I lived in a Stockholm apartment for a year. The old five story building was narrow and had six units per floor - typical for the neighborhood on my street, BirgerJarlsgatan. I lived on the top floor and encountered all of the other tenants at some point during my stay. The building had its share of beauties, young and old. Most of the time I’d see them in the foyer, the bicycle room or the laundry room. The Swedes like to line dry their clothes - even in apartment buildings. Laundry rooms there have a washer and a centrifuge to spin dry the clothes before draping the items over the line. There was a big room in the basement of my building that had no less than twenty lines and almost always in use.
My panty fetish was sort of put on hold when I first arrived in Sweden. I had many adjustments and was too busy to orchestrate a panty acquisition. Until about a month into my stay, that is. I pulled my clothes from the washer and placed them into the centrifuge. I noticed that a pair of cotton panties had stuck to the inside wall and were overlooked by the previous user. I ran the machine and line dried my clothes except for the panties which I crammed in my pocket and dried in my apartment. The panties were apparently not missed and the next time I did laundry made sure to look closely in the centrifuge. That had been an isolated incident and I began to scan the lines for interesting panties to borrow.
The Swedes have very few hang-ups about community laundry or revealing their intimates for everyone to see. I started taking pairs for the day and returning them to the line. If the clothes were collected I would put them in a conspicuous place where the owner could find them if the item was missed. Often the panties would remain for days until I claimed them once again.
As you can guess, this practice escalated into a regular habit. I had over twenty pairs at one time and no one raised a fuss. I’m not sure if I expected everyone to come to my door at once in an intervention or act like it wasn’t a problem. Sure it was!
I already spoke German and Swedish was naturally growing on me. I was able to read headlines and some articles after a few months. I’m not sure why I didn’t pay attention to a sign that had been posted in the laundry room but it was there for at least a month before I took the time to decipher it. It basically read: There is a thief among us. The entire place was on the lookout while I was casually taking their panties on a regular basis. I have no idea how I got away with so many panty raids but a lot of Swedes were pissed off and wanted an end to my shenanigans. They must have narrowed the losses down to me because some of the previously friendly folk began to snub me on the stairs. It was time to move.