Man in Norway wakes to find huge container ship in garden

Johan Helberg says he was "quite astonished" to look out of his window and see the vessel.

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The 135m-ship (443ft) missed Johan Helberg's house by metres at about 05:00 local time (03:00 GMT) on Thursday.

Mr Helberg was only alerted to the commotion by his panicked neighbour who had watched the ship as it headed straight for shore, in Byneset, near Trondheim.

"The doorbell rang at a time of day when I don't like to open," Mr Helberg told television channel TV2.

"I went to the window and was quite astonished to see a big ship," he added, in an interview with the Guardian.