List of autonomous social centers

Self-managed social centers are community spaces which often feature music venues, infoshops, bicycle workshops and free schools. In French, they are termed espace autogéré and in Italian Centro Social Autogestionado (CSA) and Centro Social Okupado Autogestionado (CSOA), if squatted.[1][2] These projects are concrete examples of Temporary Autonomous Zones.[3]

Centers

List of self-managed social centers

Name	Image	City	State	Duration	Status	Reference
1 in 12 Club		Bradford	England	1988–	Ongoing	[4]
121 Centre		London	England	1980s–1999	Former	[5]
ABC No Rio		New York City	United States	1980–	Ongoing	[6]
ACU		Utrecht	Netherlands	1976–	Ongoing	[7]
ADM		Amsterdam	Netherlands	1997–2019	Former	[8]
Au		Frankfurt	Germany	1983–	Ongoing	[9]
Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh		Edinburgh	Scotland	1997–	Ongoing	[4]
Binz		Zürich	Switzerland	2006–2013	Former	[10]
Blauwe Aanslag		The Hague	Netherlands	1980–2003	Former	[11]
Blitz		Oslo	Norway	1982–	Ongoing	[12]
Bloomsbury Social Centre		London	England	2011–2011	Former	[13]
Can Vies		Barcelona	Catalonia	1997–	Ongoing	[14]
Cascina Torchiera		Milan	Italy	1992–	Ongoing	[15]
Conne Island		Leipzig	Germany	1991–	Ongoing	[16]
Cowley Club		Brighton	England	2002–	Ongoing	[17]
DIY Space for London		London	England	2015–	Ongoing	[18]
EKH		Vienna	Austria	1990-	Ongoing	[19]
Eskalera Karakola		Madrid	Spain	1996-	Ongoing	[20]
Forte Prenestino		Rome	Italy	1986–	Ongoing	[21]
Fort Thunder		Providence	United States	1995–2001	Former	[22]
Grote Broek		Nijmegen	Netherlands	1984–	Ongoing	[23]
Ingobernable		Madrid	Spain	2017–2019, 2020–2020	Former	[24]
Kafé 44		Stockholm	Sweden	1976–	Ongoing	[25]
Kasa de la Muntanya		Barcelona	Catalonia	1989–	Ongoing	[14]
Klinika		Prague	Czech Republic	2014–2019	Former	[26]
Køpi		Berlin	Germany	1990–	Ongoing	[27]
Kukutza		Bilbao	Basque Country	1996–1996, 1998–1998, 1998–2001	Former	[28]
Ladronka		Prague	Czech Republic	1993–2000	Former	[26]
Landbouwbelang		Maastricht	Netherlands	2002–	Ongoing	[29]
Leoncavallo		Milan	Italy	1975–	Ongoing	[30]
Metelkova		Ljubljana	Slovenia	1993-	Ongoing	[31]
London Action Resource Centre		London	England	1999-	Ongoing	[32]
Milada		Prague	Czech Republic	1997–2009	Former	[26]
OCCII		Amsterdam	Netherlands	1984–	Ongoing	[23]
OT301		Amsterdam	Netherlands	1999–	Ongoing	[23]
Patio Maravillas		Madrid	Spain	2007–2010, 2010–2015, 2015–2015	Former	[33]
Qilombo		West Oakland, California	United States	2011–2019	Former	[34]
rampART		London	England	2004–2009	Former
RHINO		Geneva	Switzerland	1988–2007	Former	[35]
Rog		Ljubljana	Slovenia	2006–2021	Former	[36]
Rote Flora		Hamburg	Germany	1989–	Ongoing	[37]
Rozbrat		Poznań	Poland	1994–	Ongoing	[38]
Salon Mazal		Tel Aviv	Israel	2000s	Former	[39]
Seomra Spraoi		Dublin	Ireland	2004-2015	Former	[40]
Sumac Centre		Nottingham	England	1984–	Ongoing	[41]
Tabacalera de Lavapiés		Madrid	Spain	2010–	Ongoing	[42]
Trotz Allem		Witten	Germany	1999–2005, 2006–2006, 2010–	Ongoing	[43]
Ubica		Utrecht	Netherlands	1992–2013	Former	[44]
UFFA		Trondheim	Norway	1981–	Ongoing	[45]
Ungdomshuset		Copenhagen	Denmark	1982–2007, 2008–	Ongoing	[46]
Villa Amalia		Athens	Greece	1990–2012	Former	[47]
Vloek		The Hague	Netherlands	2002–2015	Former	[48]
Vrankrijk		Amsterdam	Netherlands	1982–	Ongoing	[49]
Vrijplaats Koppenhinksteeg		Leiden	Netherlands	1968–2010	Former	[50]
Wapping Autonomy Centre		London	England	1981–1982	Former	[51]
Warzone Centre		Belfast	Northern Ireland	1986–2003, 2011-2018	Former	[52]

See also

• Self-managed social centers in Italy
• Self-managed social centers in the United Kingdom

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