Squatting - Notable and Well Known Examples

Notable and Well Known Examples

Country Notable Squats
Argentina
  • Pabellon 5, Buenos Aires
Austria
  • Ernst-Kirchweger-Haus (EKH), Vienna
Brazil
  • Prestes Maia, São Paulo
Canada
  • Frances Street Squats, Vancouver
  • North Star Hotel, Vancouver
Croatia
  • Medika, Zagreb
  • Karlo Rojc, Pula
  • Klaonica, Zagreb
Czech Republic
  • Villa Milada, Prague (evicted in 2009 after petition against the squat; evicted again in 2012)
Denmark
  • Freetown Christiania, Copenhagen
  • Ungdomshuset, Copenhagen
Estonia
  • Anna Haava, Tartu
Finland
  • Satama, Helsinki
France
  • 40-44, avenue Jean-Moulin, Paris (evicted the 20th of March 1981)
  • 102, Grenoble
  • 59 Rivoli, Paris
  • Art-Cloche, Paris (evicted the 27th of June 1988)
  • CAES, Ris-Orangis
  • La Clinique, Montreuil (evicted the 8th of July 2009)
  • Espace autogéré des Tanneries, Dijon
  • Hôpital éphémère, Paris (evicted in 1995)
  • Le Château Pirate, Paris (evicted the 1st of June 2011)
  • Les Frigos, Paris
  • La Miroiterie, Paris
  • La Pelle-Tueuse, Grenoble (evicted the 3rd of June 2010)
  • Le Pigeonnier, Nice
  • Le Théâtre de Verre, Paris
  • Maison Commune Autogérée, Groix
Germany
  • Anatopia, Papenburg
  • Au, Frankfurt
  • Brunnenstraße183, Berlin (evicted the 24th of November 2009)
  • Hafenstraße, Hamburg
  • Rote Flora, Hamburg
  • Topf and Sons factory, Erfurt
  • Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin
Greece
  • Fabrika Yfanet, Thessaloniki
  • Villa Amalia, Athens
  • Matsagou, Volos
  • Rosa Nera, Chania
  • Antiviosi, Ioannina
Italy
  • Lsoa Buridda, Genova
  • Csoa Terra di Nessuno, Genova
  • CS Leoncavallo, Milan
  • Officina 99, Naples
  • Bussana Vecchia, Liguria
  • Social centers category on Italian Wikipedia
Lithuania
  • Užupis, Vilnius
Moldova
  • Centro 73, Chişinău (evicted in December 2010)
Mozambique
  • Grande Hotel Beira, Beira
Netherlands
  • ASCII, Amsterdam
  • OT301, Amsterdam
  • Ruigoord, Amsterdam
  • Huize Spoorloos, Emmen
  • HCZ, Eindhoven
  • De Blauwe Aanslag, The Hague
  • Fort Pannerden, Pannerden
  • Poortgebouw, Rotterdam
  • Het Slaakhuis, Rotterdam
Norway
  • Blitz, Oslo
  • Hausmania, Oslo
  • 40, Oslo
Philippines
  • Smokey Mountain, Manila
Poland
  • Rozbrat, Poznań
  • Krzyk, Gliwice
  • Elektromadonna, Częstochowa
Romania
  • Carol 53, Bucharest
Russia
  • Pushkinskaya 10, St. Petersburg
  • Nevsky 25, St. Petersburg
  • Club НЧ/ВЧ, St. Petersburg
Slovenia
  • Sokolski dom, Novo mesto (former cultural centre)
  • Metelkova, Ljubljana (claimed free state in former army garrison)
  • Tovarna Rog, Ljubljana (abandoned bike factory)
Slovakia
  • Palac Sofia, Zilina
South Africa
  • Kennedy Road, Durban
  • Joe Slovo Informal Settlement, Cape Town
  • Symphony Way Pavement Dwellers, Cape Town
Spain
  • Can Masdeu, Barcelona
Switzerland
  • RHINO, Geneva
  • Kulturzentrum Reithalle, Bern
  • CSOA il Molino, Lugano
United Kingdom

In London:

  • St Agnes Place (opened 1969, evicted 2005)
  • Eel Pie Island Commune (opened 1969, burned down 1971)
  • Spike Surplus Scheme (opened 1998, evicted 2009)
  • 491 Gallery (opened 2001)
  • RampART Social Centre (opened 2004, evicted 2009)
  • Kew Bridge Ecovillage (opened 2009, evicted 2010)
United States
  • ABC No Rio, New York City,
  • C-Squat, New York City
  • People's Park, Berkeley
  • Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Health Spa
  • 92 Bird Avenue, Buffalo, NY
  • Slab City, Niland, CA
  • lowercase collective, Chicago, IL

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