Maya Kachroo-Levine is the digital senior editor at Travel + Leisure. She covers hotels, destinations (focusing on Europe, Asia, California, and Mexico), food and drink, cruises, and luxury aviation.

There’s a laundry list of reasons why I’ll always say yes to Copenhagen. Direct flights from my home base New York City to Denmark’s capital city are plentiful and if you plan accordingly, affordable.

Commuters between Copenhagen and the outlying town of Hillerød will be permitted to use the hard shoulder as a travel lane during rush hour starting this December, Vejdirektoratet, the national road ...