Come to the Gisi Stays demo on December 20, 2025, 14:00 at the main station in Winterthur, Switzerland.
As some of you might have heard already, the Stefanini foundation for art, culture and history (SKKG) wants to evict Gisi (General-Guisan-Str. 31, Winterthur), the probably oldest squat in Switzerland, in February 2026.
All negotiation attempts to keep the house ours, alive and lived in uncommercially and self-organized have failed at the unwillingness of the foundation.
Especially SKKG, that preaches art, culture and history, wants to destroy exactly this.
Because in the past 28 years, numerous artists have given Gisi artistic diversity by organizing different workshops, concerts and events.
Over the decades many people have always lived at Gisi, permanently and temporarily. Gisi means affordable housing for many, that don’t have anything. [Read More]
