New York to Copenhagen, Denmark from $374

🌍 About copenhagen

Copenhagen runs on bikes — there are more of them than cars, and the harbour is clean enough that locals swim in it off the Islands Brygge piers in summer. Skip the grab-and-go and sit down for proper smørrebrød: open-faced rye topped with pickled herring or roast beef, eaten with a knife and fork as a real lunch, not a snack. Christiania, the self-governing freetown founded by squatters in 1971, is the genuinely strange thing to see; its notorious Pusher Street was dug up and shut for good in 2024 after gang shootings, and the place is calmer for it. Come May to September — long days with sunset near 10pm, mild weather, swimmable water. Winter is dark and grey, worth it only for cheaper fares and the cozy lamp-lit cafés.