They are located close to the plumbing points, which are either in the kitchen or in the bathroom/WC.
Dishwasher is built-in to my kitchen counter (next to kitchen sink). Washing machine is in the storage closet (next to bathroom) since my bathroom is small and it doesn’t fit in there.
This is not Sweden (and you’ll never guess where this picture is taken). The architecture is a little different, but overall landscape, trees, cloudy November give me flashbacks
I know that the conversation about washing machines are a few months old, but I wanted to let you all know my experience with their location. Currently, my washing machine and dryer are located in my bathroom, but it’s next to my shower and not in it. In my last apartment though, it pretty much was in the shower; but that’s because it was a really small bathroom and it was the only space available in the entire apartment.
When I was growing up, we always had our washing machine and dryer in a separate space outside of the bathroom, but that’s because we had enough space to keep it elsewhere.
Every apartment building here in Sweden I’ve ever lived in has had a communal room, usually in the building’s basement, with washing machines and dryers for the residents who don’t have any in their own apartments.
We also have laundromats but they are rare and private, where only people living in the same building (usually in dormitories) can use them. Private residences all have their own washing machine and some even have drying machines. Though, dryer is more of a luxury item and most people hang their clothes out to dry (e.g on balcony).