The NordAllianz - Metro Region Munich North (German: NordAllianz - Metropolregion München Nord) is a group of 8 towns situated between the City of Munich and Munich Airport. Its members are Garching, Hallbergmoos, Ismaning, Neufahrn, Oberschleißheim, Unterföhring, and Unterschleißheim.
Originally created to lobby against the establishment of unwanted facilities such as landfills or power plants on the territory of its members, NordAllianz is now promoting the region as a centre for business, science and living.
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In total NordAllianz's members have about 115, 200 inhabitants.
Garching hosts a large science and research campus, where several Departments of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), parts of the Department of Physics of Munich University (LMU), several Max Planck Institutes, and other research facilities are located. See Garching#Educational and research institutes.
Oberschleißheim also hosts parts of the Department of Veterinary Medicine of Munich University (LMU).
Many corporations have located their business outside of Munich and thus within NordAllianz, including the German or European Headquarters of companies such as Microsoft, EADS, GE General Electric, SwissRe, ProSiebenSat.1, Allianz, etc.
This results in the highest nominal economical strength per capita in Germany.
Lines S1 and S8 of Munich S-Bahn pass through NordAllianz. The City of Garching is connected to Munich U-Bahn (line U6).
Of the Autobahns around Munich, A 9, A 92 and A 99 pass through the region and provide an extremely dense street network for a region this size.
The planned Munich Transrapid will also pass through NordAllianz. However, as no stop is planned between Munich Central Station and Munich Airport, politicians and citizens of NordAllianz oppose to the project. This even includes local representatives of CSU - Bavaria's ruling party and the strongest supporter of the project.