Foulum is a small village in Viborg Municipality in Denmark's Central Denmark Region, set amid the gently rolling farmland north of Viborg and close to Tjele. The place is best known for Aarhus University's Foulum research centre, one of northern Europe's largest hubs for research into agriculture, livestock, soil science and sustainable energy, where topics such as biogas and climate-friendly food production are explored. Around the village stretch fields, meadows and shelter hedges in a quiet, quintessentially Jutland cultural landscape shaped by tractors and grazing cattle. Foulum offers no grand tourist attractions, but that is exactly why it feels like an authentic slice of rural Denmark. Visitors can enjoy the calm, cycle along narrow country lanes and see how modern agricultural science and old farming traditions sit side by side. The nearby lakes and Tjele Langsø invite walks across the open Central Jutland countryside.
