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Islands / Oslo / Dyna
The Dyna skerry between Bygdøy and Nakkholmen carries Dyna fyr, a red and white lighthouse building of 12.4 metres from 1874, automated in 1956. Since 1992 it has been run as a restaurant and function venue by Fursetgruppen, and it is one of the best-known landmarks in the inner Oslofjord.
The small Dyna skerry breaks the surface in the middle of the approach between Bygdøy and Nakkholmen, with the red and white lighthouse set straight on the rock. It is one of the most photographed landmarks in the inner Oslofjord. From the waterline the light stands as sailors have used it since 1874.
Own boat (the lighthouse also arranges a boat shuttle for guests).
Boats do run here, but the quay is not in Entur’s system — usually a summer service or a private crossing that never enters the national journey planner. Check with the operator before you build a day around it.
The Dyna skerry was transferred from the Norwegian state to the Christiania harbour authority in 1873, and the lighthouse was finished the year after, in 1874. The tower is 12.4 metres tall, painted red with a white foot. The light sits 5.6 metres above the sea and carries 2.6 nautical miles, occulting every eighth second.
The light was originally fixed white, with a fog bell. In 1928 it went electric and the bell was replaced by a nautophone. The station was automated in 1956 and the keeper's post disappeared.
Automation ended the building's original role as a manned sea mark. Since 1992 it has been run as a restaurant and function venue by Fursetgruppen. The building itself is owned by Oslo Froskemannskole, the diving school, which is responsible for maintenance.
Dyna fyr is a restaurant and function venue out on the skerry. Guests come for dinner and events with the fjord straight outside. The light still stands and still works as a sea mark for the traffic in the approach.
Dyna is reached only by boat. The lighthouse arranges a boat shuttle for guests attending events. This is a skerry with a building set on the rock rather than an island you land on for a walk; going ashore happens at the lighthouse's own quay in connection with a visit. Private boats can come alongside by arrangement with the operator.
The light has stood here since 1874 and still shows, occulting every eighth second. In 1928 it went from paraffin to electricity, and the fog bell was swapped for a nautophone.
When the station was automated in 1956 it lost its keeper. In 1992 the skerry got a second life as a restaurant, and people now have dinner where the light was once tended by hand.
The building is owned by Oslo Froskemannskole, the diving school, while Fursetgruppen runs the restaurant.
Oslo Sea Experience passes Dyna on its private fjord trips from Tjuvholmen.
The Norwegian version notes which facts were taken from each source: Dyna på norsk.