Modern Huelva

Huelva is directly linked to the capital of the Seville distance 90 km and 45 km to Portugal, via the Autopista del Quinto Centenario A-49 or E01 which splits into the F-30 and bypass H-31 entrance to town. Other routes of entry are the N-431 (and Seville to Ayamonte), N-441 towards Gibraleon and north of the province or the A-492 to Punta Umbria.La where the city has a modern and well equipped bus station from destinations link Huelva as with the rest of Andalusia, Spain and Portugal.

With respect to the rail network, from the railway station of Huelva known as station Seville the Huelva-Seville route has three daily trains while improvements are expected in the current line to enhance the network of regional trains.

A high speed train is in the development and planning stages linked to a glass tower, and a development of a new airport as currently the airports are The Airport of Seville distance 113 km and The Faro Portugal 112 km away. The Urban transport routes have currently 9 lines.
A taxi service is available and on call that can be stopped in the street, ordered by phone or through the designated stops for them.

Media
The town has three local newspapers: newspapers Huelva Information The World Information and Odiel Huelva Noticias. Besides the free newspaper Viva Huelva and there are magazines published by various public and private media, including digital local and provincial newspapers.

There are also several local television stations such as Channel News Huelva (CNH), Antena Huelva Television CRN Atlantic City HuelvaTV and television and several radio and local Hispanic Radio 90.5 and Odiel Radio 104.1 and national RNE 88.0 and 95.2, Cadena Ser 98.1, Cadena COPE medium wave, Canal Sur 97.3 and 104.5, Punto Radio 88.6 or Onda Cero 101.2.

The city's economy is based on two pillars: industry and the services sectors.
First this was a fishing port but it has grown to trade over 44,000 kg of fish and about 11,000 kg in molluscs in a month.

The city is divided into 48 neighbourhoods around the historic city centre, the port and the head and the urban boundary passes the town some distance from the estuary.

The city has undertaken a major renovation to accommodate the expanding population, and new neighbourhoods are built around it as New Huelva and La Florida.

The Huelva estuary now includes a promenade, a marina, a shopping centre, the expansion of the Nuevo Colombino, a cathedral, the TGV station, museums and theatres, a conference hall, the new fairgrounds and large green areas.

Agriculture is dominated sunflower crops, wheat and orange. There is an industrial business park focusing on food, city transportation and a business centre supported by the City and the Ministry of Development. There are shipyards of course tourism.

There are a number of hotels in the city and tourism stemming from the University and Mining sectors, currently the Port of Huelva is one of the busiest ports in Spain, and is showing growth especially for its strategic location for trade with Africa.