I want to give them the benefit of the doubt and say perhaps it’s a deep freezer that is only opened occasionally, and I guess is pretty well sealed as long as it’s closed.
The kitchen appears to have one of those built-in fridges that matches the cabinets:

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    Where else would you put it? Might as well just place it next to all the other appliances. We do it in Germany too, pretty sure it’s just a European thing.

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      At least in Finland the washing machine (for washing clothes) is usually in the bathroom/shower room, like in the photo in this post.

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        Finns also have saunas in their home, which is awesome but not really standard anywhere else.

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          Never seen a wasing machine outside a bathroom or a washing room if your house is big enough here in sweden

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            “Big enough house” doing a lot of work here :)
            Not that it’s a bad thing, I think anyone would like having a wash room if given the space. Still better having a washing machine in the kitchen than going to the landromat down the street.

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      I think in the US we typically prefer for them to be out of sight. Houses here often have a small laundry room specifically for the washer and dryer. Barring that, they are usually tucked away in a closet (apartments or smaller houses) or in the garage or basement.

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        I wonder if this is one of those things the US benefits from having most of our homes built after indoor plumbing. A not insignificant portion of European homes were built before prolific indoor plumbing, no? So when homes were retrofitted for plumbing, it made sense it keep it all located in one place and then it became the style for all homes.

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      My family/me (in and around berlin):

      Me: WM in the kitchen

      Parents: WM in the bathroom

      Brother: WM in a little nook on the corridor(? Flurnische)

      Another Brother: WM in the basement (benefits of a house)