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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 Fursetgruppen has run it as a restaurant and function venue, 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 you see it as sailors have seen it since 1874.
Own boat (the lighthouse also arranges a boat shuttle for guests).
No scheduled boat comes here. You will have to find the nearest public quay yourself, and the rest is your own boat or a kayak. Check the wind and wave forecast before you set out. The open stretches in the outer fjord turn unpleasant in a fresh breeze.
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 station's original role as a manned sea mark. Fursetgruppen has operated the building as a restaurant and function venue since 1992. Oslo Froskemannskole, the diving school, owns it and looks after the 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 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, not 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.