included will be Iceland, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland.

To bring the existing part of Scandinavia that is covered in the Scandinavia DLC closer to current standards it will get re reskin and in parts a rebuild from scratch.^[1]

Cities

Note: The following information is still not officially confirmed and may or may not be in the game!

Currently, 18 cities are known to be featured in the DLC.

City name	Country	First mentioned
Andenes	Norway	6 May 2025^[2]
Arvidsjaur	Sweden	3 November 2023^[3]
Bodø	Norway	11 June 2024^[4]
Haparanda	Sweden	Christmas Stream 2023
Inari	Finland	12 March 2024^[5]
Jyväskylä	Finland	Christmas Stream 2023
Kiruna	Sweden	Christmas Stream 2023
Kristiansund	Norway	05 July 2025^[6]
Kuopio	Finland	26 January 2024^[7]
Rovaniemi	Finland	22 May 2024^[8]
Skellefteå	Sweden	Christmas Stream 2024
Storuman	Sweden	3 November 2023^[3]
Sundsvall	Sweden	Christmas Stream 2023
Svolvær	Norway	26 January 2024^[9]
Tornio	Finland	Christmas Stream 2023
Tromsø	Norway	Christmas Stream 2023
Umeå	Sweden	12 March 2024^[5]
Oulu	Finland	24 January 2025

There are 20 cities marked in europe_bgn.dds that weren't mentioned anywhere else.

City name	Country	Remarks
Ålesund	Norway
Arjeplog	Sweden
Åsele	Sweden
Falun	Sweden
Gävle	Sweden
Hamar	Norway
Karlstadt	Sweden
Lillehammer	Norway
Luleå	Sweden
Lycksele	Sweden
Malung	Sweden
Örnskoldsvik	Sweden
Otta	Norway
Steinkjer	Norway
Sveg	Sweden
Tolga	Norway
Trofors	Norway
Trondheim	Norway
Vennesund	Norway

Industry

TBA

Achievements

TBA

Release History

5 July 2025: Blog post about Kristiansund.^[6]
20 June 2025: Blog post about the Nordic road network.^[10]
28 May 2025: Blog post about Tornio and Haparanda.^[11]
6 May 2025: Blog post about Andenes.^[2]
8 April 2025: Blog post about roadside landmarks.^[12]
18 March 2025: Blog post about lakes in Finland.^[13]
20 February 2025: Blog post about churches.^[14]
24 January 2025: Blog post about Oulu, a fifth largest city in Finland.^[15]
29 December 2024: Blog post about Skellefteå, a Swedish city that was shown in the Christmas Stream 2024.^[16]
19 December 2024: More screenshots of Nordic Horizons were shown in the Christmas Stream.
27 November 2024: Blog post about city landmarks.^[17]
31 October 2024: Blog post about forests.^[18]
14 September 2024: Blog post about Bodø.^[19]
16 August 2024: Blog post about Rovaniemi, the capital of Lapland region of Finland.^[20]
18 July 2024: Blog post about building nature & mountains with a map designer Pavel.^[21]
11 June 2024: Blog post about new assets and building models for the expansion.^[4]
22 May 2024: Blog post about SCS's research trip to northern Scandinavia.^[8]
26 April 2024: Blog post about SCS' map designers who are currently working on the Nordic Horizons DLC.^[22]
12 March 2024: Blog post about new landmarks and areas.^[5]
26 January 2024: First official blog post revealing the name of the expansion with more new screenshots^[23] and added to Steam Store.^[24]
19 December 2023: The 2023 Christmas live stream confirms the inclusion of Finland, and six additional cities.
3 November 2023: A changelog about the 1.49.0.11 update (open beta) accidentally includes changes regarding the road between Storuman and Arvidsjaur. It is removed in an edit shortly after the post is made.^[3]
Late October 2023: Models with the tag poc are found in the game files, presumed to belong to this expansion.^[25]
19 October 2023: In the West Balkans DLC release stream, SCS Software CEO Pavel Šebor confirms that a Northern map expansion is in development.
20 December 2022: In the 2022 SCS Christmas Stream, the team reveals some real-life photographs of moose, roe deer, a Border Crossing on the E10 road at the border with Sweden, and a group of team members from SCS Software at Nordkapp and an entrance sign of Norway in Bokmål and Northern Sámi languages, respectively written as Norge and Norga.^[26]
Early 2022: The game file europe_bgn.dds is updated. The map highlights 27 cities in Norway and Sweden north of the Scandinavia DLC.