2. Main- and subquestions and hypotheses

Main- and subquestions

Main question
What is the difference between the Kalverstraat and the Grote Houtstraat?

Subquestions
1: What is the history of both streets and when did they become shopping streets?
2: What is the difference in legislation and rent between the Kalverstraat and the Grote Houtstraat nowadays?
3: What is the difference between the shops that are situated in the different shopping streets?
4: What is the difference between the people visiting the Kalverstraat and the Grote Houtstraat with regard to their gender, age, place of residence and purpose of their visit?

Hypotheses

Subquestions
1: Both streets became shopping streets almost during the same period.
2: The legislation for the Kalverstraat is stricter than in the Grote Houtstraat. Furthermore the rent in the Kalverstraat is much higher than the rent in the Grote Houtstraat.
3: The shops are relatively similar, however in the Kalverstraat more chain shops are situated and shops have several branches in the Kalverstraat, whereas they don’t in Haarlem.
4: The gender, the age and the purpose of the visitors will be almost the same. The visitors who visit the Kalverstraat however come from all over the country and many are foreign. The visitors of the Grote Houtstraat are only from Haarlem and surroundings.