Squats

autonomous community in Copenhagen, Denmark

Chitungwiza is the third populous urban centre in Zimbabwe and town of Harare Province in Zimbabwe. It is located on the outskirts of Harare.

Club and cultural space in Zurich, Switzerland; birthplace of the Dada art movement

Ashaiman (often wrongly spelled as "Ashiaman") is a large town and the capital of the Ashaiman Municipal District in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. According to the 2021 census, the town, along with the district, has a population of 208,060 people. Ethnic groups who resided in Ashaiman are the Ga-Adangbe, Ga, Guan, Hausa, Fante people, Dagomba, Ewe, Ashanti, and Akuapem. The current Mantse of the town is Nii Annang Adzor.

Makoko is an informal settlement across the 3rd Mainland Bridge located on the coast of mainland Lagos, Nigeria. A third of the community is built on stilts along the lagoon and the rest is on the land. The waterfront part of the community is largely harboured by the Egun people who migrated from Badagary and Republic of Benin and whose main occupation is fishing.

thumb|upright=1.5|Ghanaians working in Agbogbloshie

skyscraper in Caracas, Venezuela

thumb|right|260px|Metelkova in 2012 Metelkova (full name in , "Metelkova City Autonomous Cultural Centre", referred to by the acronym AKC) is an autonomous social and cultural centre in the city centre of Ljubljana, Slovenia's capital city. Formerly, the site was the military headquarters of the Army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, then it became the Slovenian headquarters of the Yugoslav People's Army. It consists of seven buildings (military barracks) extended over a total area of , which have been squatted since September 1993. The squat is named after nearby Metelko Street (Slovene: Metelk

Somolu (or Shomolu) is a local government area (LGA) in Lagos. It is located in Southwest Nigeria, North of Lagos city, and its administrative headquarters is located on Durosimi Street. Somolu Local Government is part of the Lagos East Senatorial Zone and a lawmaker represents the district at the Federal House of Representatives. Somolu is plagued by problems of poor sanitation, high rent, overall poverty, and youth criminal subculture. It is also known for its printing industry, which is the largest in Lagos and one of the most diverse in the world. Most notably, offset and digital print sho

architectural structure

Venezuelan prison and torture center

thumb|250px|The Ernst-Kirchweger-Haus in September 2005. The large banner on the first floor reads, "kein tag ohne autonomes zentrum" ("Not a single day without an [[autonomous social centre").]] thumb|Ernst-Kirchweger-Haus

thumb|right|300px|Housing estates in the neighbourhood, seen in São Caetano do Sul. Heliópolis is a favela in the Sacomã district of São Paulo. It has around 200,000 inhabitants and has developed into a serviced neighbourhood from its beginnings as a squatted settlement in the 1970s.

slum in Sudogwon, South Korea

most complete surviving example of traditional Chinese garden architecture in Taiwan

squatted highrise building in São Paulo, Brazil

military base in Malta

Sanggye-dong () is a dong (neighbourhood) of Nowon District, Seoul, South Korea. It was founded in the 1960s by squatters and by the 1980s there were approximately 1,000 squatter households and 600 tenants. In 1985, it was declared a redevelopment zone. Most people left and some resisted before being evicted forcibly.

cultural centre in Luxembourg

Buildings occupied by migrants in Athens

informal housing built on footpaths

Lepakko or Lepakkoluola was a self-managed social centre and a music venue in Ruoholahti, Helsinki, Finland, functioning from 1979 to 1999.

building complex in Athens, Attica Region, Greece