Kickstarter has announced that it is now available to creators in five more European countries: Austria, Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg and Switzerland.

Artists, inventors, designers and makers of all types can now launch projects on Kickstarter and share them with its global community.

People from all around the world are using Kickstarter to work together and bring creative ideas to life, and this year it has focused on adding European culture and creativity to the site. Kickstarter is available to creators in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden — and now these five new countries as well. Kickstarter has made the site available in French, German and Spanish, and added a new tool for captioning videos in lots of different languages.

The creative community in Europe dates back through centuries — after all, it is the source of some of the world’s most significant art, music and literature. Believe it or not, the idea behind Kickstarter is equally steeped in history. Ever heard of Mozart?