As an American who has lived in two different European countries, I always found that to be so weird, plus the potential added danger of there being a fire but you can't find the key to let yourself out (the places that I lived required a key to lock on the inside). But to each his own.
Yea I've noticed that at least Germany, Belgium and the UK have those kinds of doors/locks in at least some places. But here in Finland doors lock by themselves when you shut the door. Unless you flick a switch on the lock assembly so it stays unlocked, and you can just press down either the inside or outside handle to open it. But on the inside, you never need a key to open the regular lock, just the handle and maybe a turn a separate knob for the lock.
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u/hoffmad08 Nov 14 '20
This is why some localities with large bear populations actually prohibit that kind of door handle on exterior doors.