Het Slaakhuis
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Het Slaakhuis is a squat in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It is located on a street called Slaak and was squatted in mid-2003. The building is a six-storey office block, which was used formerly as the headquarters of a printing company.
Initially the space hosted film nights, workshops, parties, an anarchist library and a cafe. There was a free shop and lessons were taught in Dutch and kung fu. Following complaints from nearby residents about noise at some events and with the energy of the core group becoming depleted, these social centre activities were stopped.
Currently (2006) the squatters are in negotiation with the owner (PWS) and the city council about the Slaakhuis being used as the base for a community art education project.
