The building-laundromat thing I think of as very Swedish (all the way down to having rules governing how machines are reserved). Maybe also Finnish? Not sure ab

The building-laundromat thing I think of as very Swedish (all the way down to having rules governing how machines are reserved). Maybe also Finnish? Not sure about Norway. In any case, they aren't common in Denmark, though a few buildings have them. The basement is more often given over to bike parking and storage cages. In Copenhagen, coin laundromats are extremely common as a result. I go to one that's about 2 blocks away. It's getting more common for people to install an in-apartment washing machine if they remodel, though, and newly built buildings all come with the appropriate hookups installed.