Microsoft Releases City Update IV: Western Europe for MSFS
August 23, 2023
Microsoft has recently released a new city update for Microsoft Flight Simulator, adding five Western European cities (Annemasse, Geneva, Ghent, Luxembourg City, and Rotterdam) and one airport (Cologne-Bonn Airport).
Annemasse is a commune in the French Alps with 5 square kilometers of total area and 36,250 residents, making it the second most populous commune after Annecy.
![City Update 4](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b27a494dc3d312fe5c01da8/64e66e352cc0072fceb0eda0_MSFS_CU04_WesternEurope_07-scaled.jpeg)
Geneva is Switzerland's second most populous city, with 201,818 inhabitants as of 2018. It's situated in the country's southwest, near the French border.
![City Update 4](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b27a494dc3d312fe5c01da8/64e66e3e6af3f57a31eed266_image002.png)
Ghent is a city in the Flemish region of Belgium (the Dutch-speaking part), the third largest in the country with 265,086 inhabitants, only behind Brussels and Antwerp.
![City Update 4](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b27a494dc3d312fe5c01da8/64e66e452e912a443f0a4153_MSFS_CU04_WesternEurope_03-scaled.jpeg)
Luxembourg City is the capital of Luxembourg, lying at the heart of Western Europe, with a population of 132,778 people. It has the highest per capita GDP in the world as of 2022.
![City Update 4](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b27a494dc3d312fe5c01da8/64e66e4d2e912a443f0a4653_MSFS_CU04_WesternEurope_05-scaled.jpeg)
Rotterdam is the second largest city in the Netherlands, situated in the province of Zuid-Holland. The municipality has 664,311 inhabitants, but the metropolitan area is nearing 2.5 million.
![City Update 4](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b27a494dc3d312fe5c01da8/64e66e56ec93e91bc5600f89_MSFS_CU04_WesternEurope_01-scaled.jpeg)
Cologne-Bonn Airport (EDDK) serves the city of Köln in Germany with a yearly average of 9 million passengers. It's the seventh-largest passenger airport in Germany.
![City Update 4](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/5b27a494dc3d312fe5c01da8/64e66e602e912a443f0a5c92_MSFS_CU04_WesternEurope_04-scaled.jpeg)
The update is available right now for free on PC and Xbox.
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