Dahme/Mark sits at the eastern end of the Fläming, where the low hills meet the lowlands of Lusatia, and its castle ruins and old town walls hint at a more important past. The town is small and quiet, with a church, a market square and a park around the ruins of the castle, which burned in the early twentieth century. The surrounding landscape is a mix of forests, fields and small villages, with gentle hills that offer views over the plain.
The Fläming is known across Germany for the Fläming-Skate, a network of smooth asphalt paths for inline skaters and cyclists, over two hundred kilometres long, winding through the forests and villages. The paths are closed to motor vehicles, but you will see skaters and cyclists on the roads nearby, especially on weekends. The villages of the Fläming have fieldstone churches, built by the Flemish settlers who came here in the twelfth century, and the landscape is peaceful and green.
The roads are mostly flat or gently rolling, with long straights through the forests and gentle curves through the villages. Traffic is light, but watch for skaters and cyclists, sand on the road, and wildlife at dawn and dusk. Some villages still have cobbled streets, and many roads are lined with old trees.
Dahme has fuel, shops and a few restaurants, and Luckau, to the east, is a lovely old town with a fine market square. Golßen, to the north, is famous for its pickled gherkins, a speciality of the Spreewald region. The Spreewald itself, with its canals and forests, lies to the east.