Thanks for the explanation. German here and I've used a laundromat maybe thrice in my life, for washing stuff that didn't fit in the washing machine at the time

Thanks for the explanation. German here and I've used a laundromat maybe thrice in my life, for washing stuff that didn't fit in the washing machine at the time. Around here those places are also hard to find because there's effectively no market for them when everyone has a washing machine. (And judging from the prices someone else quoted above I guess a 600 € washing machine that lasts a decade or more isn't a bad investment when you're otherwise paying 100 $ a month for cleaning services.)